Walter Slezak
Acting
Born May 3, 1902 · Vienna, Austria
Died April 21, 1983
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
Filmography
Treasure Island
1972 · Squire Trelawney
Black Beauty
1971 · Hackenschmidt
Heidi
1968 · Father Richter
A Very Special Favor
1965 · Etienne
Emil and the Detectives
1964 · Baron
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · Stossel
Come September
1961 · Maurice Clavell
Call Me Madam
1953 · August Tantinnin
White Witch Doctor
1953 · Huysman
People Will Talk
1951 · Prof. Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 · Professor Hans Neumann
Spy Hunt
1950 · Doctor Stahl
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Sgt. Axmann
The Inspector General
1949 · Yakov
The Pirate
1948 · Don Pedro Vargas
Riff-Raff
1947 · Eric Molinar
Born to Kill
1947 · Matthew Arnett
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 · Melik
Cornered
1945 · Melchior Incza
The Spanish Main
1945 · Don Juan Alvarado
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · La Roche
Lifeboat
1944 · Willi
The Fallen Sparrow
1943 · Dr. Christian Skaas
This Land Is Mine
1943 · Major Erich von Keller
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Baron Franz Von Luber
Michael
1924 · Michael
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa