Mr. Slade — Banjo on My Knee Character Profile

About Mr. Slade

A local businessman whose aggressive demand for a kiss at the wedding triggers Ernie's violent reaction and subsequent flight, serving as the inciting incident for the plot.

Character Facts

Played by

Victor Kilian

Appears in

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Mr. Slade — Social Community Associate — Buddy (Buddy Ebsen)

  Neighbors sharing the same hometown and witnessing the central conflicts.

• Mr. Slade — Social Community Peer — Chick Bean (Tony Martin)

  Acquaintances sharing the same regional social circle.

• Mr. Slade — Conflict Indirect Antagonist — Warfield Scott (Walter Catlett)

  External authority figure whose actions indirectly enable Warfield's manipulative behavior.

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• Pearl Elliott Holley (Barbara Stanwyck)
• Ernie Holley (Joel McCrea)
• Newt Holley (Walter Brennan)
• Buddy (Buddy Ebsen)
• Warfield Scott (Walter Catlett)
• Grandma (Helen Westley)
• Ruby (Minna Gombell)
• Judge Tope (Spencer Charters)
• Leota Long (Katherine DeMille)
• Chick Bean (Tony Martin)
• Jules (George Humbert)
• Hattie (Cecil Weston)