Acting
Walter Slezak
Born 1902-05-03 · Vienna, Austria · Died 1983-04-21
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
Lifeboat
The Inspector General
The Pirate
Sinbad the Sailor
Come September
People Will Talk
Heidi
Treasure Island
This Land Is Mine
Born to Kill
Bedtime for Bonzo
Emil and the Detectives
Call Me Madam
The Spanish Main
Cornered
The Princess and the Pirate
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Miracle
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Riff-Raff
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Salome, Where She Danced
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
A Very Special Favor
Step Lively
Congress of Love
Michael
White Witch Doctor
Black Beauty
The Fallen Sparrow
The Juggler of Notre Dame
The Yellow Cab Man
The Steel Cage
Till We Meet Again
Confidentially Connie
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Pinocchio
Sodom and Gomorrah