Walter Slezak

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.

Actor

1922

[ ] Sodom and Gomorrah (Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa)

1924

[ ] Mein Leopold (????)
[ ] Michael (Michael)

1942

[ ] Once Upon a Honeymoon (Baron Franz Von Luber)

1943

[ ] The Fallen Sparrow (Dr. Christian Skaas)
[ ] This Land Is Mine (Major Erich von Keller)

1944

[ ] The Princess and the Pirate (La Roche)
[ ] Lifeboat (Willi)
[ ] Step Lively (Joe Gribble)
[ ] Till We Meet Again (Vitrey, The Mayor)

1945

[ ] Cornered (Melchior Incza)
[ ] The Spanish Main (Don Juan Alvarado)
[ ] Salome, Where She Danced (Dimitrioff)

1947

[ ] Riff-Raff (Eric Molinar)
[ ] Born to Kill (Matthew Arnett)
[ ] Sinbad the Sailor (Melik)

1948

[ ] The Pirate (Don Pedro Vargas)

1949

[ ] The Inspector General (Yakov)

1950

[ ] The Yellow Cab Man (Dr. Byron Dokstedder)
[ ] Spy Hunt (Doctor Stahl)
[ ] Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (Sgt. Axmann)

1951

[ ] People Will Talk (Prof. Barker)
[ ] Bedtime for Bonzo (Professor Hans Neumann)

1953

[ ] Call Me Madam (August Tantinnin)
[ ] White Witch Doctor (Huysman)
[ ] Confidentially Connie (Emil Spangenberg)

1954

[ ] The Steel Cage (Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef")

1957

[ ] Ten Thousand Bedrooms (Papa Martelli)
[ ] Pinocchio (Gepetto)

1959

[ ] The Miracle (Flaco)

1961

[ ] Come September (Maurice Clavell)

1962

[ ] The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Stossel)

1963

[ ] A Cry of Angels (????)

1964

[ ] Emil and the Detectives (Baron)
[ ] Wonderful Life (Lloyd Davis)

1965

[ ] A Very Special Favor (Etienne)
[ ] Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (Malouf)

1966

[ ] Congress of Love (Der 'Ewige Wiener')

1967

[ ] The Caper of the Golden Bulls (Antonio Gonzales)

1968

[ ] Dr. Coppelius (Dr. Coppelius)
[ ] Heidi (Father Richter)
[ ] The Legend of Robin Hood (Friar Tuck)

1969

[ ] A Hundred-Odd Years from Now (????)

1970

[ ] The Juggler of Notre Dame (The Innkeeper)

1971

[ ] Black Beauty (Hackenschmidt)

1972

[ ] Treasure Island (Squire Trelawney)

1976

[ ] The Mysterious House of Dr. C. (Dr. Coppelius)