Biography

During his career, he acted in 17 films and released "dozens" of albums.

Slamet has been noted as directly or indirectly influencing numerous entertainers who followed him. His frequent collaborators Puspa and Benyamin Sueb learned from his experience and used it to further their own careers; Puspa has noted that meeting Slamet was the reason she entered singing, and Sueb is buried not far from Slamet.

In 1972, then-Governor of Jakarta Ali Sadikin gave Slamet a lifetime achievement award for his musical career, and in 2003, Slamet was awarded the Budaya Parama Dharma medal. It was accepted by his son Hilmansyah.

His funeral procession stretched for more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), and was attended by thousands.

On 29 July 1953, he won a comedy competition in the Jakarta Art Building, which gave him the nickname "Bintang Pelawak" ("Star of Comedians"), and two years later he was chosen as the best radio entertainer by the Radio Republik Indonesia branch in Jakarta. He eventually came on friendly terms with then-President Sukarno.