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Walter Slezak
Acting
Born: May 3, 1902
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.
Known For
The Inspector General
as Yakov
The Pirate
as Don Pedro Vargas
Come September
as Maurice Clavell
Lifeboat
as Willi
Till We Meet Again
as Vitrey, The Mayor
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
The Spanish Main
as Don Juan Alvarado
Salome, Where She Danced
as Dimitrioff
The Princess and the Pirate
as La Roche
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
as Stossel
