Walter Slezak
Acting
Born May 3, 1902 · Vienna, Austria
Died April 21, 1983
Also known as Уолтер Слезак
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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1955
Filmography34 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Lifeboat
Batman
Rawhide
This Land Is Mine
People Will Talk
What's My Line?
The Yellow Cab Man
The Princess and the Pirate
Come September
The Ed Sullivan Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Born to Kill
Step Lively
The Inspector General
Letter to Loretta
The Pirate
The Spanish Main
Telephone Time
The Love Boat
Heidi
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Michael
Emil and the Detectives
Riff-Raff
Bedtime for Bonzo
Black Beauty
Sinbad, the Sailor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Treasure Island
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Confidentially Connie
Suspense
Salome, Where She Danced