Walter Slezak
Acting
97 credits
Born
May 03, 1902
Died
Apr 21, 1983 (80 years old)
Place of birth
Vienna, Austria
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)
Movie
6.2
Riff-Raff
1947
Movie
5.7
Treasure Island
1972
Movie
5.3
Confidentially Connie
1953
Movie
6.2
Heidi
1968
Movie
6.6
Step Lively
1944
Movie
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
Movie
Ehegeheimnisse
1927
Movie
6.4
The Pirate
1948
Movie
Junges Blut
1926
Movie
7.1
People Will Talk
1951
Movie
6.8
Come September
1961
Movie
6.3
The Spanish Main
1945
Movie
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
Movie
5.9
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
Movie
6.7
Born to Kill
1947
Movie
Die Lorelei
1927
Movie
5.8
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Movie
6.9
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Shows (35)
Show
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Show
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Show
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Show
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
Show
7.3
Batman
1966
Show
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
Show
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Show
5.5
Dr. Kildare
1961
Show
5.0
Studio One
1948
Show
5.0
Studio One
1948
Show
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Show
7.2
Rawhide
1959
Show
7.0
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Show
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Show
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Show
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Show
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961
Show
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968