Acting
Walter Slezak
Born 1902-05-03
Vienna, Austria
Department: Acting
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
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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The Love Boat
1977
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Batman
1966
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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Lifeboat
1944
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What's My Line?
1950
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Tony Awards
1956
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Dr. Kildare
1961
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Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (105 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Love Boat | Marcel Locksmith | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Mysterious House of Dr. C. | Dr. Coppelius | Movie | 1976 | |
 | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | Movie | 1972 |
 | Assignment: Vienna | Tandler | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Black Beauty | Hackenschmidt | Movie | 1971 |
| Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich | Self | TV Series | 1970 | |
 | The Juggler of Notre Dame | The Innkeeper | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Hundred-Odd Years from Now | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Dr. Coppelius | Dr. Coppelius | Movie | 1968 |
 | Heidi | Father Richter | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Legend of Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | Movie | 1968 |
 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls | Antonio Gonzales | Movie | 1967 |
 | Congress of Love | Der 'Ewige Wiener' | Movie | 1966 |
 | Batman | The Clock King | TV Series | 1966 |
 | A Very Special Favor | Etienne | Movie | 1965 |
 | Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | Malouf | Movie | 1965 |
 | Emil and the Detectives | Baron | Movie | 1964 |
 | Wonderful Life | Lloyd Davis | Movie | 1964 |
 | A Cry of Angels | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Stossel | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Max Jurgens | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Cain's Hundred | Arnie Grote | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Come September | Maurice Clavell | Movie | 1961 |
 | Outlaws | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | Host | TV Series | 1960 | |
| The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Count Fosco | TV Series | 1960 | |
 | The Miracle | Flaco | Movie | 1959 |
| The Big Party | Self | TV Series | 1959 | |
 | Startime | Joseph | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Rawhide | Lazio Tzgorni | TV Series | 1959 |
 | 77 Sunset Strip | Oskar Pauker | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Pinocchio | Gepetto | Movie | 1957 |
 | Alcoa Theatre | Finch | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Papa Martelli | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Telephone Time | Henri Charpentier | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
| THe Good Fairy | Max Sporum | Movie | 1956 | |
 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Emil Markheim | TV Series | 1955 |
 | MGM Parade | self | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Steel Cage | Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef" | Movie | 1954 |
 | Letter to Loretta | Emil Kronsteidt | TV Series | 1953 |
 | White Witch Doctor | Huysman | Movie | 1953 |
 | Call Me Madam | August Tantinnin | Movie | 1953 |
 | Confidentially Connie | Emil Spangenberg | Movie | 1953 |
 | Omnibus | Major Paul Petkoff | TV Series | 1952 |
| Omnibus | Toine | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mr. Reallybig | TV Series | 1951 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | George Frederic Handel | TV Series | 1951 |
| The Name's the Same | Self | TV Series | 1951 | |
 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
 | People Will Talk | Barker | Movie | 1951 |
 | Bedtime for Bonzo | Professor Hans Neumann | Movie | 1951 |
| Danger | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Sgt. Axmann | Movie | 1950 |
 | Spy Hunt | Doctor Stahl | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Yellow Cab Man | Dr. Byron Dokstedder | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Krisons Ringo | TV Series | 1950 |
 | The Inspector General | Yakov | Movie | 1949 |
 | Suspense | Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley | TV Series | 1949 |
| Suspense | Frank Cadwallader | TV Series | 1949 |
| Suspense | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Studio One | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Lev Simon | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Adrian Van Dyke | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Pirate | Don Pedro Vargas | Movie | 1948 |
 | Riff-Raff | Eric Molinar | Movie | 1947 |
 | Born to Kill | Matthew Arnett | Movie | 1947 |
 | Sinbad the Sailor | Melik | Movie | 1947 |
 | Cornered | Melchior Incza | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Spanish Main | Don Juan Alvarado | Movie | 1945 |
 | Salome, Where She Danced | Dimitrioff | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Princess and the Pirate | La Roche | Movie | 1944 |
 | Till We Meet Again | Vitrey, The Mayor | Movie | 1944 |
 | Step Lively | Joe Gribble | Movie | 1944 |
 | Lifeboat | Willi | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Fallen Sparrow | Dr. Christian Skaas | Movie | 1943 |
 | This Land Is Mine | Major Erich von Keller | Movie | 1943 |
 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Baron Franz Von Luber | Movie | 1942 |
 | Spione im Savoy-Hotel | Kurt | Movie | 1932 |
| Eros in Ketten | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 | |
| Osudné noci | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 | |
 | Almenrausch und Edelweiss | Mentel | Movie | 1928 |
| Ledige Mütter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1928 | |
| The Long Intermission | Ottokar | Movie | 1927 | |
| The Ways of Love Are Strange | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 | |
| Die Lorelei | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 | |
 | The Right to Live | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 |
 | Addio giovinezza! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 |
| Ehegeheimnisse | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 | |
 | Junges Blut | Oberprimaner | Movie | 1926 |
| Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen | Walter Thiermann | Movie | 1926 | |
 | Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 |
 | O alte Burschenherrlichkeit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1925 |
 | Mein Leopold | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1924 |
 | Michael | Michael | Movie | 1924 |
 | Sodom and Gomorrah | Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa | Movie | 1922 |