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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-05-03 (122 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Walter Slezak

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

1977

The Love Boat as Marcel Locksmith

1976

1972

Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney

1971

Black Beauty as Hackenschmidt

1970

The Juggler of Notre Dame as The Innkeeper

1969

1968

Dr. Coppelius as Dr. Coppelius
Heidi as Father Richter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)

1967

The Caper of the Golden Bulls as Antonio Gonzales

1966

Congress of Love as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
Batman as The Clock King

1965

1964

Wonderful Life as Lloyd Davis

1963

1962

1961

Come September as Maurice Clavell
Cain's Hundred as Arnie Grote
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Max Jurgens
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1960

1959

The Miracle as Flaco
Rawhide as Lazio Tzgorni

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Oskar Pauker

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Papa Martelli
Pinocchio as Gepetto

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour as Emil Markheim

1954

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

1953

Call Me Madam as August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie as Emil Spangenberg
Letter to Loretta as Emil Kronsteidt

1952

1951

People Will Talk as Prof. Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo as Professor Hans Neumann
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mr. Reallybig
Hallmark Hall of Fame as George Frederic Handel

1950

The Yellow Cab Man as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
Spy Hunt as Doctor Stahl

1949

Suspense as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
Suspense as Frank Cadwallader

1948

The Pirate as Don Pedro Vargas
Studio One as Lev Simon

1947

Riff-Raff as Eric Molinar
Born to Kill as Matthew Arnett

1945

Cornered as Melchior Incza
The Spanish Main as Don Juan Alvarado

1944

Lifeboat as Willi
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

1929

1928

1927

1926

Junges Blut as Oberprimaner

1925

1924

Michael as Michael

1922

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