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.
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Filmography
all 94
Movies 61
TV Shows 33
self 14
Marcel Locksmith
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Dr. Coppelius
The Mysterious House of Dr. C. (1976)
Movie
Squire Trelawney
Treasure Island (1972)
Movie
Tandler
Assignment: Vienna (1972)
TV
Hackenschmidt
Black Beauty (1971)
Movie
Self
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich (1970)
TV
The Innkeeper
The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970)
Movie
Actor
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now (1969)
Movie
Dr. Coppelius
Dr. Coppelius (1968)
Movie
Father Richter
Heidi (1968)
Movie
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
TV
5
Antonio Gonzales
The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
Movie
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
Congress of Love (1966)
Movie
The Clock King
Batman (1966)
TV
5
Etienne, Restaurant Proprietor
A Very Special Favor (1965)
Movie
Malouf
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)
Movie
Baron
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Movie
6
Lloyd Davis
Wonderful Life (1964)
Movie
George Frideric Handel
A Cry of Angels (1963)
Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Stossel
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Movie
Self - Co-Host / Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Dr. Max Jurgens
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Arnie Grote
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
Maurice Clavell
Come September (1961)
Movie
Outlaws (1960)
TV
Self - Host / Host - Insp. Pierre Dumourier
The Chevy Mystery Show (1960)
TV
Flaco
The Miracle (1959)
Movie
Self
The Big Party (1959)
TV
Lazio Tzgorni
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Oskar Pauker
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Gepetto
Pinocchio (1957)
Movie
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
TV
Self
High-Low (1957)
TV
Papa Martelli
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Movie
Self
Was sieht man Neues? (1957)
TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
TV
Telephone Time (1956)
TV
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Emil Markheim
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Louis - Prison Chef (segment "The Chef")
The Steel Cage (1954)
Movie
Emil Kronsteidt
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Huysman
White Witch Doctor (1953)
Movie
August Tantinnin
Call Me Madam (1953)
Movie
Emil Spangenberg
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Movie
Omnibus (1952)
TV
George Frederic Handel / Mr. Reallybig
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
The Name's the Same (1951)
TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Prof. Barker
People Will Talk (1951)
Movie
Prof. Hans Neumann
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Movie
Actor
Danger (1950)
TV
Sgt. Axmann
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Movie
Doctor Stahl
Spy Hunt (1950)
Movie
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Movie
Self - Panelist
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Krisons Ringo
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Yakov
The Inspector General (1949)
Movie
Frank Cadwallader / Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
Suspense (1949)
TV
Lev Simon
Studio One (1948)
TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV
6
Don Pedro Vargas
The Pirate (1948)
Movie
Eric Molinar
Riff-Raff (1947)
Movie
Matthew Arnett
Born to Kill (1947)
Movie
Melik
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
Movie
6
Melchior Incza
Cornered (1945)
Movie
Don Juan Alvarado
The Spanish Main (1945)
Movie
Dimitrioff
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
Movie
La Roche
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Movie
Vitrey - The Mayor
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Movie
Joe Gribble
Step Lively (1944)
Movie
Willi
Lifeboat (1944)
Movie
1
Dr. Christian Skaas
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Movie
Major Erich von Keller
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Movie
6
Baron Franz Von Luber
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Movie
6
Kurt
Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932)
Movie
Heinz Ewer
Eros in Ketten (1929)
Movie
Bellini
Osudné noci (1929)
Movie
Mentel, beider Sohn
Almenrausch und Edelweiss (1928)
Movie
Ledige Mütter (1928)
Movie
Ottokar
The Long Intermission (1927)
Movie
Florizel, 'Flo-Flo'
Liebe geht seltsame Wege (1927)
Movie
Die Lorelei (1927)
Movie
Das Recht zu leben (1927)
Movie
Mario
Addio giovinezza! (1927)
Movie
Actor
Ehegeheimnisse (1927)
Movie
Oberprimaner
Junges Blut (1926)
Movie
Walter Thiermann - Ing. bei Großmann
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen (1926)
Movie
Actor
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein (1926)
Movie
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit (1925)
Movie
Leopold, sein Sohn
Mein Leopold (1924)
Movie
Eugène Michael
Michael (1924)
Movie
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1902-05-03
Deathday1983-04-21 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
ChildrenErika Slezak
FatherLeo Slezak
SiblingsMargarete Slezak
CitizenshipsAustria
ResidencesVienna, Austria
Also Known AsУолтер Слезак
AwardsTony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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