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Walter Slezak

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

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.

Born

Vienna, Austria on 3rd May 1902

Died

21st April 1983

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The Love Boat
Marcel Locksmith
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Dr. Kildare
Dr. Max Jurgens
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show Image
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Image
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
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Rawhide
Lazio Tzgorni
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Krisons Ringo
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Studio One
Lev Simon
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Studio One
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Suspense
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Suspense
Frank Cadwallader
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Suspense
Dr. Potterton / Richard Morley
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Telephone Time
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Omnibus
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Outlaws
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
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Batman
The Clock King
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Cain's Hundred
Arnie Grote
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
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Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
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77 Sunset Strip
Oskar Pauker
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
George Frederic Handel
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mr. Reallybig
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The Name's the Same
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What's My Line?
Self
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Letter to Loretta
Emil Kronsteidt
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
Emil Markheim
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
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The Chevy Mystery Show
Host
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
Self
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The Big Party
Self
Treasure Island Image
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
Lifeboat Image
Lifeboat
Willi
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The Inspector General
Yakov
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The Pirate
Don Pedro Vargas
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Assignment: Vienna
Tandler
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The Princess and the Pirate
La Roche
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Salome, Where She Danced
Dimitrioff
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Come September
Maurice Clavell
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Sinbad the Sailor
Melik
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The Spanish Main
Don Juan Alvarado
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Emil and the Detectives
Baron
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Heidi
Father Richter
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People Will Talk
Prof. Barker
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Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Malouf
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
Baron Franz Von Luber
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Stossel
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Cornered
Melchior Incza
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Call Me Madam
August Tantinnin
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This Land Is Mine
Major Erich von Keller
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White Witch Doctor
Huysman
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Sgt. Axmann
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Riff-Raff
Eric Molinar
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Black Beauty
Hackenschmidt
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The Miracle
Flaco
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Step Lively
Joe Gribble
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Wonderful Life
Lloyd Davis
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The Yellow Cab Man
Dr. Byron Dokstedder
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Confidentially Connie
Emil Spangenberg
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Bedtime for Bonzo
Professor Hans Neumann
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A Very Special Favor
Etienne
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Till We Meet Again
Vitrey, The Mayor
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Born to Kill
Matthew Arnett
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Antonio Gonzales
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The Fallen Sparrow
Dr. Christian Skaas
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Michael
Michael
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Spy Hunt
Doctor Stahl
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Papa Martelli
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The Juggler of Notre Dame
The Innkeeper
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The Steel Cage
Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
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Congress of Love
Der 'Ewige Wiener'
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Junges Blut
Oberprimaner
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Pinocchio
Gepetto
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The Right to Live
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Liebe geht seltsame Wege
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Dr. Coppelius
Dr. Coppelius
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Almenrausch und Edelweiss
Mentel
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Kurt
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A Cry of Angels
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Ehegeheimnisse
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Osudné noci
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A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein Image
Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
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The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
Dr. Coppelius
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Ledige Mütter
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Eros in Ketten
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Addio giovinezza!
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Die Lorelei
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Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
Walter Thiermann
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O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
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The Long Intermission
Ottokar
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Mein Leopold