Walter Slezak  

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Walter Slezak (3 May 1902 – 21 April 1983) was an Austrian actor and singer who appeared in German films before migrating to the US in 1930 and featuring in numerous Hollywood productions.

Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, most notably the German U-boat captain in Alfred Hitchcock's film Lifeboat (1944), but occasionally he got to play lighter roles, as in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). He also played a cheerfully corrupt and philosophical private detective in the film noir Born to Kill (1947) and appeared as Squire Trelawney in Treasure Island (1972).

Complete filmography

• Sodom und Gomorrha (1922) .... Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
• Mikaël (1924) .... Michael
• My Leopold (1924) .... Leopold, sein Sohn
• O alte Burschenherrlichkeit (1925)
• Sumpf und Moral (1925)
• Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein (1926)
• Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen (1926) .... Walter Thiermann - Ing. bei Großmann
• Marccos tollste Wette (1926)
• Junges Blut (1926) .... Oberprimaner
• Der Seekadett (1926)
• Wie bleibe ich jung und schön - Ehegeheimnisse (1927)
• Addio giovinezza! (1927) .... Mario
• Das Recht zu leben (1927)
• Die Lorelei (1927)
• Liebe geht seltsame Wege (1927) .... Florizel, 'Flo-Flo'
• Die große Pause (1927) .... Ottokar, ihr Sohn
• Der Fahnenträger von Sedan (1927)
• Ledige Mütter (1928)
• Almenrausch und Edelweiss (1928) .... Mentel, beider Sohn
• Das Hannerl von Rolandsbogen (1928)
• Osudné noci (1929) .... Bellini
• Eros in Ketten (1929) .... Heinz Ewer
• Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932) .... Kurt
• Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) .... Baron Franz Von Luber
• This Land Is Mine (1943) .... Major Erich von Keller
• The Fallen Sparrow (1943) .... Dr. Christian Skaas
• Lifeboat (1944) .... Willi
• Step Lively (1944) .... Joe Gribble
• Till We Meet Again (1944) .... Vitrey, The Mayor
• The Princess and the Pirate (1944) .... La Roche
• Salome, Where She Danced (1945) .... Dimitrioff
• The Spanish Main (1945) .... Don Juan Alvarado
• Cornered (1945) .... Melchior Incza
• Sinbad the Sailor (1947) .... Melik
• Born to Kill (1947) .... Arnett
• Riffraff (1947) .... Molinar
• The Pirate (1948) .... Don Pedro Vargas
• The Inspector General (1949) .... Yakov
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950) .... Dr. Byron Dokstedder
• Panther's Moon (1950) .... Doctor Stahl
• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) .... Sgt. Axmann
• Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) .... Prof. Hans Neumann
• People Will Talk (1951) .... Prof. Barker
• Confidentially Connie (1953) .... Emil Spangenberg
• Call Me Madam (1953) .... August Tantinnin
• White Witch Doctor (1953) .... Huysman
• The Steel Cage (1954) .... Louis, the Prison Chef (segment "The Chef")
• The Good Fairy (1956, TV Movie) .... Max Sporum
• Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) .... Papa Vittorio Martelli
• Pinocchio (1957, TV Movie) .... Gepetto
• The Miracle (1959) .... Flaco
• A Doll's House (1959, TV Movie) .... Presenter
• A Christmas Festival (1959, TV Movie) .... Mr. Really-Big
• Come September (1961) .... Maurice Clavell
• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) .... Stossel
• A Cry of Angels (1963, TV Movie) .... George Frideric Handel
• Wonderful Life (1964) .... Lloyd Davis
• Emil and the Detectives (1964) .... Baron
• The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965, TV Movie) .... Captain Meers
• 24 Hours to Kill (1965) .... The Firm: Malouf
• A Very Special Favor (1965) .... Etienne, Restaurant Proprietor
• Der Kongreß amüsiert sich (1966) .... Wax museum guide
• Dr. Coppelius (1966) .... Dr. Coppelius
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) .... Antonio Gonzalez
• Heidi (1968, TV Movie) .... Father Richter
• The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970) .... The Innkeeper
• Black Beauty (1971) .... Hackenschmidt
• Treasure Island (1972) .... Squire Trelawney
• The Mysterious House of Dr. C (1976) .... Dr. Coppelius