Walter Slezak
Known for Acting
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
Cornered
1945
as Melchior Incza
Lifeboat
1944
as Willi
Come September
1961
as Maurice Clavell
Born to Kill
1947
as Matthew Arnett
The Pirate
1948
as Don Pedro Vargas
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Stossel
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Melik
The Inspector General
1949
as Yakov
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Baron Franz Von Luber
People Will Talk
1951
as Prof. Barker
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Major Erich von Keller
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
as Professor Hans Neumann
Emil and the Detectives
1964
as Baron
Treasure Island
1972
as Squire Trelawney
Heidi
1968
as Father Richter
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as La Roche
Spy Hunt
1950
as Doctor Stahl
The Spanish Main
1945
as Don Juan Alvarado
Riff-Raff
1947
as Eric Molinar
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Sgt. Axmann