Full Name: John R. Sloan historyproject.org.uk+1
Born: 9 September 1912, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Wikipedia
Died: 2001, Ayrshire, Scotland Wikipedia
Occupation: Film Producer historyproject.org.uk+2Wikipedia+2
Interview: British Entertainment History Project, Interview Number 324, recorded 5 April 1994. historyproject.org.uk
Career & Work
John R. Sloan had a long and varied career in British film and television production, active especially from the late 1940s through to the early 1980s. Wikipedia+1
Some of his notable credits include:
Brass Monkey (1948) Wikipedia
Circle of Danger (1951) Wikipedia
Twist of Fate (1954) (aka Beautiful Stranger) Wikipedia
Port Afrique (1956) Wikipedia
Keep It Clean (1956) Wikipedia
Seven Waves Away (1957) Wikipedia
The Safecracker (1958) Wikipedia
Beyond This Place (1959) Wikipedia
Johnny Nobody (1961) Wikipedia
The Reluctant Saint (1962) Wikipedia
The Running Man (1963) Wikipedia
Lost Command (1966) Wikipedia
To Sir, with Love (1967) Wikipedia
Fragment of Fear (1970) Wikipedia
Dad’s Army (1971) (film adaptation) Wikipedia+1
No Sex Please, We’re British (1973) Wikipedia+1
The Odessa File (1974) Wikipedia
Force 10 from Navarone (1978) Wikipedia
Significance & Legacy
As a producer, Sloan worked on a mix of genres: adventure, comedy, drama, and adaptations. This range shows not only versatility but also an ability to align with popular and commercial tastes in mid-20th-century Britain. British Comedy Guide+2Wikipedia+2