Walter Slezak

Born: 1902-05-03, Vienna, Austria

Died: 1983-04-21

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.

Filmography

• The Love Boat (1977)
• Dr. Kildare (1961)
• Rawhide (1959)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• Studio One (1948)
• Suspense (1949)
• Telephone Time (1956)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
• Alcoa Theatre (1957)
• The Pirate (1948)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Mein Leopold (1924)
• Come September (1961)
• Lifeboat (1944)
• Step Lively (1944)
• Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
• Emil and the Detectives (1964)
• The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
• Addio giovinezza! (1927)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
• The Inspector General (1949)
• Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
• Junges Blut (1926)
• Confidentially Connie (1953)
• Born to Kill (1947)
• The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
• The Fallen Sparrow (1943)