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Walter Slezak
ActingBORN: 1902-05-03Vienna, Austria
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.
Top Filmography
7.3
Batman
1966 // TV
7.4
Lifeboat
1944 // MOVIE
6.3
The Love Boat
1977 // TV
6.4
The Pirate
1948 // MOVIE
7.1
People Will Talk
1951 // MOVIE
6.7
Born to Kill
1947 // MOVIE
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 // TV
6.8
Come September
1961 // MOVIE
7.2
This Land Is Mine
1943 // MOVIE
6.6
The Inspector General
1949 // MOVIE
6.2
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 // MOVIE
6.2
Michael
1924 // MOVIE
7.2
Rawhide
1959 // TV
5.9
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 // MOVIE
6.1
Cornered
1945 // MOVIE