Walter Slezak
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Walter Slezak was an Austrian-born film and stage actor active between 1922 and 1976. He mainly appeared in German films before migrating to the United States in 1930 and performing in numerous Hollyw
Slezak c. 1922
Slezak as Geppetto in the 1957 televised production of Pinocchio
Gravesite of Slezak, his wife Johanna, and his parents Leo and Elisabeth in Egern, Bavaria
Leo Slezak
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Leo Slezak was an Austrian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's Otello. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Sleza
Walter Slezak
…shrewd, unscrupulous private investigators in film noir, as in Cornered (1945) and Born to Kill (1947). Slezak was born in Vienna, the son of opera tenor Leo Slezak and Elisabeth "Elsa" Wertheim. He studied medicine for a time and later worked as a bank teller. His older sister Margarete Slezak was also an actress…
Leo Slezak, c. 1927
Frances Alda as Desdemona and Slezak in the title role of Verdi's Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in 1909.