Walter Slezak
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-05-03
Day of Death
1983-04-21 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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
Acting
(1976)
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
as Dr. Coppelius
(1972)
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
(1971)
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt
(1970)
The Juggler of Notre Dame
as The Innkeeper
(1969)
(1968)
Heidi
as Father Richter
(1968)
Dr. Coppelius
as Dr. Coppelius
(1967)
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Antonio Gonzales
(1966)
Congress of Love
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
(1965)
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Malouf
(1965)
A Very Special Favor
as Etienne
(1964)
Emil and the Detectives
as Baron
(1964)
Wonderful Life
as Lloyd Davis
(1963)
(1962)
(1961)
Come September
as Maurice Clavell
(1959)
The Miracle
as Flaco
(1957)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Papa Martelli
(1957)
Pinocchio
as Gepetto
(1954)
The Steel Cage
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
(1953)
Call Me Madam
as August Tantinnin
(1953)
White Witch Doctor
as Huysman
(1953)
Confidentially Connie
as Emil Spangenberg
(1951)
People Will Talk
as Prof. Barker
(1951)
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Professor Hans Neumann
(1950)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann
(1950)
The Yellow Cab Man
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
(1950)
Spy Hunt
as Doctor Stahl
(1949)
The Inspector General
as Yakov
(1948)
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
(1947)
Sinbad the Sailor
as Melik
(1947)
Born to Kill
as Matthew Arnett
(1947)
Riff-Raff
as Eric Molinar
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as Dimitrioff
(1945)
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado
(1945)
Cornered
as Melchior Incza
(1944)
Lifeboat
as Willi
(1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
as La Roche
(1944)
Step Lively
as Joe Gribble
(1944)
Till We Meet Again
as Vitrey, The Mayor
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Major Erich von Keller
(1943)
The Fallen Sparrow
as Dr. Christian Skaas
(1942)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Baron Franz Von Luber
(1932)
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
as Kurt
(1929)
(1929)
(1928)
(1928)
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
as Mentel
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
The Long Intermission
as Ottokar
(1927)
(1927)
(1926)
Junges Blut
as Oberprimaner
(1926)
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
as Walter Thiermann
(1926)
(1925)
(1924)
Michael
as Michael
(1924)
(1922)
Sodom and Gomorrah
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa