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Walter Slezak

Actor
Born May 3, 1902Died April 21, 1983 (80 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • People Will Talk
  • The Inspector General
  • The Princess and the Pirate
  • Treasure Island
  • Black Beauty
  • Salome, Where She Danced

Known For

  • Lifeboat
  • Michael
  • Born to Kill
  • The Pirate
  • The Inspector General
  • People Will Talk
  • Cornered
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon
  • This Land Is Mine
  • Emil and the Detectives
  • Come September
  • Sinbad, the Sailor
  • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
  • The Fallen Sparrow
  • The Spanish Main
  • The Princess and the Pirate
  • Black Beauty
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
  • Treasure Island
  • Bedtime for Bonzo
  • Riffraff
  • White Witch Doctor
  • Call Me Madam
  • The Yellow Cab Man

Filmography

1997
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'the Inspector General'
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Marcel Locksmith
1972
Treasure Island · as Squire Trelawney
1971
Black Beauty · as Hackenschmidt
1970
The Juggler of Notre Dame · as The Innkeeper
1968
Heidi · as Father Richter
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Laszlo Braedeker (1976)
1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls · as Antonio Gonzales
1966
Dr. Coppelius · as Dr. Coppelius
1966
Congress of Love · as Der 'ewige Wiener'
1966
Batman (TV Series) · as The Clock King
1965
I Spy (TV Series) · as Dennis
1965
A Very Special Favor · as Etienne
1965
24 Hours to Kill · as Malouf
1964
1964
Swingers' Paradise · as Lloyd Davis
1962
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Max Jurgens
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Arnie Grote
1961
Come September · as Maurice Clavell
1960
Outlaws (TV Series)
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show (TV Series) · as Host
1959
A Doll's House · as Presenter
1959
The Miracle · as Flaco
1959
Ford Startime (TV Series) · as Joseph
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Lazio Tzgorni
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Oskar Pauker
1957
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Finch
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms · as Papa Martelli
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Mr. Golden
1956
Telephone Time (TV Series)
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Emil Markheim
1954
The Steel Cage · as Louis, The Prison Chef, Segment "the Chef"
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Fouquier-Tinville
1953
White Witch Doctor · as Huysman
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Emil Kronsteidt
1953
Call Me Madam · as August Tantinnin
1953
Confidentially Connie · as Emil Spangenberg
1952
Omnibus (TV Series)
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as George Frederic Handel
1951
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast
1951
1951
People Will Talk · as Prof. Barker
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo · as Professor Hans Neumann
1950
Four Star Revue (TV Series) · as Ebenezer Scrooge
1950
Danger (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
1950
Spy Hunt · as Doctor Stahl
1950
The Yellow Cab Man · as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
1950
1949
1949
Suspense (TV Series) · as Frank Cadwallader
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Lev Simon
1948
The Pirate · as Don Pedro Vargas
1947
Riffraff · as Eric Molinar
1947
Born to Kill · as Matthew Arnett
1947
Sinbad, the Sailor · as Melik
1945
Cornered · as Melchior Incza
1945
The Spanish Main · as Don Juan Alvarado
1945
1944
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
1932
1924
Michael · as Michael
1922
Sodom and Gomorrah · as Eduard Harber - Student Am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied Von Galiläa

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