Walter Slezak
AKA: Уолтер Слезак
Birthday: 1902-05-03
Died: 1983-04-21
Birthplace: 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
Character: Squire Trelawney
Character: Maurice Clavell
Character: Dr. Christian Skaas
Character: Matthew Arnett
Character: Don Pedro Vargas
Character: Melchior Incza
Character: Professor Hans Neumann
Character: Baron Franz Von Luber
Character: Major Erich von Keller
Character: August Tantinnin
Character: Don Juan Alvarado
Character: Dr. Byron Dokstedder
Character: Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
Character: Vitrey, The Mayor
Character: Der 'Ewige Wiener'
Character: Father Richter
Character: Antonio Gonzales
Character: Emil Spangenberg
Character: Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
Character: Walter Thiermann