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John Slater (actor)

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John Slater (22 August 1916 – 9 January 1975) was a British character actor who usually portrayed lugubrious, amiable cockney types. [1]

49 relations: "Pimpernel" Smith, A Canterbury Tale, A Place to Go, Against the Wind (film), BBC, British Transport Films, Candlelight in Algeria, Character actor, Cockney, Deadlock (1943 film), Escape (1948 film), Farce, For Those in Peril (1944 film), France, Harold Pinter, I Live in Grosvenor Square, It Always Rains on Sunday, Jackanory, John Wesley (film), Johnny, You're Wanted, London, Murder in Reverse, National Coal Board, Noose (film), Nothing Barred, Passport to Pimlico, Pinky and Perky, Prelude to Fame, St Clement Danes School, Star of India (film), Storytelling, The Birthday Party (play), The Common Touch, The Day Will Dawn, The Harvest Shall Come, The Hundred Pound Window, The Long Memory, The Million Pound Note, The Ringer (1952 film), The Saint Meets the Tiger, The Seventh Veil, They Flew Alone, Three on a Spree, Trafalgar Studios, Uncensored (film), Violent Playground, We Dive at Dawn, Went the Day Well?, Z-Cars.

"Pimpernel" Smith

"Pimpernel" Smith (released in the United States as Mister V) is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates his role in the 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel from Revolutionary France to pre-Second World War Europe.

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A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played several small roles.

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A Place to Go

A Place to Go is a 1963 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham and Michael Sarne.

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Against the Wind (film)

Against the Wind is a black-and-white British film directed by Charles Crichton and produced by Michael Balcon, released through Ealing Studios in 1948.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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British Transport Films

British Transport Films was an organisation set up in 1949 to make documentary films on the general subject of British transport.

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Candlelight in Algeria

Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell.

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Character actor

A character actor or character actress is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.

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Cockney

The term cockney has had several distinct geographical, social, and linguistic associations.

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Deadlock (1943 film)

Deadlock is a 1943 British crime film starring John Slater in a dual role as twin brothers.

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Escape (1948 film)

Escape is a 1948 British-American thriller film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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Farce

In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.

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For Those in Peril (1944 film)

For Those in Peril is a 1944 British war film produced by Ealing Studios that marked the directorial debut of Charles Crichton.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.

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I Live in Grosvenor Square

I Live in Grosvenor Square is a British World War II romance directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox.

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It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British film adaptation of Arthur La Bern's novel by the same name, directed by Robert Hamer.

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Jackanory

Jackanory is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 to 1996.

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John Wesley (film)

John Wesley is a 1954 British historical film directed by Norman Walker and starring Leonard Sachs, Neil Heayes and Keith Pyott.

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Johnny, You're Wanted

Johnny, You're Wanted is a 1956 British crime B-movie, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring John Slater.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Murder in Reverse

Murder in Reverse is a 1945 British thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley and Chili Bouchier.

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National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

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Noose (film)

Noose, released in the United States as The Silk Noose, is a 1948 British crime film, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, and Derek Farr.

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Nothing Barred

Nothing Barred is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn and Naunton Wayne.

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Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios and starring Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Hermione Baddeley.

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Pinky and Perky

Pinky and Perky is a children's television series first broadcast by BBC TV in 1957, and revived in 2008 as a computer-animated adaptation.

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Prelude to Fame

Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell and starring Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron and Kathleen Ryan.

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St Clement Danes School

St Clement Danes School is a mixed academy school in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire.

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Star of India (film)

Star of India is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom and Walter Rilla.

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Storytelling

Storytelling describes the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment.

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The Birthday Party (play)

The Birthday Party (1957) is the second full-length play by Harold Pinter.

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The Common Touch

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt, and Joyce Howard.

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The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn, released in the US as The Avengers, is a 1942 war film set in Norway during World War II.

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The Harvest Shall Come

The Harvest Shall Come is a 1942 British documentary film about agricultural work between 1900 and World War II, using the story of a farm laborer to illustrate the importance of agriculture, and the importance of supporting workers in this occupation.

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The Hundred Pound Window

The Hundred Pound Window is a 1944 British crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Frederick Leister and Richard Attenborough.

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The Long Memory

The Long Memory is a black-and-white 1953 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Howard Clewes.

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The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note (released as Man with a Million and as Big Money in the U.S.) is a 1954 British comedy, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck.

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The Ringer (1952 film)

The Ringer is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Denholm Elliott, Greta Gynt, Donald Wolfit, William Hartnell and Mai Zetterling.

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The Saint Meets the Tiger

The Saint Meets the Tiger is the title of a crime thriller produced by the British unit of RKO Pictures, produced in 1941 but not released until 1943.

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The Seventh Veil

The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film directed by Compton Bennett and starring James Mason.

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They Flew Alone

They Flew Alone (released in the US as Wings and the Woman) is a 1942 British biopic about aviator Amy Johnson, directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Robert Newton and Edward Chapman.

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Three on a Spree

Three on a Spree is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starrng Jack Watling.

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Trafalgar Studios

Trafalgar Studios, formerly the Whitehall Theatre until 2004, is a West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London.

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Uncensored (film)

Uncensored is a 1942 British World War II drama, directed by Anthony Asquith for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Eric Portman and Phyllis Calvert.

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Violent Playground

Violent Playground is a 1958 British film directed by Basil Dearden starring Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing and David McCallum.

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We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith, starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War.

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Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire (now Merseyside).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Slater_(actor)

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