Editing Tony Slattery (section)

===Breakthrough and peak===
Slattery first broke into television as a regular performer on [[Chris Tarrant]]'s follow up to ''[[O.T.T. (television series)|O.T.T.]]'', ''[[Saturday Stayback]]'' (1983),<ref name="variety">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/tony-slattery-dead-actor-comedian-whose-line-is-it-anyway-1236273934/|title=Tony Slattery, Actor and Comedian Known for 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?,' Dies at 65|first=Ellise|last=Shafer|date=14 January 2025}}</ref> while also appearing for children in ''Behind the Bike Sheds'' and the Saturday-morning show ''TX''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2017/09/behind-bike-sheds.html|title=Behind the Bike Sheds|first=Ben|last=Ricketts}}</ref> In 1988 he appeared in the first series of comedy improvisation show ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' and quickly became a regular performer on the show. In 1991 he and fellow ''Whose Line'' regular [[Mike McShane]] starred in their own improvisational comedy series, ''S&M''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lappin |first1=Tom |title=Panic stations |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1991-10-25/70/ |work=The List |access-date=23 July 2019 |date=25 October 1991}}</ref> During the 1990s he was also a regular guest on comedy panel show ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.<ref name="variety"/>

As a dramatic actor he appeared in ''[[The Crying Game]]'', ''[[To Die For (1994 film)|To Die For]]'', ''[[Peter's Friends]]'', ''[[Up 'n' Under (film)|Up 'n' Under]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/digital-cable-and-satellite-television-pick-of-the-day-1116084.html |title=Digital, Cable and Satellite Television: Pick of the Day |first=James |last=Rampton |work=The Independent |date=27 August 1999 |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref> and ''The Wedding Tackle'' (1999) as Little Ted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/549|title=BFI &#124; Sight & Sound &#124; The Wedding Tackle (1999)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

At the end of the 1980s he became a film critic, presenting his own show on British television, ''Saturday Night at the Movies''. He also appeared in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] sitcom ''[[That's Love (TV series)|That's Love]]'' with [[Jimmy Mulville]].<ref name="variety"/>

Slattery was also a regular guest with the Comedy Store Players, both at [[The Comedy Store (London)|The Comedy Store]] in London and on tour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/t/34455/tony_slattery/news |title=Tony Slattery, comedian news |website=chortle.co.uk |access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

In 1990, Slattery appeared as a contestant on ''[[Cluedo (British game show)|Cluedo]]'', facing off against [[David Yip]]. From 1993 to 1994 he was the host of the game show ''[[Trivial Pursuit (UK game show)|Trivial Pursuit]]''.<ref name="variety"/>

In 1992 Slattery appeared in the film ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''. In the same year he appeared in the series ''Dead Ringer'', filmed for the observation round in ''[[The Krypton Factor]]''. Also in 1992 Slattery appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 show ''[[GamesMaster]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/gamesmaster_s02e01|title=Gamesmaster s02e01 Tony Slattery|date=1 October 1992|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and in 1993 he starred in the ITV sitcom ''[[Just a Gigolo (TV series)|Just a Gigolo]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/539027/british-actor-comedian-tony-slattery-dies-aged-65-after-heart-attack|title=British actor, comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack|date=15 January 2025|website=RNZ}}</ref>

He was featured in all episodes of the televised version of the long-running radio gameshow ''[[Just A Minute]]'' in 1994,<ref name="variety"/> and became a team captain when the format was revised in 1995, again appearing in all episodes.

He starred in a pilot episode of [[Gentleman_detective|gentlemen detective]] [[Spoof film|spoof]] ''Tiger Bastable'' for ITV in 1995 which was not picked up as a series.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}