Walter Slezak
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 3, 1902
- Died
- April 21, 1983
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
The Mysterious House of Dr. C. 1976
as Dr. Coppelius
Treasure Island 1972
as Squire Trelawney
Black Beauty 1971
as Hackenschmidt
The Juggler of Notre Dame 1970
as The Innkeeper
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now 1969
Actor
Dr. Coppelius 1968
as Dr. Coppelius
Heidi 1968
as Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood 1968
as Friar Tuck
The Caper of the Golden Bulls 1967
as Antonio Gonzales
Congress of Love 1966
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
A Very Special Favor 1965
as Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill 1965
as Malouf
Emil and the Detectives 1964
as Baron
Wonderful Life 1964
as Lloyd Davis
A Cry of Angels 1963
Actor
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
as Stossel
Come September 1961
as Maurice Clavell
The Miracle 1959
as Flaco
Pinocchio 1957
as Gepetto
Ten Thousand Bedrooms 1957
as Papa Martelli
- THe Good Fairy
THe Good Fairy 1956
as Max Sporum
The Steel Cage 1954
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
White Witch Doctor 1953
as Huysman
Call Me Madam 1953
as August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie 1953
as Emil Spangenberg
People Will Talk 1951
as Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo 1951
as Professor Hans Neumann
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950
as Sgt. Axmann
Spy Hunt 1950
as Doctor Stahl
The Yellow Cab Man 1950
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
The Inspector General 1949
as Yakov
The Pirate 1948
as Don Pedro Vargas
Riff-Raff 1947
as Eric Molinar
Born to Kill 1947
as Matthew Arnett
Sinbad the Sailor 1947
as Melik
Cornered 1945
as Melchior Incza
The Spanish Main 1945
as Don Juan Alvarado
Salome, Where She Danced 1945
as Dimitrioff
The Princess and the Pirate 1944
as La Roche
Till We Meet Again 1944
as Vitrey, The Mayor
Step Lively 1944
as Joe Gribble
Lifeboat 1944
as Willi
The Fallen Sparrow 1943
as Dr. Christian Skaas
This Land Is Mine 1943
as Major Erich von Keller
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942
as Baron Franz Von Luber
Spione im Savoy-Hotel 1932
as Kurt
- Eros in Ketten
Eros in Ketten 1929
Actor
- Osudné noci
Osudné noci 1929
Actor
Almenrausch und Edelweiss 1928
as Mentel
- Ledige Mütter
Ledige Mütter 1928
Actor
- The Long Intermission
The Long Intermission 1927
as Ottokar
- The Ways of Love Are Strange
The Ways of Love Are Strange 1927
Actor
- Die Lorelei
Die Lorelei 1927
Actor
The Right to Live 1927
Actor
Addio giovinezza! 1927
Actor
- Ehegeheimnisse
Ehegeheimnisse 1926
Actor
Junges Blut 1926
as Oberprimaner
- Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen 1926
as Walter Thiermann
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein 1926
Actor
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit 1925
Actor
My Leopold 1924
Actor
Michael 1924
as Eugene Michael
Sodom and Gomorrah 1922
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
Credits from TMDB.