John Slater
Born: 1916-08-22 in London, England, UK
Died: 1975-01-09
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1967
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Billy Parker
1966
- King of the River as Jack Elliot
- The Yellow Hat as Slack
1965
- Blackmail as Lucien
1964
- Theatre 625 as Inspector Karl Topfer
1963
- Giants of Steam
- A Place to Go as Jack Ellerman
- Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
1962
- Z-Cars as DS Tom Stone
1961
- Nothing Barred as Warder Lockitt
- Three on a Spree as Sid Johnson
1960
- Maigret
- On Trial as Claimant
- The Night We Got the Bird as Wolfie Green
1959
- No Hiding Place
- International Detective as Ziggy Mazagan
- Hot Summer Night as Jack Palmer
1958
- Violent Playground as Sgt. Walker
1957
- Thark as Jones
- The Devil's Pass as Bill Buckle
- Mining Review 10th Year No. 8 as Himself
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Jack Palmer
- Johnny, You're Wanted as Johnny
1955
- Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember? as Self - Narrator (voice)
1954
- The Million Pound Note as Parsons
- Star of India as Emile
- John Wesley as Condemned Man
- Mining Review 7th Year No. 8
1953
- The Long Memory as Pewsey
- The Flanagan Boy as Charlie Sullivan
- Strange Stories as Storyteller
- Dollars for Sale as Loudmouth Willetts
- Puzzle Corner Number Twelve
- Operation Malaya as Self - Commentator (voice)
1952
- The Ringer as Bell
- The Faithful City as Ezra
- The Promise as Bates
- Night Call
1951
- The Third Visitor as James C. Oliver
1950
- Prelude to Fame as Dr. Lorenzo
- Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5 as Commentator
1949
- Passport to Pimlico as Frank Huggins
- Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10 as Self - Commentator
1948
- Against the Wind as Emile Meyer
- Escape as Salesman
- Noose as Pudd'n Bason
1947
- It Always Rains on Sunday as Lou Hyams, Morrie's Brother
1945
- The Seventh Veil as James
- I Live in Grosvenor Square as Paratrooper
- Read All About It as Harry
- Murder in Reverse as Fred Smith
- Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 as Mob member
1944
- A Canterbury Tale as Sergt. Len
- For Those in Peril as Wilkie
1943
- We Dive at Dawn
- Millions Like Us as Alec - Man at Dance Hall
- Undercover as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The New Lot as Soldier in Truck
- Deadlock as Fred Bamber / Allan Bamber
- Meeting the U-Boat Menace
1942
- Went the Day Well? as Sergeant
- They Flew Alone as Officer on Interview Panel
- The Young Mr. Pitt
- Uncensored as Theophile
- Unpublished Story as Code Soldier
- Those Kids from Town
- Our Film as Jim Owen
1941
- "Pimpernel" Smith as Reporter
- The Common Touch as Joe
- Love on the Dole as Agitator on Demonstration
- Shunter Black's Night Off as Narrator (voice)