Walter Slezak

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Tony Awards

Batman

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Merv Griffin Show

All Movies (62)

• The Mysterious House of Dr. C.1976 · as Dr. Coppelius
• Treasure Island1972 · as Squire Trelawney
• Black Beauty1971 · as Hackenschmidt
• The Juggler of Notre Dame1970 · as The Innkeeper
• A Hundred-Odd Years from Now1969
• Dr. Coppelius1968 · as Dr. Coppelius
• Heidi1968 · as Father Richter
• The Legend of Robin Hood1968 · as Friar Tuck
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls1967 · as Antonio Gonzales
• Congress of Love1966 · as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
• A Very Special Favor1965 · as Etienne
• Twenty-Four Hours to Kill1965 · as Malouf
• Emil and the Detectives1964 · as Baron
• Wonderful Life1964 · as Lloyd Davis
• A Cry of Angels1963
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm1962 · as Stossel
• Come September1961 · as Maurice Clavell
• The Miracle1959 · as Flaco
• Pinocchio1957 · as Gepetto
• Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957 · as Papa Martelli
• The Steel Cage1954 · as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
• White Witch Doctor1953 · as Huysman
• Call Me Madam1953 · as August Tantinnin
• Confidentially Connie1953 · as Emil Spangenberg
• People Will Talk1951 · as Prof. Barker
• Bedtime for Bonzo1951 · as Professor Hans Neumann
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion1950 · as Sgt. Axmann
• Spy Hunt1950 · as Doctor Stahl
• The Yellow Cab Man1950 · as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
• The Inspector General1949 · as Yakov
• The Pirate1948 · as Don Pedro Vargas
• Riff-Raff1947 · as Eric Molinar
• Born to Kill1947 · as Matthew Arnett
• Sinbad the Sailor1947 · as Melik
• Cornered1945 · as Melchior Incza
• The Spanish Main1945 · as Don Juan Alvarado
• Salome, Where She Danced1945 · as Dimitrioff
• The Princess and the Pirate1944 · as La Roche
• Till We Meet Again1944 · as Vitrey, The Mayor
• Step Lively1944 · as Joe Gribble
• Lifeboat1944 · as Willi
• The Fallen Sparrow1943 · as Dr. Christian Skaas
• This Land Is Mine1943 · as Major Erich von Keller
• Once Upon a Honeymoon1942 · as Baron Franz Von Luber
• Spione im Savoy-Hotel1932 · as Kurt
• Eros in Ketten1929
• Osudné noci1929
• Almenrausch und Edelweiss1928 · as Mentel
• Ledige Mütter1928
• The Long Intermission1927 · as Ottokar
• Liebe geht seltsame Wege1927
• Die Lorelei1927
• The Right to Live1927
• Addio giovinezza!1927
• Ehegeheimnisse1926
• Junges Blut1926 · as Oberprimaner
• Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen1926 · as Walter Thiermann
• Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein1926
• O alte Burschenherrlichkeit1925
• Mein Leopold1924
• Michael1924 · as Michael
• Sodom and Gomorrah1922 · as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa

All TV Shows (41)

• The Love Boat1977 · as Marcel Locksmith
• Assignment: Vienna1972 · as Tandler
• Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich1970 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Batman1966 · as The Clock King
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Max Jurgens
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Arnie Grote
• Outlaws1960
• The Chevy Mystery Show1960 · as Host
• The Big Party1959 · as Self
• Startime1959 · as Joseph
• Rawhide1959 · as Lazio Tzgorni
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Oskar Pauker
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Finch
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Telephone Time1956 · as Henri Charpentier
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Emil Markheim
• MGM Parade1955 · as self
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Emil Kronsteidt
• Omnibus1952 · as Major Paul Petkoff
• Omnibus1952 · as Toine
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mr. Reallybig
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as George Frederic Handel
• The Name's the Same1951 · as Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Danger1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Krisons Ringo
• Suspense1949 · as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
• Suspense1949 · as Frank Cadwallader
• Suspense1949
• Studio One1948
• Studio One1948 · as Lev Simon
• Studio One1948 · as Adrian Van Dyke
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self