Name
Walter Slezak
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1902-05-03
Deathday
1983-04-21 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
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- 1964 Emil and the Detectives as Baron
- 1944 The Princess and the Pirate as La Roche
- 1972 Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney
- 1951 People Will Talk as Barker
- 1961 Come September as Maurice Clavell
- 1947 Riff-Raff as Eric Molinar
- 1943 The Fallen Sparrow as Dr. Christian Skaas
- 1947 Born to Kill as Matthew Arnett
- 1944 Lifeboat as Willi
- 1949 The Inspector General as Yakov
- 1948 The Pirate as Don Pedro Vargas
- 1971 Black Beauty as Hackenschmidt
- 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Stossel
- 1945 Cornered as Melchior Incza
- 1951 Bedtime for Bonzo as Professor Hans Neumann
- 1947 Sinbad the Sailor as Melik
- 1944 Step Lively as Joe Gribble
- 1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon as Baron Franz Von Luber
- 1943 This Land Is Mine as Major Erich von Keller
- 1953 Call Me Madam as August Tantinnin
- 1924 Mein Leopold
- 1924 Michael as Michael
- 1970 The Juggler of Notre Dame as The Innkeeper
- 1945 The Spanish Main as Don Juan Alvarado
- 1950 The Yellow Cab Man as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
- 1968 Dr. Coppelius as Dr. Coppelius
- 1954 The Steel Cage as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
- 1944 Till We Meet Again as Vitrey, The Mayor
- 1953 White Witch Doctor as Huysman
- 1959 The Miracle as Flaco
- 1969 A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
- 1964 Wonderful Life as Lloyd Davis
- 1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Papa Martelli
- 1965 A Very Special Favor as Etienne
- 1965 Twenty-Four Hours to Kill as Malouf
- 1966 Congress of Love as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
- 1968 Heidi as Father Richter
- 1950 Spy Hunt as Doctor Stahl
- 1967 The Caper of the Golden Bulls as Antonio Gonzales
- 1932 Spione im Savoy-Hotel as Kurt
- 1953 Confidentially Connie as Emil Spangenberg
- 1927 Addio giovinezza!
- 1922 Sodom and Gomorrah as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
- 1976 The Mysterious House of Dr. C. as Dr. Coppelius
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced as Dimitrioff
- 1950 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Sgt. Axmann
- 1926 Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
- 1957 Pinocchio as Gepetto
- 1926 Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen as Walter Thiermann
- 1925 O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
- 1926 Junges Blut as Oberprimaner
- 1927 The Long Intermission as Ottokar
- 1928 Almenrausch und Edelweiss as Mentel
- 1927 Die Lorelei
- 1927 The Right to Live
- 1926 Ehegeheimnisse
- 1928 Ledige Mütter
- 1963 A Cry of Angels
- 1927 The Ways of Love Are Strange
- 1929 Eros in Ketten
- 1929 Osudné noci
- 1968 The Legend of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Grote
- 1966 Batman ( 2 episodes ) as The Clock King
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 2 episodes )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Reallybig
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Lazio Tzgorni
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 2 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Emil Markheim
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Krisons Ringo
- 1951 The Name's the Same ( 21 episodes ) as Self
- 1970 Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Max Jurgens
- 1960 The Chevy Mystery Show ( 18 episodes ) as Host
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Emil Kronsteidt
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 4 episodes ) as Oskar Pauker
- 1972 Assignment: Vienna ( 1 episode ) as Tandler
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Lev Simon
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as George Frederic Handel
- 1959 The Big Party ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Frank Cadwallader
- 1949 Suspense ( 3 episodes )
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Marcel Locksmith
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 7 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1955 MGM Parade ( 3 episodes ) as self
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1957 Alcoa Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Finch
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode ) as Henri Charpentier
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Major Paul Petkoff
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Toine
- 1950 Danger ( 7 episodes )
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Adrian Van Dyke
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Joseph
- 1960 The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Count Fosco
