Person

Walter Slezak

Acting · 1902–1983 · Vienna, Austria

Biography

Walter Slezak (3 May 1902 – 21 April 1983) was a portly Austrian character actor who appeared in numerous Hollywood films. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, most notably the German U-boat captain in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 Lifeboat, but occasionally he got to play lighter roles, as in 1962's The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. He also played a cheerfully corrupt and philosophical private detective in the 1947 film noir Born to Kill and appeared as Squire Trelawney in the 1972 version of Treasure Island.

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Filmography

1977The Love BoatMarcel Locksmith
1976The Mysterious House of Dr. C.Dr. Coppelius
1972Treasure IslandSquire Trelawney
1972Assignment: ViennaTandler
1971Black BeautyHackenschmidt
1970Filmgeschichte(n) aus ÖsterreichSelf
1970The Juggler of Notre DameThe Innkeeper
1969A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1968Dr. CoppeliusDr. Coppelius
1968HeidiFather Richter
1968The Legend of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
1967The Caper of the Golden BullsAntonio Gonzales
1966Congress of LoveDer 'Ewige Wiener'
1966BatmanThe Clock King
1965A Very Special FavorEtienne
1965Twenty-Four Hours to KillMalouf
1964Emil and the DetectivesBaron
1964Wonderful LifeLloyd Davis
1963A Cry of Angels
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmStossel
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961Dr. KildareDr. Max Jurgens
1961Cain's HundredArnie Grote
1961Come SeptemberMaurice Clavell
1960Outlaws
1960The Chevy Mystery ShowHost
1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesCount Fosco
1959The MiracleFlaco
1959The Big PartySelf
1959StartimeJoseph
1959RawhideLazio Tzgorni
195877 Sunset StripOskar Pauker
1957PinocchioGepetto
1957Alcoa TheatreFinch
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
1957Ten Thousand BedroomsPapa Martelli
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1956Telephone TimeHenri Charpentier
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1955The 20th Century Fox HourEmil Markheim
1955MGM Paradeself
1954The Steel CageLouis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
1953Letter to LorettaEmil Kronsteidt
1953White Witch DoctorHuysman
1953Call Me MadamAugust Tantinnin
1953Confidentially ConnieEmil Spangenberg
1952OmnibusMajor Paul Petkoff
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMr. Reallybig
1951The Name's the SameSelf
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951People Will TalkBarker
1951Bedtime for BonzoProfessor Hans Neumann
1950Danger
1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionSgt. Axmann
1950Spy HuntDoctor Stahl
1950The Yellow Cab ManDr. Byron Dokstedder
1950What's My Line?Self
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsKrisons Ringo
1949The Inspector GeneralYakov
1949SuspenseDr. Potterton / Richard Morley
1948Studio One
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948The PirateDon Pedro Vargas
1947Riff-RaffEric Molinar
1947Born to KillMatthew Arnett
1947Sinbad the SailorMelik
1945CorneredMelchior Incza
1945The Spanish MainDon Juan Alvarado
1945Salome, Where She DancedDimitrioff
1944The Princess and the PirateLa Roche
1944Till We Meet AgainVitrey, The Mayor
1944Step LivelyJoe Gribble
1944LifeboatWilli
1943The Fallen SparrowDr. Christian Skaas
1943This Land Is MineMajor Erich von Keller
1942Once Upon a HoneymoonBaron Franz Von Luber
1932Spione im Savoy-HotelKurt
1929Eros in Ketten
1929Osudné noci
1928Almenrausch und EdelweissMentel
1928Ledige Mütter
1927The Long IntermissionOttokar
1927Liebe geht seltsame Wege
1927Die Lorelei
1927The Right to Live
1927Addio giovinezza!
1926Ehegeheimnisse
1926Junges BlutOberprimaner
1926Aus des Rheinlands SchicksalstagenWalter Thiermann
1926Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1925O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1924Mein Leopold
1924MichaelMichael
1922Sodom and GomorrahEduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa

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