1972Nominee
Best Performance
Treasure Island
Walter Slezak
Actor
Vienna, Austria
May 3, 1902
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1948Nominee
Best Performance
The Pirate
1944Nominee
Best Performance
Lifeboat
Career Highlights
1961Highlight
Best Performance
Come September
1944Highlight
Best Performance
Step Lively
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Treasure Island
The Pirate
Lifeboat