Walter Slezak
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1902-05-03 – 1983-04-21
Place of birth: Vienna, 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
Emil and the Detectives
1964Baron
The Princess and the Pirate
1944La Roche
Treasure Island
1972Squire Trelawney
People Will Talk
1951Prof. Barker
Come September
1961Maurice Clavell
Riff-Raff
1947Eric Molinar
The Fallen Sparrow
1943Dr. Christian Skaas
Born to Kill
1947Matthew Arnett
Lifeboat
1944Willi
The Inspector General
1949Yakov
The Pirate
1948Don Pedro Vargas
Black Beauty
1971Hackenschmidt
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962Stossel
Cornered
1945Melchior Incza
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951Professor Hans Neumann
Sinbad the Sailor
1947Melik
Step Lively
1944Joe Gribble
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942Baron Franz Von Luber
This Land Is Mine
1943Major Erich von Keller