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John Slater

Actor • Born 1916

John Slater

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About

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.

Known for

Z-Cars posterZ-CarsSeries • 1962No Hiding Place posterNo Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959Theatre 625 posterTheatre 625Series • 1964Maigret posterMaigretSeries • 1960The Million Pound Note posterThe Million Pound NoteMovie • 1954It Always Rains on Sunday posterIt Always Rains on SundayMovie • 1947A Canterbury Tale posterA Canterbury TaleMovie • 1944Went the Day Well? posterWent the Day Well?Movie • 1942Passport to Pimlico posterPassport to PimlicoMovie • 1949"Pimpernel" Smith poster"Pimpernel" SmithMovie • 1941We Dive at Dawn posterWe Dive at DawnMovie • 1943The Long Memory posterThe Long MemoryMovie • 1953The Seventh Veil posterThe Seventh VeilMovie • 1945Violent Playground posterViolent PlaygroundMovie • 1958The Flanagan Boy posterThe Flanagan BoyMovie • 1953