Walter Slezak
Acting
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.
Filmography 97
Movies (62)
- The Mysterious House of Dr. C.1976Dr. Coppelius
Treasure Island1972Squire Trelawney
Black Beauty1971Hackenschmidt
The Juggler of Notre Dame1970The Innkeeper
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now1969
Dr. Coppelius1968Dr. Coppelius
Heidi1968Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood1968Friar Tuck
The Caper of the Golden Bulls1967Antonio Gonzales
Congress of Love1966Der 'Ewige Wiener'
A Very Special Favor1965Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill1965Malouf
Emil and the Detectives1964Baron
Wonderful Life1964Lloyd Davis
A Cry of Angels1963
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962Stossel
Come September1961Maurice Clavell
The Miracle1959Flaco
Pinocchio1957Gepetto
Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957Papa Martelli
The Steel Cage1954Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
White Witch Doctor1953Huysman
Call Me Madam1953August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie1953Emil Spangenberg
People Will Talk1951Prof. Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo1951Professor Hans Neumann
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion1950Sgt. Axmann
Spy Hunt1950Doctor Stahl
The Yellow Cab Man1950Dr. Byron Dokstedder
The Inspector General1949Yakov
Shows (35)
The Love Boat1977Marcel Locksmith
Assignment: Vienna1972Tandler- Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich1970Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968Self (uncredited)
Batman1966The Clock King
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962Self
The Merv Griffin Show1962Self
The Mike Douglas Show1961Self
Dr. Kildare1961Dr. Max Jurgens
Cain's Hundred1961Arnie Grote
Outlaws1960- The Chevy Mystery Show1960Host
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries1960Count Fosco
- The Big Party1959Self
Startime1959Joseph
Rawhide1959Lazio Tzgorni
77 Sunset Strip1958Oskar Pauker
Alcoa Theatre1957Finch- Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956Self
Telephone Time1956Henri Charpentier
Tony Awards1956Self - Presenter
The 20th Century Fox Hour1955Emil Markheim
MGM Parade1955self
Letter to Loretta1953Emil Kronsteidt
Omnibus1952Major Paul Petkoff
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Mr. Reallybig- The Name's the Same1951Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951- Danger1950