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Walter Slezak

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 engineer 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.


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Born:
May 3, 1902 In Vienna, Austria
Movie/TV Credits:
79
First Appeared:
In the movie Sodom and Gomorrah 1922-10-13
Latest Project:
Movie The Mysterious House of Dr. C. 1976-01-09
Known For
Poster of A Cry of Angels
Poster of The Chevy Mystery Show
Poster of Ledige Mütter
Poster of Ehegeheimnisse
Filmography
Movie The Mysterious House of Dr. C. Dr. Coppelius 1976-01-09
Movie Treasure Island Squire Trelawney 1972-10-01
Movie Black Beauty Hackenschmidt 1971-04-01
Movie The Juggler of Notre Dame The Innkeeper 1970-02-11
Movie A Hundred-Odd Years from Now 1969-01-01
Movie Heidi Father Richter 1968-11-17
Movie Dr. Coppelius Dr. Coppelius 1968-12-25
Movie The Caper of the Golden Bulls Antonio Gonzales 1967-05-24
Series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Unknown 1967-09-09
Series Batman Unknown 1966-01-12
Movie Congress of Love Der 'Ewige Wiener' 1966-03-18
Movie Twenty-Four Hours to Kill Malouf 1965-03-08
Movie A Very Special Favor Etienne 1965-08-02
Movie Wonderful Life Lloyd Davis 1964-06-03
Movie Emil and the Detectives Baron 1964-12-18
Movie A Cry of Angels 1963-12-15
Movie The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Stossel 1962-08-07
Movie Come September Maurice Clavell 1961-01-01
Series Cain's Hundred Unknown 1961-09-19
Series Dr. Kildare Unknown 1961-09-27
Series The Chevy Mystery Show Host 1960-05-29
Series Outlaws Unknown 1960-09-26
Series Rawhide Unknown 1959-01-09
Movie The Miracle Flaco 1959-11-12
Series The Big Party 1959-10-08
Movie Ten Thousand Bedrooms Papa Martelli 1957-04-03
Movie Pinocchio Gepetto 1957-10-13
Series Telephone Time Unknown 1956-04-08
Series The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Unknown 1956-10-05
Series The 20th Century Fox Hour Unknown 1955-10-05
Movie The Steel Cage Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef" 1954-12-01
Movie Confidentially Connie Emil Spangenberg 1953-03-12
Movie Call Me Madam August Tantinnin 1953-03-25
Movie White Witch Doctor Huysman 1953-07-01
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Series Omnibus Unknown 1952-11-09
Series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Unknown 1951-10-05
Movie Bedtime for Bonzo Professor Hans Neumann 1951-04-05
Movie People Will Talk Prof. Barker 1951-08-29
Series The Name's the Same 1951-12-05
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30
Movie The Yellow Cab Man Dr. Byron Dokstedder 1950-03-25
Movie Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion Sgt. Axmann 1950-08-05
Movie Spy Hunt Doctor Stahl 1950-06-08
Series Suspense Unknown 1949-01-06
Movie The Inspector General Yakov 1949-12-31
Movie The Pirate Don Pedro Vargas 1948-06-11
Series Studio One Unknown 1948-11-07
Movie Riff-Raff Eric Molinar 1947-06-28
Movie Sinbad the Sailor Melik 1947-01-13
Movie Born to Kill Matthew Arnett 1947-04-30
Movie Salome, Where She Danced Dimitrioff 1945-04-17
Movie Cornered Melchior Incza 1945-11-23
Movie The Spanish Main Don Juan Alvarado 1945-10-01
Movie Step Lively Joe Gribble 1944-07-26
Movie Lifeboat Willi 1944-01-28
Movie The Princess and the Pirate La Roche 1944-11-17
Movie Till We Meet Again Vitrey, The Mayor 1944-08-30
Movie This Land Is Mine Major Erich von Keller 1943-05-07
Movie The Fallen Sparrow Dr. Christian Skaas 1943-08-19
Movie Once Upon a Honeymoon Baron Franz Von Luber 1942-11-27
Movie Spione im Savoy-Hotel Kurt 1932-11-04
Movie Osudné noci 1929-05-03
Movie Eros in Ketten 1929-09-19
Movie Almenrausch und Edelweiss Mentel 1928-03-28
Movie Ledige Mütter 1928-02-14
Movie Addio giovinezza! 1927-01-30
Movie The Right to Live 1927-03-23
Movie Ehegeheimnisse 1927-01-18
Movie The Long Intermission Ottokar 1927-11-09
Movie Die Lorelei 1927-04-26
Movie Liebe geht seltsame Wege 1927-08-10
Movie Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein 1926-01-21
Movie Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen Walter Thiermann 1926-03-01
Movie Junges Blut Oberprimaner 1926-03-23
Movie O alte Burschenherrlichkeit 1925-09-28
Movie Michael Michael 1924-09-26
Movie Sodom and Gomorrah Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa 1922-10-13