John Slater
- Acting
- August 22, 1916 · London, England, UK
- January 9, 1975
Biography
John Slater (22 August 1916 – 9 January 1975) was an English character actor who usually portrayed lugubrious, amiable cockney types. He was a familiar face in British films of the 1940s and appeared in many classic films of the period, including The Day Will Dawn (1942, US title The Avengers), Went the Day Well? (1942), We Dive at Dawn (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), The Seventh Veil (1945), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and Passport to Pimlico (1949). In later years, Slater moved into television, most notably he starred as Det. Sgt. Stone in Z-Cars from 1967 to 1974 where his episode count was beaten only by that of James Ellis. He died on 9 January 1975 from a heart attack, aged 58.
Known for
Filmography
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Billy Parker
- King of the River · Jack Elliot
- The Yellow Hat · Slack
- Blackmail · Lucien
- Theatre 625 · Inspector Karl Topfer
- A Place to Go · Jack Ellerman
- Giants of Steam
- Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
- Z-Cars · DS Tom Stone
- Nothing Barred · Warder Lockitt
- Three on a Spree · Sid Johnson
- The Night We Got the Bird · Wolfie Green
- Maigret
- On Trial · Claimant
- International Detective · Ziggy Mazagan
- No Hiding Place
- Hot Summer Night · Jack Palmer
- Violent Playground · Sgt. Walker
- Thark · Jones
- The Devil's Pass · Bill Buckle
- Mining Review 10th Year No. 8 · Self
- Armchair Theatre · Jack Palmer
- Johnny, You're Wanted · Johnny
- Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember? · Self
- Mining Review 7th Year No. 8
- John Wesley · Condemned Man
- The Million Pound Note · Parsons
- Star of India · Emile
- Puzzle Corner Number Twelve
- Operation Malaya · Self
- Dollars for Sale · Loudmouth Willetts
- The Flanagan Boy · Charlie Sullivan
- The Long Memory · Pewsey
- Strange Stories · Storyteller
- The Promise · Bates
- The Ringer · Bell
- Night Call
- The Faithful City · Ezra
- The Third Visitor · James C. Oliver
- Prelude to Fame · Dr. Lorenzo
- Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5 · Commentator
- Passport to Pimlico · Frank Huggins
- Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10 · Self
- Noose · Pudd'n Bason
- Escape · Salesman
- Against the Wind · Emile Meyer
- It Always Rains on Sunday · Lou Hyams, Morrie's Brother
- Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 · Mob member
- Murder in Reverse · Fred Smith
- The Seventh Veil · James
- I Live in Grosvenor Square · Paratrooper
- Read All About It · Harry
- A Canterbury Tale · Sergt. Len
- For Those in Peril · Wilkie
- Deadlock · Fred Bamber / Allan Bamber
- Undercover · Minor Role (uncredited)
- Millions Like Us · Alec - Man at Dance Hall
- We Dive at Dawn
- The New Lot · Soldier in Truck
- Meeting the U-Boat Menace
- Went the Day Well? · Sergeant
- The Young Mr. Pitt
- Uncensored · Theophile
- Unpublished Story · Code Soldier
- Our Film · Jim Owen
- They Flew Alone · Officer on Interview Panel
- Those Kids from Town
- The Common Touch · Joe
- "Pimpernel" Smith · Reporter
- Love on the Dole · Agitator on Demonstration
- Shunter Black's Night Off · Narrator (Voice)