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
| Birth Location | Vienna, Austria |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902-05-03 |
| Died | 1983-04-21 |
Movies
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
as Dr. Coppelius
1976
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
1972
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt
1971
The Juggler of Notre Dame
as The Innkeeper
1970
Dr. Coppelius
as Dr. Coppelius
1968
Heidi
as Father Richter
1968
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Antonio Gonzales
1967
Congress of Love
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
1966
A Very Special Favor
as Etienne
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Malouf
1965
Emil and the Detectives
as Baron
1964
Wonderful Life
as Lloyd Davis
1964
1963
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Stossel
1962
Come September
as Maurice Clavell
1961
The Miracle
as Flaco
1959
Pinocchio
as Gepetto
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Papa Martelli
1957
The Steel Cage
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
1954
White Witch Doctor
as Huysman
1953
Call Me Madam
as August Tantinnin
1953
Confidentially Connie
as Emil Spangenberg
1953
People Will Talk
as Prof. Barker
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Professor Hans Neumann
1951
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann
1950
Spy Hunt
as Doctor Stahl
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
1950
The Inspector General
as Yakov
1949
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
1948
Riff-Raff
as Eric Molinar
1947
Born to Kill
as Matthew Arnett
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
as Melik
1947
Cornered
as Melchior Incza
1945
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado
1945
Salome, Where She Danced
as Dimitrioff
1945
The Princess and the Pirate
as La Roche
1944
Till We Meet Again
as Vitrey, The Mayor
1944
Step Lively
as Joe Gribble
1944
Lifeboat
as Willi
1944
The Fallen Sparrow
as Dr. Christian Skaas
1943
This Land Is Mine
as Major Erich von Keller
1943
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Baron Franz Von Luber
1942
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
as Kurt
1932
1929
1929
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
as Mentel
1928
1928
The Long Intermission
as Ottokar
1927
1927
1927
1927
1927
Junges Blut
as Oberprimaner
1926
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
as Walter Thiermann
1926
1924
Michael
as Michael
1924
Sodom and Gomorrah
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
1922
Walter Slezak hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
