Walter Slezak

ActingMay 3, 1902(died age 80)Vienna, Austria

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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.

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The Love Boat

1977·Marcel Locksmith

The Mysterious House of Dr. C.

1976·Dr. Coppelius

Treasure Island

1972·Squire Trelawney

Assignment: Vienna

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