Bill Slater (broadcaster)

William E. "Bill" Slater (December 3, 1902 – January 25, 1965) was an American educator, sports announcer, and radio/television personality from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was perhaps best known for hosting the radio shows Twenty Questions and Luncheon at Sardi's. He is also the great uncle of actor Christian Slater.

Slater earned a master's degree in political science from Columbia University and was a 1924 graduate of West Point. An imposing man of 6ft 3in, he subsequently taught English and math at his hometown of Parkersburg, West Virginia. He then joined the Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg, West Virginia as commandant. Next, he was on the faculty of the New York Military Academy where he also coached football. He was then the head of the math department and football coach at Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His final teaching post was headmaster of Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York, from 1933–1942.

He served as a lieutenant colonel in public relations for the U.S. Army, beginning in 1942.