Walter Slezak

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-05-03

Day of death

1983-04-21 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Walter Slezak

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Batman

    Batman

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • The Spanish Main

    The Spanish Main

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

  • The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Emil and the Detectives

    Emil and the Detectives

  • Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein

    Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein

  • Wonderful Life

    Wonderful Life

  • The Chevy Mystery Show

    The Chevy Mystery Show

  • Born to Kill

    Born to Kill

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Lifeboat

    Lifeboat

  • A Cry of Angels

    A Cry of Angels

  • This Land Is Mine

    This Land Is Mine

  • Dr. Coppelius

    Dr. Coppelius

  • Once Upon a Honeymoon

    Once Upon a Honeymoon

  • People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

  • Spy Hunt

    Spy Hunt

  • Ehegeheimnisse

    Ehegeheimnisse

  • Cornered

    Cornered

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Michael

    Michael

  • The Long Intermission

    The Long Intermission

  • The Miracle

    The Miracle

  • A Very Special Favor

    A Very Special Favor

  • The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

  • Ledige Mütter

    Ledige Mütter

  • The Princess and the Pirate

    The Princess and the Pirate

  • O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

    O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • White Witch Doctor

    White Witch Doctor

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Big Party

    The Big Party

  • Come September

    Come September

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Assignment: Vienna

    Assignment: Vienna

  • Step Lively

    Step Lively

  • The Name's the Same

    The Name's the Same

  • The Steel Cage

    The Steel Cage

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • Salome, Where She Danced

    Salome, Where She Danced

  • Confidentially Connie

    Confidentially Connie

  • The Caper of the Golden Bulls

    The Caper of the Golden Bulls

  • Heidi

    Heidi

  • Bedtime for Bonzo

    Bedtime for Bonzo

  • Riff-Raff

    Riff-Raff

  • The Legend of Robin Hood

    The Legend of Robin Hood

  • Call Me Madam

    Call Me Madam

  • The Juggler of Notre Dame

    The Juggler of Notre Dame

  • The Yellow Cab Man

    The Yellow Cab Man

  • Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich

    Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich

  • Pinocchio

    Pinocchio

  • The Pirate

    The Pirate

  • Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

    Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

  • Ten Thousand Bedrooms

    Ten Thousand Bedrooms

  • Spione im Savoy-Hotel

    Spione im Savoy-Hotel

  • Almenrausch und Edelweiss

    Almenrausch und Edelweiss

  • Osudné noci

    Osudné noci

  • Sinbad the Sailor

    Sinbad the Sailor

  • A Hundred-Odd Years from Now

    A Hundred-Odd Years from Now

  • Junges Blut

    Junges Blut

  • Eros in Ketten

    Eros in Ketten

  • Sodom and Gomorrah

    Sodom and Gomorrah

  • Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

    Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

  • Congress of Love

    Congress of Love

  • Die Lorelei

    Die Lorelei

  • Addio giovinezza!

    Addio giovinezza!

  • Liebe geht seltsame Wege

    Liebe geht seltsame Wege

  • The Mysterious House of Dr. C.

    The Mysterious House of Dr. C.

  • The Right to Live

    The Right to Live

  • Mein Leopold

    Mein Leopold