Walter Slezak
Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 3, 1902 Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] |
Died | Apr 21, 1983 Flower Hill, NY |
Age | Died at 81 |
Walter Slezak | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1922-1980 |
Top Roles | Prof. Barker, Don Juan Alvarado, Dr. Christian Skaas, Etienne, Restaurant Proprietor, Yakov |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Adventure, Thriller/Suspense, Musical |
Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Pirate, World War II |
Top Collaborators | Frank Borzage (Director), Byron Foulger, Nestor Paiva, Steven Geray |
Shares birthday with | Bing Crosby, Mary Astor, Beulah Bondi see more.. |
Walter Slezak Overview:
Character actor, Walter Slezak, was born on May 3, 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Slezak died at the age of 81 on Apr 21, 1983 in Flower Hill, NY .
MINI BIO:
Tubby, mustachioed Walter Slezak was an Austrian actor just as likely to play affable or menacing characters. A welcome part of any film, he was probably most memorable as the German on Hitchcock's Lifeboat. He had two bursts of intense film activity, in Germany from 1924 to 1928 and in Hollywood from 1942 to 1954, having been in America since the early 1930s. Otherwise he appeared mostly on stage. He was also a writer and humorist. He retired in 1972, but in 1983 committed suicide by shooting himself.
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Walter Slezak Quotes:
Willy:
[to the delirious Gus] There's Rosie! She's waiting for you!
[Willy pushes Gus overboard]
Don Juan Alvarado: All I ever hear from you is that every golden minute has 60 golden seconds. Why does it have to have 60 golden seconds? Why can't it have 30 golden seconds? And why do they have to be golden? Why can't they be silver?
Mike Clark: I want to marry your daughter.
Papa Vittorio Martelli: Sorry I haven't any left.
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[Willy pushes Gus overboard]
Don Juan Alvarado: All I ever hear from you is that every golden minute has 60 golden seconds. Why does it have to have 60 golden seconds? Why can't it have 30 golden seconds? And why do they have to be golden? Why can't they be silver?
Mike Clark: I want to marry your daughter.
Papa Vittorio Martelli: Sorry I haven't any left.
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