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Walter Slezak
Vienna, Austria
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…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Marcel Locksmith
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1976
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
Movie Dr. Coppelius
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1972
Treasure Island
Movie Squire Trelawney
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1972
Assignment: Vienna
TV show Tandler
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1971
Black Beauty
Movie Hackenschmidt
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1970
Filmgeschichte(n) aus Österreich
TV show Self
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1970
The Juggler of Notre Dame
Movie The Innkeeper
- 1969
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1968
Dr. Coppelius
Movie Dr. Coppelius
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1968
Heidi
Movie Father Richter
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1968
The Legend of Robin Hood
Movie Friar Tuck
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self (uncredited)
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1967
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Movie Antonio Gonzales
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1966
Congress of Love
Movie Der 'Ewige Wiener'
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1966
Batman
TV show The Clock King
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1965
A Very Special Favor
Movie Etienne
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1965
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Movie Malouf
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1964
Emil and the Detectives
Movie Baron
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1964
Wonderful Life
Movie Lloyd Davis
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1963
A Cry of Angels
Movie
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie Stossel
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - Co-Host
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1961
Dr. Kildare
TV show Dr. Max Jurgens
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1961
Cain's Hundred
TV show Arnie Grote
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1961
Come September
Movie Maurice Clavell
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1960
Outlaws
TV show
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1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV show Host
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1960
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
TV show Count Fosco
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1959
The Miracle
Movie Flaco
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1959
The Big Party
TV show Self
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1959
Startime
TV show Joseph
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Lazio Tzgorni
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show Oskar Pauker
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1957
Pinocchio
Movie Gepetto
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1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV show Finch
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1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV show Self
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1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Movie Papa Martelli
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Self
