Walter Slezak

Known for

Acting

Born

May 3, 1902

Died

Apr 21, 1983

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 private detective in the 1947 film noir Born to Kill and appeared as Squire Trelawney in the 1972 version of Treasure Island.

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Batman

19667.3out of 10

Lifeboat

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The Love Boat

19776.3out of 10

The Pirate

19486.5out of 10

People Will Talk

19517.1out of 10

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

19627.5out of 10

Born to Kill

19476.7out of 10

Come September

19616.8out of 10

This Land Is Mine

19437.1out of 10

The Inspector General

19496.6out of 10

Once Upon a Honeymoon

19426.3out of 10

Michael

19246.4out of 10

Sinbad the Sailor

19476.0out of 10

Rawhide

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Cornered

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Treasure Island

19725.9out of 10

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

19506.1out of 10

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

19686.8out of 10