Walter Slezak
Actor
Date of birth: May 3, 1902Date of death: April 21, 1983 (80)City: Vienna, Austria
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.
Filmography
36 roles1970s2 roles
1960s8 roles
1950s8 roles
1940s15 roles
1930s1 role
1920s2 roles
