Walter Slezak
- Acting
- May 3, 1902 · Vienna, Austria
- April 21, 1983
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
Filmography
- The Love Boat · Marcel Locksmith
- The Mysterious House of Dr. C. · Dr. Coppelius
- Treasure Island · Squire Trelawney
- Assignment: Vienna · Tandler
- Black Beauty · Hackenschmidt
- Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich · Self
- The Juggler of Notre Dame · The Innkeeper
- A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
- Dr. Coppelius · Dr. Coppelius
- Heidi · Father Richter
- The Legend of Robin Hood · Friar Tuck
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls · Antonio Gonzales
- Congress of Love · Der 'Ewige Wiener'
- Batman · The Clock King
- A Very Special Favor · Etienne
- Twenty-Four Hours to Kill · Malouf
- Emil and the Detectives · Baron
- Wonderful Life · Lloyd Davis
- A Cry of Angels
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm · Stossel
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Dr. Kildare · Dr. Max Jurgens
- Cain's Hundred · Arnie Grote
- Come September · Maurice Clavell
- Outlaws
- The Chevy Mystery Show · Host
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries · Count Fosco
- The Miracle · Flaco
- The Big Party · Self
- Startime · Joseph
- Rawhide · Lazio Tzgorni
- 77 Sunset Strip · Oskar Pauker
- Pinocchio · Gepetto
- Alcoa Theatre · Finch
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms · Papa Martelli
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Telephone Time · Henri Charpentier
- Tony Awards · Self
- THe Good Fairy · Max Sporum
- The 20th Century Fox Hour · Emil Markheim
- MGM Parade · Self
- The Steel Cage · Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
- Letter to Loretta · Emil Kronsteidt
- White Witch Doctor · Huysman
- Call Me Madam · August Tantinnin
- Confidentially Connie · Emil Spangenberg
- Omnibus · Major Paul Petkoff, Toine
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Mr. Reallybig, George Frederic Handel
- The Name's the Same · Self
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- People Will Talk · Barker
- Bedtime for Bonzo · Professor Hans Neumann
- Danger
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion · Sgt. Axmann
- Spy Hunt · Doctor Stahl
- The Yellow Cab Man · Dr. Byron Dokstedder
- What's My Line? · Self
- Robert Montgomery Presents · Krisons Ringo
- The Inspector General · Yakov
- Suspense · Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley, Frank Cadwallader
- Studio One · Lev Simon, Adrian Van Dyke
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self
- The Pirate · Don Pedro Vargas
- Riff-Raff · Eric Molinar
- Born to Kill · Matthew Arnett
- Sinbad the Sailor · Melik
- Cornered · Melchior Incza
- The Spanish Main · Don Juan Alvarado
- Salome, Where She Danced · Dimitrioff
- The Princess and the Pirate · La Roche
- Till We Meet Again · Vitrey, The Mayor
- Step Lively · Joe Gribble
- Lifeboat · Willi
- The Fallen Sparrow · Dr. Christian Skaas
- This Land Is Mine · Major Erich von Keller
- Once Upon a Honeymoon · Baron Franz Von Luber