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Walter Slezak

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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 May 1902 (age 123)
  • Place of BirthVienna, Austria

Walter Slezak

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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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 May 1902 (age 123)
  • Place of BirthVienna, Austria
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The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
star
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1976
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Treasure Island
star
5.6
1972
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Black Beauty
star
5.9
1971
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The Juggler of Notre Dame
star
6.0
1970
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A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
star
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1969
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Dr. Coppelius
star
7.0
1968
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Heidi
star
6.1
1968
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
star
5.6
1967
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Congress of Love
star
1.0
1966
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A Very Special Favor
star
5.7
1965
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Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
star
5.3
1965
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Emil and the Detectives
star
6.1
1964
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Wonderful Life
star
4.8
1964
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A Cry of Angels
star
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1963
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
star
5.8
1962
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Come September
star
6.8
1961
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The Miracle
star
6.7
1959
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms
star
5.0
1957
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Pinocchio
star
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1957
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The Steel Cage
star
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1954
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Call Me Madam
star
6.3
1953
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White Witch Doctor
star
6.3
1953
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Confidentially Connie
star
5.3
1953
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People Will Talk
star
7.2
1951
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Bedtime for Bonzo
star
6.0
1951
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The Yellow Cab Man
star
6.3
1950
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Spy Hunt
star
6.0
1950
Poster
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
star
6.1
1950
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The Inspector General
star
6.462
1949
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The Pirate
star
6.4
1948
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Riff-Raff
star
6.1
1947
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Born to Kill
star
6.701
1947
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Sinbad the Sailor
star
5.9
1947
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Cornered
star
6.0
1945
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The Spanish Main
star
6.3
1945
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Salome, Where She Danced
star
3.7
1945
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The Princess and the Pirate
star
6.854
1944
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Lifeboat
star
7.4
1944
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Step Lively
star
6.0
1944
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Till We Meet Again
star
6.0
1944
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The Fallen Sparrow
star
5.717
1943
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This Land Is Mine
star
7.1
1943
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
star
6.17
1942
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel
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5.0
1932
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Eros in Ketten
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1929
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Osudné noci
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1929
Poster
Almenrausch und Edelweiss
star
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1928
Poster
Ledige Mütter
star
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1928
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Addio giovinezza!
star
6.0
1927
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The Long Intermission
star
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1927
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Die Lorelei
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1927
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Ehegeheimnisse
star
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1927
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The Right to Live
star
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1927
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Liebe geht seltsame Wege
star
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1927
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Grüß mir das blonde Kind am Rhein
star
5.0
1926
Poster
Aus des Rheinlands Schicksalstagen
star
3.0
1926
Poster
Junges Blut
star
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1926
Poster
O alte Burschenherrlichkeit
star
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1925
Poster
Mein Leopold
star
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1924
Poster
Michael
star
6.3
1924
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Sodom and Gomorrah
star
5.7
1922