Born 1902 (age 80) · Vienna, Austria
Appears in 96 titles

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.

Filmography

Lifeboat
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
as Willi
The Pirate
6.5
The Pirate
1948
as Don Pedro Vargas
People Will Talk
7.1
People Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Barker
Born to Kill
6.7
Born to Kill
1947
as Matthew Arnett
Come September
6.8
Come September
1961
as Maurice Clavell
This Land Is Mine
7.2
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Major Erich von Keller
The Inspector General
6.6
The Inspector General
1949
as Yakov
Once Upon a Honeymoon
6.3
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Baron Franz Von Luber
Michael
6.3
Michael
1924
as Michael
Sinbad the Sailor
6.0
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Melik
Cornered
6.2
Cornered
1945
as Melchior Incza
Treasure Island
5.9
Treasure Island
1972
as Squire Trelawney
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Spanish Main
6.5
The Spanish Main
1945
as Don Juan Alvarado
Emil and the Detectives
6.3
Emil and the Detectives
1964
as Baron
The Fallen Sparrow
6.0
The Fallen Sparrow
1943
as Dr. Christian Skaas
Black Beauty
6.0
Black Beauty
1971
as Hackenschmidt
The Princess and the Pirate
6.9
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as La Roche
Call Me Madam
6.2
Call Me Madam
1953
as August Tantinnin