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.
62 movies · 35 shows
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
1976·0.0
Treasure Island
1972·5.9
Black Beauty
1971·6.0
The Juggler of Notre Dame
1970·7.5
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969·0.0
Dr. Coppelius
1968·7.5
Heidi
1968·6.3
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968·0.0
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967·6.3
Congress of Love
1966·4.0
A Very Special Favor
1965·5.9
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965·6.1
Emil and the Detectives
1964·6.2
Wonderful Life
1964·4.9
A Cry of Angels
1963·0.0
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962·5.9
Come September
1961·6.8
The Miracle
1959·6.7
Pinocchio
1957·8.0
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957·5.6
The Steel Cage
1954·7.0
White Witch Doctor
1953·6.5
Call Me Madam
1953·6.2
Confidentially Connie
1953·5.8
People Will Talk
1951·7.1
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951·6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950·6.1
Spy Hunt
1950·6.1
The Yellow Cab Man
1950·6.9
The Inspector General
1949·6.6
The Pirate
1948·6.5
Riff-Raff
1947·6.2
Born to Kill
1947·6.7
Sinbad the Sailor
1947·6.0
Cornered
1945·6.2
The Spanish Main
1945·6.4
Salome, Where She Danced
1945·4.1
The Princess and the Pirate
1944·6.9
Till We Meet Again
1944·7.0
Step Lively
1944·6.7
Lifeboat
1944·7.4
The Fallen Sparrow
1943·6.0
This Land Is Mine
1943·7.1
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942·6.3
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932·7.5
Eros in Ketten
1929·0.0
Osudné noci
1929·0.0
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
1928·9.0
Ledige Mütter
1928·7.0
The Long Intermission
1927·10.0
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
1927·8.0
Die Lorelei
1927·9.0
The Right to Live
1927·0.0
Addio giovinezza!
1927·8.0
Ehegeheimnisse
1926·10.0
Junges Blut
1926·10.0
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
1926·6.0
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926·6.0
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925·8.0
Mein Leopold
1924·10.0
Michael
1924·6.3
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922·6.1