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person_profile-Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Karl Stepanek

Date of Birth:

Oct 29, 1899

Country of birth:

Czech Republic]

Died:

Dec 25, 1980

Biography of

Karl Stepanek

    Though born in Czechoslovakia, actor Karel Stepanek was generally regarded as a German actor due to his extensive film work in Germany (as Karl Stepanek) in the years before World War II. Stepanek fled to England in 1940, where, like many European refugee actors, he specialized in portraying Teutonic villains. He tried to stay away from out-and-out Nazi roles, but his predilection for wearing black uniforms and barking out guttural commands left little doubt as to the political preferences of Stepanek's screen characters. One of his most typical characterizations could be found in the 1946 POW drama, The Captive Heart; Stepanek also registered well as a friendlier foreigner in The Fallen Idol (1949). Commuting between London and Hollywood, Karel Stepanek continued to fight World War II, usually on the wrong side, into such '60s films as Sink the Bismarck! (1960), I Aim at the Stars (1960) and Operation Crossbow (1965).

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Filmography of

Karl Stepanek

Found 56 Movies in total

The Games

Kubitsek ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1969

Before Winter Comes

Count Kerassy ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1967

The Frozen Dead

General Lubeck ( Actor )

... 1966

Sperrbezirk

Inspector Wagner ( Actor )

... 1966

The Heroes of Telemark

Hartmuller ( Actor )

... 1965

Licensed to Kill

Henrik Jacobsen ( Actor )

... 1965

Operation Crossbow

Prof. Hoffer ( Actor )

... 1965

Devil Doll

Dr. Heller ( Actor )

... 1964

Brainwashed

Baranow ( Actor )

... 1960

Sink the Bismarck!

Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' ( Actor )

... 1960

Our Man in Havana

Dr. Braun ( Actor )

... 1960

Operation Amsterdam

Diamond Merchant ( Actor )

... 1959

The Traitor

Friederich Suderman ( Actor )

... 1957

West of Suez

Langford ( Actor )

... 1957

Anastasia

Mikhail Vlados ( Actor )

... 1956

The Man in the Road

Dmitri Balinkev ( Actor )

... 1956

The Cockleshell Heroes

Assistant Gestapo Officer ( Actor )

... 1955

Secret Venture

Zelinsky ( Actor )

... 1955

A Prize of Gold

Dr. Zachmann ( Actor )

... 1955

Man of the Moment

Lom ( Actor )

... 1955

Dangerous Cargo

Pliny ( Actor )

... 1954

Tale of Three Women

Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) ( Actor )

... 1954

City Beneath the Sea

Dwight Trevor ( Actor )

... 1953

Rough Shoot

Diss ( Actor )

... 1953

Never Let Me Go

Commissar ( Actor )

... 1953

Affair in Trinidad

Walters ( Actor )

... 1952

Walk East on Beacon

Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders ( Actor )

... 1952

The Third Visitor

Richard Carling ( Actor )

... 1951

State Secret

Dr. Revo ( Actor )

... 1950

Cairo Road

Edouardo Pavlis ( Actor )

... 1950

Golden Arrow

Schroeder ( Actor )

... 1949

Give Us This Day

Jaroslav ( Actor )

... 1949

The Third Man

Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Conspirator

Radek ( Actor )

... 1949

The Fallen Idol

First Secretary ( Actor )

... 1948

Counterblast

Professor Inman ( Actor )

... 1948

Broken Journey

Swiss Officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Captive Heart

Forster ( Actor )

... 1946

Escape to Danger

Franz von Brinkman ( Actor )

... 1943

They Met in the Dark

Riccardo ( Actor )

... 1943

Tomorrow We Live

Seitz ( Actor )

... 1943

Secret Mission

Major Lang ( Actor )

... 1942

The Leghorn Hat

Felix, Diener bei Farina ( Actor )

... 1939

Hotel Sacher

Franz ( Actor )

... 1939

Narren im Schnee

Rolf Pinkenkötter ( Actor )

... 1938

The Unknown

Manager at Regina's ( Actor )

... 1936

Waltz War

Kellner Leopold ( Actor )

... 1933

A Song for You

Theo Bruckner ( Actor )

... 1933

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

Jackson ( Actor )

... 1932

... 1932

Here's Berlin

Max ( Actor )

... 1932