Walter Slezak
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas 1948
People Will Talk
as Prof. Barker 1951
Born to Kill
as Matthew Arnett 1947
Come September
as Maurice Clavell 1961
This Land Is Mine
as Major Erich von Keller 1943
The Inspector General
as Yakov 1949
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Baron Franz Von Luber 1942
Michael
as Michael 1924
Sinbad the Sailor
as Melik 1947
Cornered
as Melchior Incza 1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Sgt. Axmann 1950
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney 1972
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Stossel 1962
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado 1945
Emil and the Detectives
as Baron 1964
Black Beauty
as Hackenschmidt 1971