Walter Slezak

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.

Known For

Baron

Emil and the Detectives

La Roche

The Princess and the Pirate

Prof. Barker

People Will Talk

Squire Trelawney

Treasure Island

Maurice Clavell

Come September

Eric Molinar

Riff-Raff

Dr. Christian Skaas

The Fallen Sparrow

Matthew Arnett

Born to Kill

Willi

Lifeboat

Yakov

The Inspector General

Don Pedro Vargas

The Pirate

Hackenschmidt

Black Beauty

Stossel

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Melchior Incza

Cornered

Professor Hans Neumann

Bedtime for Bonzo

Melik

Sinbad the Sailor

Joe Gribble

Step Lively

Baron Franz Von Luber

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Major Erich von Keller

This Land Is Mine

August Tantinnin

Call Me Madam

Mein Leopold

Michael

Michael

The Innkeeper

The Juggler of Notre Dame

Don Juan Alvarado

The Spanish Main

Dr. Byron Dokstedder

The Yellow Cab Man

Dr. Coppelius

El fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius

Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"

The Steel Cage

Vitrey, The Mayor

Till We Meet Again

Huysman

White Witch Doctor

Flaco

The Miracle

A Hundred-Odd Years from Now

Lloyd Davis

Wonderful Life

Papa Martelli

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Etienne

A Very Special Favor

Malouf

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

Der 'Ewige Wiener'

Der Kongreß amüsiert sich

Father Richter

Heidi

Doctor Stahl

Spy Hunt

Antonio Gonzales

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

Kurt

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

Emil Spangenberg

Confidentially Connie

Addio giovinezza!

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

Sodom und Gomorrha

Dr. Coppelius

The Mysterious House of Dr. C.

Dimitrioff

Salome, Where She Danced

Sgt. Axmann

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein

Gepetto

Pinocchio

Walter Thiermann

Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

Oberprimaner

Junges Blut

Ottokar

Die große Pause

Mentel

Almenrausch und Edelweiss

Die Lorelei

Das Recht zu leben

Ehegeheimnisse

Ledige Mütter

A Cry of Angels

Liebe geht seltsame Wege

Eros in Ketten

Osudné noci

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-05-03

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As

Уолтер Слезак