John Slater

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1916-08-22

London, England, UK

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {66}

Frank Huggins

1949-10-26 6.9

Passport to Pimlico

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The ...
Genre :Comedy

Charlie Sullivan

1953-04-10 5.765

The Flanagan Boy

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is bor ...
Genre :Crime

Sergeant

1942-12-07 7.2

Went the Day Well?

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the vi ...
Genre :War, Thriller

Self - Commentator

1949-06-01 0

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 10

The 22nd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, unusually featuring a single article: 'Replanning a Coalfield'. ...
Genre :

1954-04-01 0

Mining Review 7th Year No. 8

The 80th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: 'Anthracite Field', 'Time Out', 'Bowhill On Top' and 'Ideas Man'. ...
Genre :

Himself

1957-04-01 0

Mining Review 10th Year No. 8

The 118th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the article 'Hungarians in Britain', 'Double Dutch', 'Pulsed Infusion' and 'Songs of the Coalfields 1: The Sandgate Nursing Man'. ...
Genre :

Emile Meyer

1948-02-01 6.1

Against the Wind

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interro ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

Self - Commentator (voice)

1953-09-17 0

Operation Malaya

Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency ...
Genre :Drama

Parsons

1954-01-07 6.847

The Million Pound Note

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds th ...
Genre :Comedy

Lou Hyams, Morrie's Brother

1947-11-28 6.581

It Always Rains on Sunday

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Salesman

1948-03-01 5.406

Escape

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl. ...
Genre :Thriller

Pudd'n Bason

1948-09-28 5.094

Noose

Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of hone ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Pewsey

1953-01-23 6.579

The Long Memory

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Sgt. Walker

1958-01-14 7

Violent Playground

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Theophile

1942-08-24 0

Uncensored

During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. The ...
Genre :Drama

Wilkie

1944-06-01 5.75

For Those in Peril

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Bates

1952-12-12 3.5

The Promise

A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration from the Holy Spirit. ...
Genre :Drama

Storyteller

1953-01-01 0

Strange Stories

'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on television. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Jack Ellerman

1963-07-01 6.2

A Place to Go

Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dr. Lorenzo

1950-05-02 6.2

Prelude to Fame

While holidaying in Italy, Nick Morell, son of John Morell, a famous English philosopher and amateur musician, becomes friendly with young Guido, and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary inst ...
Genre :Drama

Sergt. Len

1944-08-21 6.9

A Canterbury Tale

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury. ...
Genre :Mystery, War, Drama

Minor Role (uncredited)

1943-07-26 5.8

Undercover

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are ...
Genre :Drama, War

Bell

1952-11-24 5.8

The Ringer

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

Fred Smith

1945-10-21 6.5

Murder in Reverse?

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Ezra

1952-01-15 0

The Faithful City

The Israeli-made Faithful City stars Jamie Smith as an American in Tel Aviv just after World War II. Smith makes the acquaintance of a group of orphans, Jewish refugees of the concentration camps. It ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

Condemned Man

1954-03-02 1

John Wesley

Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, ...
Genre :Drama, History

Johnny

1956-01-20 5

Johnny, You're Wanted

Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone. A ...
Genre :

1963-02-01 0

Mining Review 16th Year No. 6

The 186th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the article 'A story from South Wales', about the closure of unproductive pits and the compulsory relocation of workforces. ...
Genre :

Warder Lockitt

1961-10-10 6.5

Nothing Barred

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of ...
Genre :Comedy

Self - Narrator (voice)

1955-01-02 0

Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move." ...
Genre :Documentary

Commentator

1950-01-01 0

Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5

Another edition of the industry cinemagazine, featuring three film articles. Pipeline to Pimlico: water heating from Battersea Power Station to local housing, includes scenes of building the new flats ...
Genre :Documentary

Sid Johnson

1961-06-28 6

Three on a Spree

A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think! ...
Genre :Comedy

Jones

1957-12-22 0

Thark

As legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush. Frush reports that the house is haunted and all and sundr ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, TV Movie

James C. Oliver

1951-01-31 6

The Third Visitor

Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corpse is found, and later identified as his by one of ...
Genre :Thriller

Narrator (voice)

1941-02-20 0

Shunter Black's Night Off

Short war time film about the daily activities of Shunter Trains in British Railway Yards and their importance and contribution to the war effort. ...
Genre :

Officer on Interview Panel

1942-06-29 6

They Flew Alone

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim ...
Genre :Drama

Emile

1954-01-02 3.7

Star of India

Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch Countess. Kat ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance

Joe

1941-11-15 6.3

The Common Touch

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions ...
Genre :Drama

Agitator on Demonstration

1941-06-28 5.571

Love on the Dole

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotto ...
Genre :Drama

Reporter

1941-07-28 7.241

'Pimpernel' Smith

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, s ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Fred Bamber / Allan Bamber

1943-10-01 5

Deadlock

A murderous twin gets his comeuppance. ...
Genre :Crime

Code Soldier

1942-08-10 6.3

Unpublished Story

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Jack Palmer

1959-02-01 0

Hot Summer Night

Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife with ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Alec - Man at Dance Hall

1943-06-01 5.5

Millions Like Us

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Paratrooper

1945-07-20 7.1

I Live in Grosvenor Square

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty Bri ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Soldier in Truck

1943-01-01 0

The New Lot

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit. ...
Genre :War, Drama

James

1945-10-18 6.524

The Seventh Veil

A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Mob member

1945-12-03 0

Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underest ...
Genre :Drama

Harry

1945-04-08 4.6

Read All About It

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease ac ...
Genre :Drama

Wolfie Green

1960-11-03 4.5

The Night We Got the Bird

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jim Owen

1942-08-03 0

Our Film

A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity. ...
Genre :

1942-09-21 5.7

The Young Mr. Pitt

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Slack

1966-01-01 0

The Yellow Hat

When an exclusive designer hat blows off the head of the milliner's assistant who borrowed it, the quest to recover it leads her to find love. ...
Genre :Music

Bill Buckle

1957-08-04 3

The Devil's Pass

Bill Buckle has had a dream--he wants to buy back the family fishing boat, the Cascade, which the family had to sell years ago to pay for his father's funeral. However, the boat is now owned by a trio ...
Genre :Drama, Family

1963-05-21 0

Giants of Steam

The epic of the earliest days of Britain's railways and the men who built them. It concentrates on the achievements of George and Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who built the first rai ...
Genre :Documentary

1942-01-01 0

Those Kids from Town

Genre :Comedy

1943-04-15 6.4

We Dive at Dawn

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their fami ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

1952-07-24 5

Night Call

Demonstrating the work of the British police force, based on actual incidents from the files of Brighton Borough Police, and illustrated through a case of housebreaking. ...
Genre :

Loudmouth Willetts

1953-09-15 3

Dollars for Sale

Account of how Anglo-American police co-operation succeeds in tracking down forgers of $100 bills. ...
Genre :Crime

1959-09-16 3.7

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Ziggy Mazagan

1959-12-26 7

International Detective

The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Je ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1960-10-31 7.154

Maigret

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

DS Tom Stone

1962-01-02 7

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, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...
Genre :Drama

Billy Parker

1967-01-15 0

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters. ...
Genre :Drama

Jack Elliot

1966-07-06 0

King of the River

A completely lost BBC1 drama series centred on the King family, who love, live, fight and work around a harbour in the Thames estuary. ...
Genre :Drama

Inspector Karl Topfer

1964-05-03 7.2

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and ...
Genre :Drama