Walter Slezak
Born May 03, 1902 (Age: 123)
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Vienna, Austria
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Juggler of Notre Dame
1970
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as The Innkeeper
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Age: 67
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
1969
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as
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Age: 66
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
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as Friar Tuck
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Age: 65
A Very Special Favor
1965
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as Etienne
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Age: 63
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
1965
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as Malouf
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Age: 62
Emil and the Detectives
1964
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as Baron
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Age: 62
Wonderful Life
1964
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as Lloyd Davis
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Age: 62
A Cry of Angels
1963
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as
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Age: 61
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
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as Stossel
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Age: 60
Come September
1961
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as Maurice Clavell
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Age: 59
The Miracle
1959
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as Flaco
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Age: 57
The Steel Cage
1954
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as Louis, the Prison Chef, segment "The Chef"
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Age: 52
White Witch Doctor
1953
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as Huysman
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Age: 51
Call Me Madam
1953
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as August Tantinnin
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Age: 50
Confidentially Connie
1953
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as Emil Spangenberg
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Age: 50
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
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as Sgt. Axmann
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Age: 48
Spy Hunt
1950
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as Doctor Stahl
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Age: 48
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
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as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
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Age: 47
Cornered
1945
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as Melchior Incza
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Age: 43
The Spanish Main
1945
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as Don Juan Alvarado
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Age: 43
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
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as Dimitrioff
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Age: 42
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
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as Baron Franz Von Luber
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Age: 40
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
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as Kurt
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Age: 30