Actor
John Slater
August 22, 1916 · London, England, UK
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.
Often works with
Edward Rigby
4 titles together
A Canterbury Tale, Went the Day Well?, Noose
Eric Portman
3 titles together
A Canterbury Tale, We Dive at Dawn, Millions Like Us
Frederick Piper
3 titles together
Passport to Pimlico, It Always Rains on Sunday, Escape
John Salew
3 titles together
It Always Rains on Sunday, Noose, Millions Like Us
Michael Golden
3 titles together
Noose, Escape, Maigret
Charles Hawtrey
2 titles together
A Canterbury Tale, Passport to Pimlico
Full filmography · 61
The Yellow Hat
as Slack
1966
A Place to Go
as Jack Ellerman
1963
Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
cast
1963
Nothing Barred
as Warder Lockitt
1961
Three on a Spree
as Sid Johnson
1961
The Night We Got the Bird
as Wolfie Green
1960
Hot Summer Night
as Jack Palmer
1959
Violent Playground
as Sgt. Walker
19587.2The Devil's Pass
as Bill Buckle
1957
Johnny, You're Wanted
as Johnny
1956
Mining Review 7th Year No. 8
cast
1954
John Wesley
as Condemned Man
1954