Walter Slezak

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: Acting

Born: Vienna, Austria, 1902-05-03

Died: 1983-04-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1922	Sodom and Gomorrah	Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa	58
2	1924	Michael	Michael	63
3	1924	Mein Leopold		0
4	1925	O alte Burschenherrlichkeit		0
5	1926	Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein		50
6	1926	Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen	Walter Thiermann	30
7	1926	Junges Blut	Oberprimaner	0
8	1927	Ehegeheimnisse		0
9	1927	Addio giovinezza!		60
10	1927	The Right to Live		0
11	1927	Die Lorelei		0
12	1927	Liebe geht seltsame Wege		0
13	1927	The Long Intermission	Ottokar	0
14	1928	Ledige Mütter		0
15	1928	Almenrausch und Edelweiss	Mentel	0
16	1929	Osudné noci		0
17	1929	Eros in Ketten		0
18	1932	Spione im Savoy-Hotel	Kurt	50
19	1942	Once Upon a Honeymoon	Baron Franz Von Luber	62
20	1943	This Land Is Mine	Major Erich von Keller	71
21	1943	The Fallen Sparrow	Dr. Christian Skaas	57
22	1944	Lifeboat	Willi	74
23	1944	Step Lively	Joe Gribble	60
24	1944	Till We Meet Again	Vitrey, The Mayor	60
25	1944	The Princess and the Pirate	La Roche	67
26	1945	Salome, Where She Danced	Dimitrioff	37
27	1945	The Spanish Main	Don Juan Alvarado	62
28	1945	Cornered	Melchior Incza	60
29	1947	Sinbad the Sailor	Melik	59
30	1947	Born to Kill	Matthew Arnett	67
31	1947	Riff-Raff	Eric Molinar	61
32	1948	The Pirate	Don Pedro Vargas	64
33	1949	The Inspector General	Yakov	64
34	1950	The Yellow Cab Man	Dr. Byron Dokstedder	63
35	1950	Spy Hunt	Doctor Stahl	60
36	1950	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion	Sgt. Axmann	61
37	1951	Bedtime for Bonzo	Professor Hans Neumann	60
38	1951	People Will Talk	Prof. Barker	71
39	1953	Confidentially Connie	Emil Spangenberg	53
40	1953	Call Me Madam	August Tantinnin	63
41	1953	White Witch Doctor	Huysman	63
42	1954	The Steel Cage	Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"	0
43	1957	Ten Thousand Bedrooms	Papa Martelli	50
44	1957	Pinocchio	Gepetto	0
45	1959	The Miracle	Flaco	67
46	1961	Come September	Maurice Clavell	67
47	1962	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	Stossel	58
48	1963	A Cry of Angels		0
49	1964	Wonderful Life	Lloyd Davis	47
50	1964	Emil and the Detectives	Baron	61
51	1965	Twenty-Four Hours to Kill	Malouf	53
52	1965	A Very Special Favor	Etienne	57
53	1966	Congress of Love	Der 'Ewige Wiener'	10
54	1967	The Caper of the Golden Bulls	Antonio Gonzales	56
55	1968	Heidi	Father Richter	61
56	1968	Dr. Coppelius	Dr. Coppelius	70
57	1969	A Hundred-Odd Years from Now		0
58	1970	The Juggler of Notre Dame	The Innkeeper	60
59	1971	Black Beauty	Hackenschmidt	59
60	1972	Treasure Island	Squire Trelawney	55
61	1976	The Mysterious House of Dr. C.	Dr. Coppelius	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1948	Studio One		47
3	1948	Studio One	Lev Simon	47
4	1949	Suspense	Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley	46
5	1949	Suspense	Frank Cadwallader	46
6	1949	Suspense		46
7	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Krisons Ringo	52
8	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
9	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
10	1951	The Name's the Same		0
11	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mr. Reallybig	87
12	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	George Frederic Handel	87
13	1952	Omnibus		60
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Emil Kronsteidt	62
15	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Emil Markheim	52
16	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	46
17	1956	Telephone Time		63
18	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	53
19	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	65
20	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Oskar Pauker	67
21	1959	Rawhide	Lazio Tzgorni	72
22	1959	The Big Party	Self	0
23	1960	The Chevy Mystery Show	Host	60
24	1960	Outlaws		62
25	1961	Cain's Hundred	Arnie Grote	47
26	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Max Jurgens	54
27	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
28	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
29	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
30	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
31	1966	Batman	The Clock King	73
32	1967	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	66
33	1970	Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich	Self	0
34	1972	Assignment: Vienna	Tandler	0
35	1977	The Love Boat	Marcel Locksmith	63