Walter Slezak
ActingAlso Known As
Уолтер Слезак
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.
Movies
(62 total)
Lifeboat
as Willi
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
People Will Talk
as Prof. Barker
Born to Kill
as Matthew Arnett
Come September
as Maurice Clavell
This Land Is Mine
as Major Erich von Keller
The Inspector General
as Yakov
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Baron Franz Von Luber
Michael
as Michael
Sinbad the Sailor
as Melik
Cornered
as Melchior Incza
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado
Emil and the Detectives
as Baron
The Fallen Sparrow
as Dr. Christian Skaas
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt
The Princess and the Pirate
as La Roche
Call Me Madam
as August Tantinnin
TV Shows
(35 total)
Batman
as The Clock King
The Love Boat
as Marcel Locksmith
Rawhide
as Lazio Tzgorni
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
as Self
77 Sunset Strip
as Oskar Pauker
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Max Jurgens
Studio One
as Lev Simon
Suspense
as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
Suspense
as Frank Cadwallader
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. Reallybig
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Emil Markheim
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Krisons Ringo