John Slater
Known for: Acting
Born: August 22, 1916
Died: January 9, 1975
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
19677.0
King of the River
19668.0
The Yellow Hat
19667.0
Blackmail
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
6.4
A Place to Go
1963NR
Giants of Steam
1963
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Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
1963
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Nothing Barred
1961
6.4
Three on a Spree
1961
6.3
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
7.1
Maigret
1960
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On Trial
19607.5
International Detective
1959
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
9.0
Hot Summer Night
1959
7.2
Violent Playground
1958NR
Thark
19576.0
The Devil's Pass
1957
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Mining Review 10th Year No. 8
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
7.0
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956NR
Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?
1955
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Mining Review 7th Year No. 8
1954
4.5
John Wesley
1954
7.0
The Million Pound Note
1954
4.4
Star of India
1954NR
Puzzle Corner Number Twelve
1953
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Operation Malaya
1953
3.0
Dollars for Sale
1953
6.0
The Flanagan Boy
1953
6.7
The Long Memory
1953
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Strange Stories
19533.7
The Promise
1952
6.0
The Ringer
19525.0
Night Call
1952
10.0
The Faithful City
1952
6.2
The Third Visitor
1951
6.8
Prelude to Fame
1950NR
Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5
1950
6.9
Passport to Pimlico
1949
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Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10
1949
5.3
Noose
1948
5.7
Escape
1948
6.4
Against the Wind
1948
6.6
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947NR
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2
1945
6.7
Murder in Reverse
1945
6.6
The Seventh Veil
1945
7.3
I Live in Grosvenor Square
19454.6
Read All About It
1945
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
1944
6.1
For Those in Peril
1944
5.5
Deadlock
1943
6.1
Undercover
1943
5.6
Millions Like Us
1943
6.3
We Dive at Dawn
1943
8.0
The New Lot
1943NR
Meeting the U-Boat Menace
1943
7.1
Went the Day Well?
1942
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
9.0
Uncensored
1942
6.5
Unpublished Story
1942
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Our Film
1942
6.8
They Flew Alone
194210.0
Those Kids from Town
1942
6.8
The Common Touch
1941
7.1
"Pimpernel" Smith
1941
5.9
Love on the Dole
1941
7.0
Shunter Black's Night Off
1941