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Unpublished Story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