Walter Slezak

Acting • 1902-05-03 • Vienna, Austria

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.

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1977
The Love BoatTV
Marcel Locksmith • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
1976
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.Film
Dr. Coppelius
1972
Treasure IslandFilm
Squire Trelawney
★ 5.9
1972
Assignment: ViennaTV
Tandler • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
1971
Black BeautyFilm
Hackenschmidt
★ 6.0
1970
The Juggler of Notre DameFilm
The Innkeeper
★ 7.5
1970
Filmgeschichte(n) aus ÖsterreichTV
Self • 1 episodes
1969
A Hundred-Odd Years from NowFilm
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self (uncredited) • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
HeidiFilm
Father Richter
★ 6.3
1968
Dr. CoppeliusFilm
Dr. Coppelius
★ 7.5
1968
The Legend of Robin HoodFilm
Friar Tuck
1967
The Caper of the Golden BullsFilm
Antonio Gonzales
★ 6.3
1966
BatmanTV
The Clock King • 2 episodes
★ 7.3
1966
Congress of LoveFilm
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
★ 4.0
1965
A Very Special FavorFilm
Etienne
★ 5.8
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to KillFilm
Malouf
★ 6.1
1964
Emil and the DetectivesFilm
Baron
★ 6.2
1964
Wonderful LifeFilm
Lloyd Davis
★ 4.9
1963
A Cry of AngelsFilm
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 6.8
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmFilm
Stossel
★ 5.9
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self - Co-Host • 5 episodes
★ 5.8
1961
Dr. KildareTV
Dr. Max Jurgens • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1961
Come SeptemberFilm
Maurice Clavell
★ 6.8
1961
Cain's HundredTV
Arnie Grote • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1960
OutlawsTV
★ 6.7
1960
The Chevy Mystery ShowTV
Host • 18 episodes
★ 6.8
1960
The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesTV
Count Fosco • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1959
RawhideTV
Lazio Tzgorni • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1959
The MiracleFilm
Flaco
★ 6.7
1959
StartimeTV
Joseph • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1959
The Big PartyTV
Self • 1 episodes
1958
77 Sunset StripTV
Oskar Pauker • 4 episodes
★ 7.2
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarTV
Self • 7 episodes
★ 7.5
1957
Alcoa TheatreTV
Finch • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1957
Ten Thousand BedroomsFilm
Papa Martelli
★ 5.6
1957
PinocchioFilm
Gepetto
★ 8.0
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1956
Telephone TimeTV
Henri Charpentier • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1956
Tony AwardsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
1956
THe Good FairyFilm
Max Sporum
1955
The 20th Century Fox HourTV
Emil Markheim • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1955
MGM ParadeTV
self • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
1954
The Steel CageFilm
Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
★ 7.0
1953
Call Me MadamFilm
August Tantinnin
★ 6.2
1953
White Witch DoctorFilm
Huysman
★ 6.5
1953
Letter to LorettaTV
Emil Kronsteidt • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1953
Confidentially ConnieFilm
Emil Spangenberg
★ 5.8
1952
OmnibusTV
Major Paul Petkoff • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1952
OmnibusTV
Toine • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1951
People Will TalkFilm
Barker
★ 7.1
1951
Bedtime for BonzoFilm
Professor Hans Neumann
★ 6.0
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
Mr. Reallybig • 1 episodes
★ 8.8
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
George Frederic Handel • 1 episodes
★ 8.8
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTV
★ 7.2
1951
The Name's the SameTV
Self • 21 episodes
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV
Krisons Ringo • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionFilm
Sgt. Axmann
★ 6.2
1950
Spy HuntFilm
Doctor Stahl
★ 6.3
1950
DangerTV
★ 7.7
1950
The Yellow Cab ManFilm
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
★ 6.9
1949
The Inspector GeneralFilm
Yakov
★ 6.7
1949
SuspenseTV
Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
1949
SuspenseTV
Frank Cadwallader • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
1949
SuspenseTV
★ 5.1
1948
Studio OneTV
★ 5.4
1948
Studio OneTV
Lev Simon • 1 episodes
★ 5.4
1948
Studio OneTV
Adrian Van Dyke • 1 episodes
★ 5.4
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1948
The PirateFilm
Don Pedro Vargas
★ 6.5
1947
Born to KillFilm
Matthew Arnett
★ 6.7
1947
Sinbad the SailorFilm
Melik
★ 6.0
1947
Riff-RaffFilm
Eric Molinar
★ 6.2
1945
CorneredFilm
Melchior Incza
★ 6.2
1945
The Spanish MainFilm
Don Juan Alvarado
★ 6.5
1945
Salome, Where She DancedFilm
Dimitrioff
★ 4.1
1944
LifeboatFilm
Willi
★ 7.4
1944
The Princess and the PirateFilm
La Roche
★ 6.9
1944
Step LivelyFilm
Joe Gribble
★ 6.7
1944
Till We Meet AgainFilm
Vitrey, The Mayor
★ 5.8
1943
This Land Is MineFilm
Major Erich von Keller
★ 7.1
1943
The Fallen SparrowFilm
Dr. Christian Skaas
★ 6.0
1942
Once Upon a HoneymoonFilm
Baron Franz Von Luber
★ 6.3
1932
Spione im Savoy-HotelFilm
Kurt
★ 7.5
1929
Eros in KettenFilm
1929
Osudné nociFilm
1928
Almenrausch und EdelweissFilm
Mentel
★ 9.0
1928
Ledige MütterFilm
★ 7.0
1927
Addio giovinezza!Film
★ 8.0
1927
The Long IntermissionFilm
Ottokar
★ 10.0
1927
Die LoreleiFilm
★ 9.0
1927
The Ways of Love Are StrangeFilm
★ 8.0
1927
The Right to LiveFilm
1926
Junges BlutFilm
Oberprimaner
★ 10.0
1926
EhegeheimnisseFilm
★ 10.0
1926
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am RheinFilm
★ 6.0
1926
Aus des Rheinlands SchicksalstagenFilm
Walter Thiermann
★ 6.0
1925
O alte BurschenherrlichkeitFilm
★ 8.0
1924
MichaelFilm
Eugene Michael
★ 6.4
1924
My LeopoldFilm
★ 10.0
1922
Sodom and GomorrahFilm
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
★ 6.1

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Lifeboat

The Pirate

Born to Kill

Michael

The Inspector General

This Land Is Mine

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