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.
Filmography
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The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
1976
as Dr. Coppelius
Treasure Island
1972
as Squire Trelawney
Black Beauty
1971
as Hackenschmidt
The Juggler of Notre Dame
1970
as The Innkeeper
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
Dr. Coppelius
1968
as Dr. Coppelius
Heidi
1968
as Father Richter
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
as Friar Tuck
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967
as Antonio Gonzales
Congress of Love
1966
as Der 'Ewige Wiener'
A Very Special Favor
1965
as Etienne
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
as Malouf
Emil and the Detectives
1964
as Baron
Wonderful Life
1964
as Lloyd Davis
A Cry of Angels
1963
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as Stossel
Come September
1961
as Maurice Clavell
The Miracle
1959
as Flaco
Pinocchio
1957
as Gepetto
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Papa Martelli
The Steel Cage
1954
as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
White Witch Doctor
1953
as Huysman
Call Me Madam
1953
as August Tantinnin
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Emil Spangenberg