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.
TV Shows(30)
The Love Boat
Marcel Locksmith
Assignment: Vienna
Tandler
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Batman
The Clock King
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Cain's Hundred
Arnie Grote
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Max Jurgens
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Outlaws
The Chevy Mystery Show
Host
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Count Fosco
Rawhide
Lazio Tzgorni
The Big Party
Self
Startime
Joseph
77 Sunset Strip
Oskar Pauker
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
Alcoa Theatre
Finch