Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak is credited on 27 movies and 7 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Batman, Lifeboat and The Love Boat.
Born May 3, 1902 in Vienna, Austria; died April 21, 1983.
Filmography · 34 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
Batman
1966 · TV show
Not on a US subscription app
Lifeboat
1944 · Movie
Free with ads on Hoopla
The Love Boat
1977 · TV show
On Paramount+ and REELZ+
People Will Talk
1951 · Movie
On FlixFling
The Pirate
1948 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Born to Kill
1947 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Come September
1961 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
This Land Is Mine
1943 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Inspector General
1949 · Movie
On Prime Video and fuboTV
Rawhide
1959 · TV show
On Philo
Michael
1924 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Movie
On YouTube TV
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 · Movie
Cornered
1945 · Movie
Treasure Island
1972 · Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Movie
The Spanish Main
1945 · Movie
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 · Movie
Emil and the Detectives
1964 · Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Movie
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV show
Black Beauty
1971 · Movie
The Fallen Sparrow
1943 · Movie
Call Me Madam
1953 · Movie
Riff-Raff
1947 · Movie
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 · Movie
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV show
Heidi
1968 · Movie
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Movie
White Witch Doctor
1953 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · TV show
Spy Hunt
1950 · Movie
A Very Special Favor
1965 · Movie
Suspense
1949 · TV show
About 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...
Biography from TMDB, written by its community.