Walter Slezak
Born
May 3, 1902
Died
April 21, 1983 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
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.

The Love Boat
Marcel Locksmith · (2 episodes)
1977
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
Dr. Coppelius
1976

Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
1972

Assignment: Vienna
Tandler · (1 episode)
1972

Black Beauty
Hackenschmidt
1971
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
Self · (1 episode)
1970

The Juggler of Notre Dame
The Innkeeper
1970

A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
Dr. Coppelius
Dr. Coppelius
1968

Heidi
Father Richter
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
1968

The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Antonio Gonzales
1967

Congress of Love
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
1966

Batman
The Clock King · (2 episodes)
1966

A Very Special Favor
Etienne
1965

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Malouf
1965

Emil and the Detectives
Baron
1964

Wonderful Life
Lloyd Davis
1964

A Cry of Angels
1963

The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (5 episodes)
1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Stossel
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (5 episodes)
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (5 episodes)
1961

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Max Jurgens · (1 episode)
1961

Cain's Hundred
Arnie Grote · (1 episode)
1961

Come September
Maurice Clavell
1961

Outlaws
(1 episode)
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
Host · (18 episodes)
1960

The Miracle
Flaco
1959
The Big Party
Self · (1 episode)
1959

Rawhide
Lazio Tzgorni · (1 episode)
1959

77 Sunset Strip
Oskar Pauker · (4 episodes)
1958

Pinocchio
Gepetto
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (7 episodes)
1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Papa Martelli
1957

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (1 episode)
1956

Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Emil Markheim · (1 episode)
1955

The Steel Cage
Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
1954

Letter to Loretta
Emil Kronsteidt · (1 episode)
1953

White Witch Doctor
Huysman
1953

Call Me Madam
August Tantinnin
1953

Confidentially Connie
Emil Spangenberg
1953

Omnibus
(2 episodes)
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mr. Reallybig · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
George Frederic Handel · (1 episode)
1951
The Name's the Same
(21 episodes)
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
1951

People Will Talk
Prof. Barker
1951

Bedtime for Bonzo
Professor Hans Neumann
1951

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Sgt. Axmann
1950

Spy Hunt
Doctor Stahl
1950

The Yellow Cab Man
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
1950

What's My Line?
Self · (1 episode)
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
Krisons Ringo · (1 episode)
1950

The Inspector General
Yakov
1949

Suspense
Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley · (1 episode)
1949

Suspense
Frank Cadwallader · (1 episode)
1949

Suspense
(3 episodes)
1949

Studio One
(3 episodes)
1948

Studio One
Lev Simon · (1 episode)
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

The Pirate
Don Pedro Vargas
1948

Riff-Raff
Eric Molinar
1947

Born to Kill
Matthew Arnett
1947

Sinbad the Sailor
Melik
1947

Cornered
Melchior Incza
1945

The Spanish Main
Don Juan Alvarado
1945

Salome, Where She Danced
Dimitrioff
1945

The Princess and the Pirate
La Roche
1944

Till We Meet Again
Vitrey, The Mayor
1944

Step Lively
Joe Gribble
1944

Lifeboat
Willi
1944

The Fallen Sparrow
Dr. Christian Skaas
1943

This Land Is Mine
Major Erich von Keller
1943

Once Upon a Honeymoon
Baron Franz Von Luber
1942

Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Kurt
1932
Eros in Ketten
1929
Osudné noci
1929

Almenrausch und Edelweiss
Mentel
1928
Ledige Mütter
1928
The Long Intermission
Ottokar
1927
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
1927
Die Lorelei
1927

The Right to Live
1927
Addio giovinezza!
1927
Ehegeheimnisse
1927

Junges Blut
Oberprimaner
1926
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
Walter Thiermann
1926

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925

Mein Leopold
1924

Michael
Michael
1924

Sodom and Gomorrah
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
1922