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Walter Slezak
Actor · Crew· Vienna, Austria
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
38 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | Film |
| 1971 | Black Beauty | Hackenschmidt | Film |
| 1968 | Heidi | Father Richter | Film |
| 1968 | The Legend of Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | Film |
| 1968 | Dr. Coppelius | Dr. Coppelius | Film |
| 1965 | A Very Special Favor | Etienne | Film |
| 1965 | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Malouf | Film |
| 1964 | Emil and the Detectives | Baron | Film |
| 1964 | Wonderful Life | Lloyd Davis | Film |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Stossel | Film |
| 1961 | Come September | Maurice Clavell | Film |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Flaco | Film |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Papa Martelli | Film |
| 1954 | The Steel Cage | Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef" | Film |
| 1953 | Call Me Madam | August Tantinnin | Film |
| 1953 | White Witch Doctor | Huysman | Film |
| 1951 | Bedtime for Bonzo | Professor Hans Neumann | Film |
| 1951 | People Will Talk | Prof. Barker | Film |
| 1950 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Sgt. Axmann | Film |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Dr. Byron Dokstedder | Film |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Yakov | Film |
| 1948 | The Pirate | Don Pedro Vargas | Film |
| 1947 | Riff-Raff | Eric Molinar | Film |
| 1947 | Sinbad the Sailor | Melik | Film |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Matthew Arnett | Film |
| 1945 | Cornered | Melchior Incza | Film |
| 1945 | The Spanish Main | Don Juan Alvarado | Film |
| 1945 | Salome, Where She Danced | Dimitrioff | Film |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Willi | Film |
| 1944 | Step Lively | Joe Gribble | Film |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | La Roche | Film |
| 1944 | Till We Meet Again | Vitrey, The Mayor | Film |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Major Erich von Keller | Film |
| 1943 | The Fallen Sparrow | Dr. Christian Skaas | Film |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Baron Franz Von Luber | Film |
| 1927 | Addio giovinezza! | Film | |
| 1924 | Michael | Michael | Film |
| 1922 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa | Film |
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