Roy Slater Roy Slater Roy Slater (born 15 May 1945) is a recurring character in the British sitcom "Only Fools and Horses". He was played by Jim Broadbent, and in the prequel "Rock and Chips", by Calum MacNab. Despite only ever making three on-screen appearances, Slater's background is revealed in some detail during the course of the show's history. As a child, Slater longed to be part of Del Boy's gang at school as they used to sit next to each other in class; but he was always an outsider, widely reviled amongst his peers and renowned for his slyness. Eventually, out
Roy Slater in a diamond smuggling operation part-headed - unbeknownst to them - by Slater. His position of authority within the police has been exploited a number of times to successfully smuggle diamonds into England, and over the course of the episode he almost succeeds again, only to be foiled by PC Hoskins who drives him into a sting and lands Slater with a five-year prison sentence. Slater's final appearance in character was in "The Class of '62", in which he has been paroled from prison and returns to Peckham, setting up a school reunion to which Del, Boycie, Trigger, and Denzil