Henry Slate

{{short description|American film, television and theatre actor}}

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|name = Henry Slate

|image = Henry_Slate_in_The_Andy_Griffith_Show_1960.jpg

|caption = Slate in The Andy Griffith Show, 1960

|birth_name = Henry Sonken{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA694|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|page=694|first=Scott|last=Wilson|date=August 22, 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786479924|via=Google Books}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1910|07|15}}

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1996|08|11|1910|07|15}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Film, television and theatre actor

|children = 1{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82152052/henry-slate-obituary/|title=Henry Slate|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=August 18, 1996|access-date=December 30, 2021|page=332|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

|years_active = 1930–1985

}}

Henry Sonken (July 15, 1910 – August 11, 1996) was an American film, television and theatre actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82282539/night-club-notes/|title=Night Club Notes|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|date=September 25, 1955|access-date=December 30, 2021|page=107|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Often appearing as one of the Slate Bros, he was known for his appearances in the films Miss Sadie Thompson, Loan Shark, Hey Boy! Hey Girl!, Somebody Loves Me and Rock Around the Clock, and for playing the role of Bulldog Lovey in the American television series Adventures in Paradise.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcr6UMkvVPwC&pg=PT34|title=The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference: Episode-by-Episode, with Cast and Production Biographies and a Guide to Collectibles|page=34|first1=Dale|last1=Robinson|first2=David|last2=Fernandes|publisher=McFarland|date=August 24, 2012|isbn=9781476601878|via=Google Books}}

Slate died on August 11, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86. He was cremated.