
Walter Slezak
Known for: Acting
Born: May 3, 1902
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 ver…
Known for

Emil and the Detectives
1964

Mein Leopold
1924

Michael
1924

Dr. Coppelius
1968

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926

The Inspector General
1949

Black Beauty
1971

Cornered
1945

Wonderful Life
1964

Addio giovinezza!
1927

Pinocchio
1957

Junges Blut
1926

Almenrausch und Edelweiss
1928
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
1927

Treasure Island
1972

Riff-Raff
1947

The Fallen Sparrow
1943

Born to Kill
1947

Lifeboat
1944

The Pirate
1948

Bedtime for Bonzo
1951

Sinbad the Sailor
1947

Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942

The Spanish Main
1945

The Yellow Cab Man
1950

The Steel Cage
1954

Till We Meet Again
1944

White Witch Doctor
1953

The Miracle
1959

A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
1976
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
1926
The Long Intermission
1927
Eros in Ketten
1929

The Princess and the Pirate
1944

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962

This Land Is Mine
1943

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957

A Very Special Favor
1965

Congress of Love
1966

Confidentially Connie
1953

Salome, Where She Danced
1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
Die Lorelei
1927

The Right to Live
1927
Ehegeheimnisse
1926
Ledige Mütter
1928

People Will Talk
1951

Come September
1961

Step Lively
1944

Heidi
1968

Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932

Sodom and Gomorrah
1922

Spy Hunt
1950

Call Me Madam
1953

The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967

A Cry of Angels
1963
Osudné noci
1929

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965

The Juggler of Notre Dame
1970

The Legend of Robin Hood
1968

Cain's Hundred
1961

Batman
1966

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Studio One
1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Outlaws
1960

Rawhide
1959

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

Suspense
1949

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Name's the Same
1951
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
1970

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Dr. Kildare
1961
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960

Letter to Loretta
1953

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Assignment: Vienna
1972

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Big Party
1959

The Love Boat
1977

What's My Line?
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

MGM Parade
1955

Tony Awards
1956

Alcoa Theatre
1957

Telephone Time
1956

Omnibus
1952
Danger
1950

Startime
1959
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960