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John Slater

John Slater

Born: 1916-08-22 • 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.

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