Acting

Walter Slezak

Born 1902-05-03 · Vienna, Austria

Died 1983-04-21

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Love Boat
as Marcel Locksmith
1977
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
as Dr. Coppelius
1976
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
1972
Assignment: Vienna
as Tandler
1972
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt
1971
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
as Self
1970
The Juggler of Notre Dame
as The Innkeeper
1970
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
Dr. Coppelius
as Dr. Coppelius
1968
Heidi
as Father Richter
1968
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Friar Tuck
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as Antonio Gonzales
1967
Congress of Love
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
1966
Batman
as The Clock King
1966
A Very Special Favor
as Etienne
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
as Malouf
1965
Emil and the Detectives
as Baron
1964
Wonderful Life
as Lloyd Davis
1964
A Cry of Angels
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Stossel
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Max Jurgens
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Arnie Grote
1961
Come September
as Maurice Clavell
1961
Outlaws
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Host
1960
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
as Count Fosco
1960
The Miracle
as Flaco
1959
The Big Party
as Self
1959
Startime
as Joseph
1959
Rawhide
as Lazio Tzgorni
1959
77 Sunset Strip
as Oskar Pauker
1958
Pinocchio
as Gepetto
1957
Alcoa Theatre
as Finch
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Papa Martelli
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Telephone Time
as Henri Charpentier
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
THe Good Fairy
as Max Sporum
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Emil Markheim
1955
MGM Parade
as self
1955
The Steel Cage
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
1954
Letter to Loretta
as Emil Kronsteidt
1953
White Witch Doctor
as Huysman
1953
Call Me Madam
as August Tantinnin
1953
Confidentially Connie
as Emil Spangenberg
1953
Omnibus
as Major Paul Petkoff
1952
Omnibus
as Toine
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. Reallybig
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as George Frederic Handel
1951
The Name's the Same
as Self
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
People Will Talk
as Barker
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Professor Hans Neumann
1951
Danger
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann
1950
Spy Hunt
as Doctor Stahl
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Krisons Ringo
1950
The Inspector General
as Yakov
1949
Suspense
as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
1949
Suspense
as Frank Cadwallader
1949
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
Studio One
as Lev Simon
1948
Studio One
as Adrian Van Dyke
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
1948
Riff-Raff
as Eric Molinar
1947
Born to Kill
as Matthew Arnett
1947
Sinbad the Sailor
as Melik
1947
Cornered
as Melchior Incza
1945
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado
1945
Salome, Where She Danced
as Dimitrioff
1945