Acting · Vienna, Austria · Born May 3, 1902
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.
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Marcel Locksmith
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
1976
as Dr. Coppelius
MovieTreasure Island
1972
as Squire Trelawney
TVAssignment: Vienna
1972
as Tandler
MovieBlack Beauty
1971
as Hackenschmidt
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
1970
as Self
MovieThe Juggler of Notre Dame
1970
as The Innkeeper
MovieA Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
MovieDr. Coppelius
1968
as Dr. Coppelius
MovieHeidi
1968
as Father Richter
MovieThe Legend of Robin Hood
1968
as Friar Tuck
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
as Antonio Gonzales
MovieCongress of Love
1966
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
TVBatman
1966
as The Clock King
MovieA Very Special Favor
1965
as Etienne
MovieTwenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
as Malouf
MovieEmil and the Detectives
1964
as Baron
MovieWonderful Life
1964
as Lloyd Davis
MovieA Cry of Angels
1963
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Stossel
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Max Jurgens
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Arnie Grote
MovieCome September
1961
as Maurice Clavell
TVOutlaws
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Host
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Count Fosco
MovieThe Miracle
1959
as Flaco
The Big Party
1959
as Self
TVStartime
1959
as Joseph
TVRawhide
1959
as Lazio Tzgorni
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Oskar Pauker
MoviePinocchio
1957
as Gepetto
TVAlcoa Theatre
1957
as Finch
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieTen Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Papa Martelli
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TVTelephone Time
1956
as Henri Charpentier
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Emil Markheim
TVMGM Parade
1955
as self
MovieThe Steel Cage
1954
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Emil Kronsteidt
MovieWhite Witch Doctor
1953
as Huysman
MovieCall Me Madam
1953
as August Tantinnin
MovieConfidentially Connie
1953
as Emil Spangenberg
TVOmnibus
1952
as Major Paul Petkoff
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mr. Reallybig
The Name's the Same
1951
as Self
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MoviePeople Will Talk
1951
as Barker
MovieBedtime for Bonzo
1951
as Professor Hans Neumann
Danger
1950
MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Sgt. Axmann
MovieSpy Hunt
1950
as Doctor Stahl
MovieThe Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Krisons Ringo
MovieThe Inspector General
1949
as Yakov
TVSuspense
1949
as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
TVStudio One
1948
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieThe Pirate
1948
as Don Pedro Vargas
MovieRiff-Raff
1947
as Eric Molinar
MovieBorn to Kill
1947
as Matthew Arnett
MovieSinbad the Sailor
1947
as Melik
MovieCornered
1945
as Melchior Incza
MovieThe Spanish Main
1945
as Don Juan Alvarado
MovieSalome, Where She Danced
1945
as Dimitrioff
MovieThe Princess and the Pirate
1944
as La Roche
MovieTill We Meet Again
1944
as Vitrey, The Mayor
MovieStep Lively
1944
as Joe Gribble
MovieLifeboat
1944
as Willi
MovieThe Fallen Sparrow
1943
as Dr. Christian Skaas
MovieThis Land Is Mine
1943
as Major Erich von Keller
MovieOnce Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Baron Franz Von Luber
MovieSpione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
as Kurt
Eros in Ketten
1929
Osudné noci
1929
MovieAlmenrausch und Edelweiss
1928
as Mentel
Ledige Mütter
1928
The Long Intermission
1927
as Ottokar
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
1927
Die Lorelei
1927
MovieThe Right to Live
1927
MovieAddio giovinezza!
1927
Ehegeheimnisse
1926
MovieJunges Blut
1926
as Oberprimaner
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
1926
as Walter Thiermann
MovieGrüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926
MovieO alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
MovieMein Leopold
1924
MovieMichael
1924
as Michael
MovieSodom and Gomorrah
1922
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
