Walter Slezak
Known for: Acting
Born: May 2, 1902 in Vienna, Austria - Died: April 20, 1983
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.
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Emil and the Detectives
Baron
The Princess and the Pirate
La Roche
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
People Will Talk
Prof. Barker
Come September
Maurice Clavell
Riff-Raff
Eric Molinar
The Fallen Sparrow
Dr. Christian Skaas
Born to Kill
Matthew Arnett
Lifeboat
Willi
The Inspector General
Yakov
The Pirate
Don Pedro Vargas
Black Beauty
Hackenschmidt
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Stossel
Cornered
Melchior Incza
Bedtime for Bonzo
Professor Hans Neumann
Sinbad the Sailor
Melik
Step Lively
Joe Gribble
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Baron Franz Von Luber
This Land Is Mine
Major Erich von Keller
Call Me Madam
August Tantinnin
Mein Leopold
Michael
Michael
The Juggler of Notre Dame
The Innkeeper
The Spanish Main
Don Juan Alvarado