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Walter Slezak
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Walter Slezak

May 3, 1902 (age 80)
April 21, 1983
Vienna, Austria
Male
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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…

Movies

62 credits
The Spanish Main Movie
★ 6.3
Adventure, Drama
1945 Adventure, Drama
Till We Meet Again Movie
★ 6.0
Drama, War
1944 Drama, War
The Inspector General
★ 6.6
+
The Inspector General
1949 as Yakov
Lifeboat
★ 7.4
+
Lifeboat
1944 as Willi
People Will Talk
★ 7.1
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People Will Talk
1951 as Prof. Barker
The Princess and the Pirate
★ 6.9
+
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 as La Roche
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
★ 3.0
+
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
1926 as Walter Thiermann
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
★ 5.0
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Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
★ 5.0
+
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932 as Kurt
Treasure Island
★ 5.7
+
Treasure Island
1972 as Squire Trelawney
Confidentially Connie
★ 5.3
+
Confidentially Connie
1953 as Emil Spangenberg
Emil and the Detectives
★ 6.1
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Emil and the Detectives
1964 as Baron
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
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Almenrausch und Edelweiss
1928 as Mentel
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
★ 5.8
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 as Stossel
Ehegeheimnisse
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Ehegeheimnisse
1927
Riff-Raff
★ 6.2
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Riff-Raff
1947 as Eric Molinar
The Long Intermission
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The Long Intermission
1927 as Ottokar
The Pirate
★ 6.4
+
The Pirate
1948 as Don Pedro Vargas
Heidi
★ 6.2
+
Heidi
1968 as Father Richter
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
★ 5.8
+
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967 as Antonio Gonzales
Come September
★ 6.8
+
Come September
1961 as Maurice Clavell
Wonderful Life
★ 4.3
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Wonderful Life
1964 as Lloyd Davis
Pinocchio
+
Pinocchio
1957 as Gepetto
Born to Kill
★ 6.7
+
Born to Kill
1947 as Matthew Arnett
Step Lively
★ 6.6
+
Step Lively
1944 as Joe Gribble
The Miracle
★ 6.6
+
The Miracle
1959 as Flaco
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
★ 5.0
+
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957 as Papa Martelli
Once Upon a Honeymoon
★ 6.2
+
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 as Baron Franz Von Luber
This Land Is Mine
★ 7.2
+
This Land Is Mine
1943 as Major Erich von Keller
Sinbad the Sailor
★ 5.9
+
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 as Melik

TV Shows

35 credits
Dr. Kildare TV
★ 5.5
Drama
1961 Drama
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.4
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.4
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
The Love Boat TV
★ 6.3
Comedy, Drama
1977 Comedy, Drama
What’s My Line? TV
★ 7.0
Comedy, Family
1950 Comedy, Family
Batman TV
★ 7.3
Action & Adventure, Comedy
1966 Action & Adventure, Comedy
The Merv Griffin Show TV
★ 6.2
Talk
Studio One TV
★ 5.0
Drama
1948 Drama
Studio One TV
★ 5.0
Drama
1948 Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 5.6
Drama
Rawhide TV
★ 7.2
Drama, Western
1959 Drama, Western
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV
★ 6.0
Reality
TV
★ 7.0
Talk
Omnibus TV
★ 6.0
Talk
1952 Talk
The Ed Sullivan Show TV
★ 6.8
Comedy, Talk
1948 Comedy, Talk
Outlaws TV
+
Outlaws
1960
Telephone Time TV
+
Telephone Time
1956
77 Sunset Strip TV
+
77 Sunset Strip
1958 as Oskar Pauker
Suspense TV
+
Suspense
1949 as Dr. Potterton / Richard…
Suspense TV
+
Suspense
1949 as Frank Cadwallader
Suspense TV
+
Suspense
1949
The 20th Century Fox Hour TV
+
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 as Emil Markheim
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV
+
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 as Self (uncredited)
Cain's Hundred TV
+
Cain's Hundred
1961 as Arnie Grote
The Chevy Mystery Show TV
+
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 as Host
MGM Parade TV
+
MGM Parade
1955 as self
Letter to Loretta TV
+
Letter to Loretta
1953 as Emil Kronsteidt
The Big Party TV
+
The Big Party
1959 as Self
The Name's the Same TV
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The Name's the Same
1951