Walter Slezak
Actor, Film actor
1902 – 1983
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Who was Walter Slezak?
Walter Slezak was an Austrian-born character actor who appeared in German films before moving to the US in 1930 and featuring in numerous Hollywood productions. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, most notably the German U-boat captain in Alfred Hitchcock's film Lifeboat, but occasionally he got to play lighter roles, as in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. He also played a cheerfully corrupt and philosophical private detective in the film noir Born to Kill and appeared as Squire Trelawney in Treasure Island.
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- Born
- May 3, 1902
Vienna - Also known as
- Walt Slezak
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Johanna Van Ryn
(1943/10/10 - 1983/04/21)
- Johanna Van Ryn
- Children
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Apr 21, 1983
Flower Hill
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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