Walter Slezak

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.

Movies

The Mysterious House of Dr. C.

0 %|Jan 9, 1976

Drama

Treasure Island

54 %|Oct 1, 1972

Adventure, Family

Black Beauty

60 %|Apr 1, 1971

Drama, Family, Western

The Juggler of Notre Dame

60 %|Feb 11, 1970

A Hundred-Odd Years from Now

0 %|Jan 1, 1969

Comedy

Dr. Coppelius

70 %|Dec 25, 1968

Fantasy

Heidi

61 %|Nov 17, 1968

Drama, Family, TV Movie

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

56 %|May 24, 1967

Action, Comedy, Crime

Congress of Love

10 %|Mar 18, 1966

Comedy

A Very Special Favor

57 %|Aug 2, 1965

Comedy, Romance

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

54 %|Mar 8, 1965

Thriller, Drama

Emil and the Detectives

62 %|Dec 18, 1964

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Wonderful Life

54 %|Jun 3, 1964

Music, Romance, Comedy

A Cry of Angels

0 %|Dec 15, 1963

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

58 %|Aug 7, 1962

Fantasy, Family, Music, Comedy

Come September

67.25 %|Jan 1, 1961

Comedy, Romance

The Miracle

67 %|Nov 12, 1959

Drama

Pinocchio

0 %|Oct 13, 1957

Music, Family, TV Movie

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

48 %|Apr 3, 1957

Comedy, Romance

The Steel Cage

0 %|Dec 1, 1954

Drama

White Witch Doctor

63 %|Jul 1, 1953

Adventure

Call Me Madam

63 %|Mar 25, 1953

Comedy, Music, Romance

Confidentially Connie

53 %|Mar 12, 1953

Family, Comedy

People Will Talk

71.19 %|Aug 29, 1951

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Bedtime for Bonzo

59 %|Apr 5, 1951

Comedy, Family, Romance

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

61 %|Aug 5, 1950

Comedy, Adventure

Spy Hunt

64.29 %|Jun 8, 1950

Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The Yellow Cab Man

63 %|Mar 25, 1950

Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Inspector General

63.879999999999995 %|Dec 31, 1949

Comedy, Music, Romance

The Pirate

64.94 %|Jun 11, 1948

Music, Romance, Comedy, Adventure

Riff-Raff

60 %|Jun 28, 1947

Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Comedy

Born to Kill

66.73 %|Apr 30, 1947

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sinbad the Sailor

59 %|Jan 13, 1947

Adventure

Cornered

60.480000000000004 %|Nov 23, 1945

Thriller

The Spanish Main

62 %|Oct 1, 1945

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Salome, Where She Danced

40 %|Apr 17, 1945

Western, War, Drama, Music

The Princess and the Pirate

68 %|Nov 17, 1944

Comedy, Adventure

Till We Meet Again

60 %|Aug 30, 1944

War, Drama

Step Lively

60 %|Jul 26, 1944

Drama, Music

Lifeboat

73.8 %|Jan 28, 1944

War, Drama

The Fallen Sparrow

57 %|Aug 19, 1943

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

This Land Is Mine

71 %|May 7, 1943

Drama, War

Once Upon a Honeymoon

62 %|Nov 27, 1942

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

50 %|Nov 4, 1932

Comedy, Crime, Music

Eros in Ketten

0 %|Sep 19, 1929

Osudné noci

0 %|May 3, 1929

Drama

Almenrausch und Edelweiss

0 %|Mar 28, 1928

Comedy

Ledige Mütter

0 %|Feb 14, 1928

Drama

The Long Intermission

0 %|Nov 9, 1927

Drama

Liebe geht seltsame Wege

0 %|Aug 10, 1927

Die Lorelei

0 %|Apr 26, 1927

Drama

Das Recht zu leben

0 %|Mar 23, 1927

Drama

Addio giovinezza!

60 %|Jan 30, 1927

Ehegeheimnisse

0 %|Jan 18, 1927

Comedy

Junges Blut

0 %|Mar 23, 1926

Drama

Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen

0 %|Mar 1, 1926

History

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein

50 %|Jan 21, 1926

Drama, Romance

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

0 %|Sep 28, 1925

Drama

Mein Leopold

0 %|Sep 30, 1924

Michael

63.650000000000006 %|Sep 26, 1924

Drama, Romance

Sodom and Gomorrah

58 %|Oct 13, 1922

Drama

Series

The Love Boat

62.59 %|Sep 24, 1977

Drama, Comedy

Assignment: Vienna

0 %|Sep 28, 1972

Drama, Action & Adventure

Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich

0 %|Oct 7, 1970

Documentary, Talk

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

65 %|Sep 9, 1967

Comedy

Batman

73.1 %|Jan 12, 1966

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Action & Adventure

The Merv Griffin Show

53 %|Oct 1, 1962

Talk

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

74 %|Oct 1, 1962

Talk

The Mike Douglas Show

54 %|Dec 11, 1961

Comedy, Talk

The Mike Douglas Show

54 %|Dec 11, 1961

Comedy, Talk

Dr. Kildare

53.75 %|Sep 27, 1961

Drama

Cain's Hundred

35 %|Sep 19, 1961

Drama

Outlaws

62 %|Sep 26, 1960

Western, Drama

The Chevy Mystery Show

60 %|May 29, 1960

Mystery

The Big Party

0 %|Oct 8, 1959

Rawhide

70.75 %|Jan 9, 1959

Western, Documentary, Drama

77 Sunset Strip

66.82000000000001 %|Oct 10, 1958

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

57 %|Jul 29, 1957

Talk

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

40 %|Oct 5, 1956

Telephone Time

63.33 %|Apr 8, 1956

Drama

Tony Awards

50 %|Apr 1, 1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour

42 %|Oct 5, 1955

Drama

Letter to Loretta

58 %|Sep 20, 1953

Drama

Omnibus

60 %|Nov 9, 1952

Talk

Hallmark Hall of Fame

88 %|Dec 24, 1951

Drama

Hallmark Hall of Fame

88 %|Dec 24, 1951

Drama

The Name's the Same

0 %|Dec 5, 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

60 %|Oct 5, 1951

Drama, Comedy

What's My Line?

66.19 %|Feb 2, 1950

Family, Comedy

Robert Montgomery Presents

43.33 %|Jan 30, 1950

Drama

Suspense

42.5 %|Jan 6, 1949

Drama

Suspense

42.5 %|Jan 6, 1949

Drama

Suspense

42.5 %|Jan 6, 1949

Drama

Studio One

44 %|Nov 7, 1948

Drama

Studio One

44 %|Nov 7, 1948

Drama

The Ed Sullivan Show

65.28999999999999 %|Jun 20, 1948

Comedy, Talk