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Walter Slezak

1902–1983 · Acting

59.9avg grm
5titles
#1,072best rank
1honors
Lbest title · #1,072 on siteLifeboat1944 · as Willi74.5

Honors

1
1955Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical

Bio

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.

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

ranked on this site
1950s1 titlePPeople Will Talk1951 · as Prof. Barker55.8
1940s3 titlesBBorn to Kill1947 · as Albert Arnett54.8LLifeboat1944 · as Willi74.5TThis Land Is Mine1943 · as Major Erich von Keller59.0
1920s1 titleMMichael1924 · as Eugène Michael55.6

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Walter Slezak

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born1902
died1983
known forActing
titles on site5
best title rank#1,072 · Lifeboat (1944)
avg GRM59.9
honors1 · Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical, 1955
Honors
  • 1955Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical
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

ranked on this site

1950s

1 title
P55.8People Will Talk1951 · as Prof. Barker

1940s

3 titles
B54.8Born to Kill1947 · as Albert ArnettL74.5Lifeboat1944 · as WilliT59.0This Land Is Mine1943 · as Major Erich von Keller

1920s

1 title
M55.6Michael1924 · as Eugène Michael

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