Walter Slezak
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Acting 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 ver...
Known For
Filmography
The Love Boat
1977
as Marcel Locksmith
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
1976
as Dr. Coppelius
Treasure Island
1972
as Squire Trelawney
Assignment: Vienna
1972
as Tandler
Black Beauty
1971
as Hackenschmidt
The Juggler of Notre Dame
1970
as The Innkeeper
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
1970
as Self
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
Dr. Coppelius
1968
as Dr. Coppelius
Heidi
1968
as Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
as Friar Tuck
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
as Antonio Gonzales
Congress of Love
1966
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
Batman
1966
as The Clock King
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
as Malouf
Emil and the Detectives
1964
as Baron
Wonderful Life
1964
as Lloyd Davis
A Cry of Angels
1963
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Stossel
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Come September
1961
as Maurice Clavell
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Arnie Grote
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Max Jurgens
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Outlaws
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Host
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Count Fosco
The Miracle
1959
as Flaco
Rawhide
1959
as Lazio Tzgorni
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Startime
1959
as Joseph
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Oskar Pauker
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Papa Martelli
Pinocchio
1957
as Gepetto
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Finch
THe Good Fairy
1956
as Max Sporum
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Telephone Time
1956
as Henri Charpentier
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Emil Markheim
MGM Parade
1955
as self
The Steel Cage
1954
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
Call Me Madam
1953
as August Tantinnin
White Witch Doctor
1953
as Huysman
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Emil Spangenberg
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Emil Kronsteidt
Omnibus
1952
as Major Paul Petkoff
Omnibus
1952
as Toine
People Will Talk
1951
as Barker
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951
as Professor Hans Neumann
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mr. Reallybig
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Name's the Same
1951
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as George Frederic Handel
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
Spy Hunt
1950
as Doctor Stahl
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Sgt. Axmann
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Krisons Ringo
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Danger
1950
The Inspector General
1949
as Yakov
Suspense
1949
as Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
Suspense
1949
as Frank Cadwallader
Suspense
1949
The Pirate
1948
as Don Pedro Vargas
Studio One
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Lev Simon
Studio One
1948
as Adrian Van Dyke
Riff-Raff
1947
as Eric Molinar
Born to Kill
1947
as Matthew Arnett
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Melik
Cornered
1945
as Melchior Incza
The Spanish Main
1945
as Don Juan Alvarado
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
as Dimitrioff
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as La Roche
Lifeboat
1944
as Willi
Step Lively
1944
as Joe Gribble
Till We Meet Again
1944
as Vitrey, The Mayor
The Fallen Sparrow
1943
as Dr. Christian Skaas
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Major Erich von Keller
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Baron Franz Von Luber
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
as Kurt
Eros in Ketten
1929
Osudné noci
1929
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
1928
as Mentel
Ledige Mütter
1928
Addio giovinezza!
1927
The Long Intermission
1927
as Ottokar
Die Lorelei
1927
The Right to Live
1927
The Ways of Love Are Strange
1927
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
1926
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
1926
as Walter Thiermann
Junges Blut
1926
as Oberprimaner
Ehegeheimnisse
1926
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
1925
Mein Leopold
1924
Michael
1924
as Michael
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922
as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa