John Slade is a professional actor, director, teacher, and song maker.

He had some exciting years in Los Angeles where his wife Betsy and sons Demian and Max were also film actors. John fronted a rock band in the 1980s, acted in plays at The Odyssey and the Mark Taper Forum, played an array of bad guys, cops and doctors on TV during the “L.A. Law / Hill Street Blues” era, and supporting roles in movies including Titanic and L.A. Confidential.

In 2001 he began life anew with a second marriage (to actress Laurie Walters) and a new job as theatre and American literature teacher at Nordhoff High School in Ojai. Loving best helping kids find their own voices, he now volunteers as a coach and advisor. John retired in 2012 to pursue his dream project, a solo play-with-music called “Whitman Sings”.