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Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

ActingBorn May 3, 1902Died April 21, 1983 (age 80)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.

Filmography

1977
The Love Boat

as Marcel Locksmith

TV
1976Movie
1972
Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

Movie
1972TV
1971
Black Beauty

as Hackenschmidt

Movie
1970Movie
1968
Dr. Coppelius

as Dr. Coppelius

Movie
1968
Heidi

as Father Richter

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967Movie
1966
Congress of Love

as Der 'Ewige Wiener'

Movie
1966
Batman

as The Clock King

TV
1965Movie
1965Movie
1964Movie
1964
Wonderful Life

as Lloyd Davis

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Max Jurgens

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Arnie Grote

TV
1961
Come September

as Maurice Clavell

Movie
1960TV
1959
The Miracle

as Flaco

Movie
1959TV
1959
Startime

as Joseph

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Lazio Tzgorni

TV
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Oskar Pauker

TV
1957
Pinocchio

as Gepetto

Movie
1957TV
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Papa Martelli

Movie
1956
Telephone Time

as Henri Charpentier

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955TV
1955
MGM Parade

as self

TV
1954
The Steel Cage

as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Emil Kronsteidt

TV
1953Movie
1953
Call Me Madam

as August Tantinnin

Movie
1953
Confidentially Connie

as Emil Spangenberg

Movie
1952
Omnibus

as Major Paul Petkoff

TV
1952
Omnibus

as Toine

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mr. Reallybig

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as George Frederic Handel

TV
1951TV
1951
People Will Talk

as Prof. Barker

Movie
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo

as Professor Hans Neumann

Movie
1950TV
1950
Spy Hunt

as Doctor Stahl

Movie
1950
The Yellow Cab Man

as Dr. Byron Dokstedder

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1949Movie
1949
Suspense

as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley

TV
1949
Suspense

as Frank Cadwallader

TV
1949TV
1948
Studio One

as Lev Simon

TV
1948
Studio One

as Adrian Van Dyke

TV
1948
The Pirate

as Don Pedro Vargas

Movie
1947
Riff-Raff

as Eric Molinar

Movie
1947
Born to Kill

as Matthew Arnett

Movie
1947Movie
1945
Cornered

as Melchior Incza

Movie
1945
The Spanish Main

as Don Juan Alvarado

Movie
1945Movie
1944Movie
1944
Till We Meet Again

as Vitrey, The Mayor

Movie
1944
Step Lively

as Joe Gribble

Movie
1944
Lifeboat

as Willi

Movie
1943
The Fallen Sparrow

as Dr. Christian Skaas

Movie
1943
This Land Is Mine

as Major Erich von Keller

Movie
1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon

as Baron Franz Von Luber

Movie
1932Movie
1929Movie
1928Movie
1927Movie
1927Movie
1926
Junges Blut

as Oberprimaner

Movie
1926Movie
1924Movie
1924
Michael

as Michael

Movie
1922
Sodom and Gomorrah

as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 3, 1902
Day of DeathApril 21, 1983
Place of BirthVienna, Austria
Popularity0.8