Walter Slezak
Acting1902Vienna, Austria
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
Acting History
1980
The Love Boat
TVas Marcel Locksmith• 2 eps
1976
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
as Dr. Coppelius
1973
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1972
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
Assignment: Vienna
TVas Tandler
1971
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt
1970
The Juggler of Notre Dame
as The Innkeeper
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
TVas Self
1968
Dr. Coppelius
as Dr. Coppelius
Heidi
as Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Friar Tuck
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 2 eps
1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Antonio Gonzales
1966
Congress of Love
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
Batman
TVas The Clock King• 2 eps
1965
A Very Special Favor
as Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Malouf
1964
1963
1962
Cain's Hundred
TVas Arnie Grote• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
1960
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Chevy Mystery Show
TVas Host• 18 eps
1959
The Miracle
as Flaco
The Big Party
TVas Self
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 7 eps
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Papa Martelli
Pinocchio
as Gepetto
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TVas Emil Markheim• 1 eps
Studio One
TVas Lev Simon• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Krisons Ringo• 1 eps
1955
MGM Parade
TVas self
1954
The Steel Cage
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
1953
Call Me Madam
as August Tantinnin
White Witch Doctor
as Huysman
Confidentially Connie
as Emil Spangenberg
Letter to Loretta
TVas Emil Kronsteidt
1951
People Will Talk
as Prof. Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Professor Hans Neumann
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas George Frederic Handel / Mr. Reallybig
Suspense
TVas Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley / Frank Cadwallader• 3 eps
1950
Spy Hunt
as Doctor Stahl
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann
The Yellow Cab Man
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
1949
The Inspector General
as Yakov
1948
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
1945
1944
Lifeboat
as Willi
The Princess and the Pirate
as La Roche
Step Lively
as Joe Gribble
Till We Meet Again
as Vitrey, The Mayor
1943
The Fallen Sparrow
as Dr. Christian Skaas
This Land Is Mine
as Major Erich von Keller
1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Baron Franz Von Luber
1932
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
as Kurt
1928
1926
Junges Blut
as Oberprimaner
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
as Walter Thiermann
1924
Michael
as Michael
1922
Sodom and Gomorrah
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa