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
The Inspector General
(1949)
Yakov
People Will Talk
(1951)
Prof. Barker
The Pirate
(1948)
Don Pedro Vargas
Lifeboat
(1944)
Willi
Treasure Island
(1972)
Squire Trelawney
Once Upon a Honeymoon
(1942)
Baron Franz Von Luber
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
La Roche
Born to Kill
(1947)
Matthew Arnett
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
(1950)
Sgt. Axmann
Full Filmography
Acting
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1922)
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
Mein Leopold
(1924)
Michael
(1924)
Michael
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
(1925)
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
(1926)
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
(1926)
Walter Thiermann
Junges Blut
(1926)
Oberprimaner
Liebe geht seltsame Wege
(1927)
Das Recht zu leben
(1927)
The Long Intermission
(1927)
Ottokar
Die Lorelei
(1927)
Ehegeheimnisse
(1927)
Addio giovinezza!
(1927)
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
(1928)
Mentel
Ledige Mütter
(1928)
Osudné noci
(1929)
Eros in Ketten
(1929)
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
(1932)
Kurt
Once Upon a Honeymoon
(1942)
Baron Franz Von Luber
The Fallen Sparrow
(1943)
Dr. Christian Skaas
This Land Is Mine
(1943)
Major Erich von Keller
Till We Meet Again
(1944)
Vitrey, The Mayor
The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)
La Roche
Step Lively
(1944)
Joe Gribble
Lifeboat
(1944)
Willi
The Spanish Main
(1945)
Don Juan Alvarado
Salome, Where She Danced
(1945)
Dimitrioff
Cornered
(1945)
Melchior Incza
Sinbad the Sailor
(1947)
Melik
Riff-Raff
(1947)
Eric Molinar
Born to Kill
(1947)
Matthew Arnett
The Pirate
(1948)
Don Pedro Vargas
The Inspector General
(1949)
Yakov
The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
(1950)
Sgt. Axmann
Spy Hunt
(1950)
Doctor Stahl
Bedtime for Bonzo
(1951)
Professor Hans Neumann
People Will Talk
(1951)
Prof. Barker
Confidentially Connie
(1953)
Emil Spangenberg
White Witch Doctor
(1953)
Huysman
Call Me Madam
(1953)
August Tantinnin
The Steel Cage
(1954)
Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
Pinocchio
(1957)
Gepetto
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(1957)
Papa Martelli
The Miracle
(1959)
Flaco
Come September
(1961)
Maurice Clavell
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
(1962)
Stossel
A Cry of Angels
(1963)
Wonderful Life
(1964)
Lloyd Davis
Emil and the Detectives
(1964)
Baron
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
(1965)
Malouf
A Very Special Favor
(1965)
Etienne
Congress of Love
(1966)
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
(1967)
Antonio Gonzales
Heidi
(1968)
Father Richter
Dr. Coppelius
(1968)
Dr. Coppelius
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
(1969)
The Juggler of Notre Dame
(1970)
The Innkeeper
Black Beauty
(1971)
Hackenschmidt
Treasure Island
(1972)
Squire Trelawney
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
(1976)
Dr. Coppelius