Known for Acting
Birthday
May 3, 1902
Place of Birth
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.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Batman

Dr. Kildare

What's My Line?

The Merv Griffin Show

Studio One

Studio One

Rawhide

Robert Montgomery Presents

Omnibus

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

77 Sunset Strip

The Ed Sullivan Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Cain's Hundred

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The 20th Century Fox Hour