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Walter Slezak
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.
As actor
The Mysterious House of Dr. C.
Treasure Island
Black Beauty
The Juggler of Notre Dame
A Hundred-Odd Years from Now
Dr. Coppelius
Heidi
The Legend of Robin Hood
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Congress of Love
A Very Special Favor
Twenty-Four Hours to Kill
Emil and the Detectives
Wonderful Life
A Cry of Angels
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Come September
The Miracle
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Pinocchio
The Steel Cage
Call Me Madam
White Witch Doctor
Confidentially Connie
People Will Talk
Bedtime for Bonzo
The Yellow Cab Man
Spy Hunt
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
The Inspector General