John Slater
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 · 55
Z-Cars
1962 · DS Tom Stone
Theatre 625
1964 · Inspector Karl Topfer
No Hiding Place
1959
Maigret
1960
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Billy Parker
The Million Pound Note
1954 · Parsons
On Trial
1960 · Claimant
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Jack Palmer
"Pimpernel" Smith
1941 · Reporter
Passport to Pimlico
1949 · Frank Huggins
Went the Day Well?
1942 · Sergeant
Undercover
1943 · Minor Role (uncredited...
Against the Wind
1948 · Emile Meyer
We Dive at Dawn
1943
Star of India
1954 · Emile
Prelude to Fame
1950 · Dr. Lorenzo
Violent Playground
1958 · Sgt. Walker
The Long Memory
1953 · Pewsey
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947 · Lou Hyams, Morrie's Br...
A Canterbury Tale
1944 · Sergt. Len
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
The Seventh Veil
1945 · James
A Place to Go
1963 · Jack Ellerman
Murder in Reverse
1945 · Fred Smith
Escape
1948 · Salesman
Noose
1948 · Pudd'n Bason
The Flanagan Boy
1953 · Charlie Sullivan
Millions Like Us
1943 · Alec - Man at Dance Ha...
Hot Summer Night
1959 · Jack Palmer
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945 · Paratrooper
They Flew Alone
1942 · Officer on Interview P...
Nothing Barred
1961 · Warder Lockitt
The Common Touch
1941 · Joe
The New Lot
1943 · Soldier in Truck
For Those in Peril
1944 · Wilkie
The Ringer
1952 · Bell
Unpublished Story
1942 · Code Soldier
Love on the Dole
1941 · Agitator on Demonstrat...
The Faithful City
1952 · Ezra
Strange Stories
1953 · Storyteller
Uncensored
1942 · Theophile
John Wesley
1954 · Condemned Man
Johnny, You're Wanted
1956 · Johnny
Three on a Spree
1961 · Sid Johnson
The Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Wolfie Green
Deadlock
1943 · Fred Bamber / Allan Ba...
Shunter Black's Night Off
1941 · Narrator (voice)
The Third Visitor
1951 · James C. Oliver
Dollars for Sale
1953 · Loudmouth Willetts
Operation Malaya
1953 · Self - Commentator (vo...
Our Film
1942 · Jim Owen
Mining Review 7th Year No. 8
1954
Mining Review 16th Year No. 6
1963
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10
1949 · Self - Commentator
Mining Review 10th Year No. 8
1957 · Himself