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John Slater

John Slater
  • Name: John Slater
  • Birthday: 1916-08-22
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK
  • Popularity: 0.9294
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... Read More

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The Yellow Hat   as  Slack 1966-01-01
A Place to Go   as  Jack Ellerman 1963-07-01
Giants of Steam 1963-05-21
Mining Review 16th Year No. 6 1963-02-01
Nothing Barred   as  Warder Lockitt 1961-10-10
Three on a Spree   as  Sid Johnson 1961-06-28
The Night We Got the Bird   as  Wolfie Green 1960-11-03
Hot Summer Night   as  Jack Palmer 1959-02-01
Violent Playground   as  Sgt. Walker 1958-01-14
Thark   as  Jones 1957-12-22
The Devil's Pass   as  Bill Buckle 1957-08-04
Mining Review 10th Year No. 8   as  Himself 1957-04-01
Johnny, You're Wanted   as  Johnny 1956-01-20
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?   as  Self - Narrator (voice) 1955-01-02
Mining Review 7th Year No. 8 1954-04-01
John Wesley   as  Condemned Man 1954-03-02
The Million Pound Note   as  Parsons 1954-01-07
Star of India   as  Emile 1954-01-02
Puzzle Corner Number Twelve 1953-09-29
Operation Malaya   as  Self - Commentator (voice) 1953-09-17
Dollars for Sale   as  Loudmouth Willetts 1953-09-15
The Flanagan Boy   as  Charlie Sullivan 1953-04-10
The Long Memory   as  Pewsey 1953-01-23
Strange Stories   as  Storyteller 1953-01-01
The Promise   as  Bates 1952-12-12
The Ringer   as  Bell 1952-11-24
Night Call 1952-07-24
The Faithful City   as  Ezra 1952-01-15
The Third Visitor   as  James C. Oliver 1951-01-31
Prelude to Fame   as  Dr. Lorenzo 1950-05-02
Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5   as  Commentator 1950-01-01
Passport to Pimlico   as  Frank Huggins 1949-10-26
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10   as  Self - Commentator 1949-06-01
Noose   as  Pudd'n Bason 1948-09-28
Escape   as  Salesman 1948-03-01
Against the Wind   as  Emile Meyer 1948-02-01
It Always Rains on Sunday   as  Lou Hyams, Morrie's Brother 1947-11-28
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2   as  Mob member 1945-12-03
Murder in Reverse   as  Fred Smith 1945-10-21
The Seventh Veil   as  James 1945-10-18
I Live in Grosvenor Square   as  Paratrooper 1945-07-20
Read All About It   as  Harry 1945-04-08
A Canterbury Tale   as  Sergt. Len 1944-08-21
For Those in Peril   as  Wilkie 1944-06-01
Deadlock   as  Fred Bamber / Allan Bamber 1943-10-01
Undercover   as  Minor Role (uncredited) 1943-07-26
Millions Like Us   as  Alec - Man at Dance Hall 1943-06-01
We Dive at Dawn 1943-04-15
The New Lot   as  Soldier in Truck 1943-01-01
Meeting the U-Boat Menace 1943-01-01
Went the Day Well?   as  Sergeant 1942-12-07
The Young Mr. Pitt 1942-09-21
Uncensored   as  Theophile 1942-08-24
Unpublished Story   as  Code Soldier 1942-08-10
Our Film   as  Jim Owen 1942-08-03
They Flew Alone   as  Officer on Interview Panel 1942-06-29
Those Kids from Town 1942-01-01
The Common Touch   as  Joe 1941-11-15
"Pimpernel" Smith   as  Reporter 1941-07-28
Love on the Dole   as  Agitator on Demonstration 1941-06-28
Shunter Black's Night Off   as  Narrator (voice) 1941-02-20