Walter Slezak

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 3, 1902 (80 years old)
Died
April 21, 1983
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Romance
Career Span
1922 – 1976

Walter Slezak

2 wins
16 nominations
2 Oscars
61 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
May 3, 1902
From
Vienna, Austria
Known For
Acting
Career
1922 – 1976

Award Recognition

2
Wins
16
Nominations
2
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1976

The Mysterious House of Dr. C. as Dr. Coppelius

1972

Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney Award

1971

Black Beauty as Hackenschmidt

1970

The Juggler of Notre Dame as The Innkeeper

1969

A Hundred-Odd Years from Now

1968

Heidi as Father Richter
Dr. Coppelius as Dr. Coppelius

1967

The Caper of the Golden Bulls as Antonio Gonzales Award

1966

Congress of Love as Der 'Ewige Wiener'

1965

A Very Special Favor as Etienne Award
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill as Malouf

1964

Emil and the Detectives as Baron
Wonderful Life as Lloyd Davis

1963

A Cry of Angels

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Stossel Award

1961

Come September as Maurice Clavell Award

1959

The Miracle as Flaco

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Papa Martelli Award
Pinocchio as Gepetto

1954

The Steel Cage as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"

1953

Call Me Madam as August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie as Emil Spangenberg
White Witch Doctor as Huysman

1951

People Will Talk as Prof. Barker Award
Bedtime for Bonzo as Professor Hans Neumann Award

1950

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Sgt. Axmann
The Yellow Cab Man as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
Spy Hunt as Doctor Stahl

1949

The Inspector General as Yakov Award

1948

The Pirate as Don Pedro Vargas Award

1947

Riff-Raff as Eric Molinar
Sinbad the Sailor as Melik Award
Born to Kill as Matthew Arnett Award

1945

The Spanish Main as Don Juan Alvarado Award
Salome, Where She Danced as Dimitrioff Award
Cornered as Melchior Incza

1944

The Princess and the Pirate as La Roche Award
Lifeboat as Willi
Step Lively as Joe Gribble
Till We Meet Again as Vitrey, The Mayor

1943

This Land Is Mine as Major Erich von Keller Award
The Fallen Sparrow as Dr. Christian Skaas

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon as Baron Franz Von Luber Award

1932

Spione im Savoy-Hotel as Kurt

1929

Eros in Ketten
Osudné noci

1928

Ledige Mütter
Almenrausch und Edelweiss as Mentel

1927

Die Lorelei
Ehegeheimnisse
The Right to Live
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
Addio giovinezza!
The Long Intermission as Ottokar

1926

Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen as Walter Thiermann
Junges Blut as Oberprimaner

1925

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit

1924

Michael as Michael
Mein Leopold

1922

Sodom and Gomorrah as Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa

Photos & Videos

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The Inspector General
People Will Talk
This Land Is Mine
The Princess and the Pirate
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Pirate

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