Walter Slezak
Acting Born May 3, 1902 Vienna, Austria 24 credits
Biography
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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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Love Boat (1977) as Marcel Locksmith
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Krisons Ringo
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Batman (1966) as The Clock King
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Rawhide (1959) as Lazio Tzgorni
- Studio One (1948)
- Studio One (1948) as Lev Simon
- Studio One (1948) as Adrian Van Dyke
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dr. Max Jurgens
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Suspense (1949) as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
- Suspense (1949) as Frank Cadwallader
- Suspense (1949)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Telephone Time (1956) as Henri Charpentier
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Oskar Pauker
- Outlaws (1960)
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- Omnibus (1952) as Major Paul Petkoff
- Omnibus (1952) as Toine