Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
03 May, 1902 (122 years old)
Death date
21 Apr, 1983
Walter Slezak
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.
Known For
Acting
1972
Treasure Island
1971
Black Beauty
1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1965
A Very Special Favor
1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1964
Emil and the Detectives
1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1961
Come September
1953
White Witch Doctor
1953
Confidentially Connie
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
1947
Born to Kill
1945
The Spanish Main
1943
The Fallen Sparrow
1943
This Land Is Mine
1924
Michael
1922
Sodom and Gomorrah