Portrait of Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Acting

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.

Born: May 3, 1902

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Filmography

1977
The Love Boat

as Marcel Locksmith

1972
Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

1972
1971
Black Beauty

as Hackenschmidt

1970
1968
Heidi

as Father Richter

1968
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

1967
1966
Congress of Love

as Der 'Ewige Wiener'

1966
Batman

as The Clock King

1965
1964
Wonderful Life

as Lloyd Davis

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Max Jurgens

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Arnie Grote

1961
Come September

as Maurice Clavell

1959
The Miracle

as Flaco

1959
Rawhide

as Lazio Tzgorni

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Oskar Pauker

1957
Pinocchio

as Gepetto

1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Papa Martelli

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
1954
The Steel Cage

as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Emil Kronsteidt

1953
1953
Call Me Madam

as August Tantinnin

1953
Confidentially Connie

as Emil Spangenberg

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mr. Reallybig

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as George Frederic Handel

1951
People Will Talk

as Prof. Barker

1951
Bedtime for Bonzo

as Professor Hans Neumann

1950
Spy Hunt

as Doctor Stahl

1950
The Yellow Cab Man

as Dr. Byron Dokstedder

1950
1950
1949
Suspense

as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley

1949
Suspense

as Frank Cadwallader

1948
Studio One

as Lev Simon

1948
The Pirate

as Don Pedro Vargas

1947
Riff-Raff

as Eric Molinar

1947
Born to Kill

as Matthew Arnett

1947
1945
Cornered

as Melchior Incza

1945
The Spanish Main

as Don Juan Alvarado

1945
1944
Till We Meet Again

as Vitrey, The Mayor

1944
Step Lively

as Joe Gribble

1944
Lifeboat

as Willi

1943
The Fallen Sparrow

as Dr. Christian Skaas

1943
This Land Is Mine

as Major Erich von Keller

1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon

as Baron Franz Von Luber

1926
Junges Blut

as Oberprimaner

1924
Michael

as Michael

1922
Sodom and Gomorrah

as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa