Walter Slezak

About

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 Love BoatSeries • 1977BatmanSeries • 1966Dr. KildareSeries • 1961Studio OneSeries • 1948Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950RawhideSeries • 195977 Sunset StripSeries • 1958SuspenseSeries • 1949The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955Telephone TimeSeries • 1956OutlawsSeries • 1960StartimeSeries • 1959Alcoa TheatreSeries • 1957Cain's HundredSeries • 1961The PirateMovie • 1948LifeboatMovie • 1944Sinbad the SailorMovie • 1947Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionMovie • 1950Treasure IslandMovie • 1972Come SeptemberMovie • 1961The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmMovie • 1962Emil and the DetectivesMovie • 1964This Land Is MineMovie • 1943The Princess and the PirateMovie • 1944