Walter Slezak

Actor

Born: May 3, 1902
Died: April 21, 1983 (age 80)
From: Vienna, Austria

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…

Filmography (62)

The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
The Mysterious House of Dr. C. (1976)
Dr. Coppelius
Treasure Island (1972)
Squire Trelawney
Black Beauty (1971)
Hackenschmidt
The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970)
The Innkeeper
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now (1969)
Dr. Coppelius (1968)
Dr. Coppelius
Heidi (1968)
Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
Friar Tuck
The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
Antonio Gonzales
Congress of Love (1966)
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
A Very Special Favor (1965)
Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill (1965)
Malouf
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Baron
Wonderful Life (1964)
Lloyd Davis
A Cry of Angels (1963)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Stossel
Come September (1961)
Maurice Clavell
The Miracle (1959)
Flaco
Pinocchio (1957)
Gepetto
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Papa Martelli
The Steel Cage (1954)
Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
White Witch Doctor (1953)
Huysman
Call Me Madam (1953)
August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Emil Spangenberg
People Will Talk (1951)
Prof. Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Professor Hans Neumann
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Sgt. Axmann
Spy Hunt (1950)
Doctor Stahl
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
The Inspector General (1949)
Yakov