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Karl Stepanek
Born · October 27, 1899
Died · December 25, 1980 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Bio
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).
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
0.0
2003
The Games
Kubitsek
7.1
1970
The File of the Golden Goose
Mueller
5.5
1969
Before Winter Comes
Count Kerassy
5.9
1969
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Dyers
8.7
1967
The Frozen Dead
General Lubeck
5.0
1966
Sperrbezirk
Inspector Wagner
3.0
1966
The Heroes of Telemark
Hartmuller
6.9
1965
Licensed to Kill
Henrik Jacobsen
5.5
1965
Operation Crossbow
Prof. Hoffer
6.7
1965
Devil Doll
Dr. Heller
4.6
1964
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Jawor Stranski
0.0
1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
Dr. Robert Großmann · (1 episode)
8.5
1963
Brainwashed
Baranow
6.8
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
6.8
1960
Our Man in Havana
Dr. Braun
6.7
1960
Operation Amsterdam
Diamond Merchant
5.8
1959
West of Suez
Langford
0.0
1957
The Traitor
Friederich Suderman
7.0
1957
Anastasia
Mikhail Vlados
6.8
1956
The Man in the Road
Dmitri Balinkev
6.3
1956
The Cockleshell Heroes
Assistant Gestapo Officer
6.0
1955
Secret Venture
Zelinsky
0.0
1955
A Prize of Gold
Dr. Zachmann
5.4
1955
Man of the Moment
Lom
6.5
1955
Dangerous Cargo
Pliny
5.2
1954
Tale of Three Women
Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
0.0
1954
City Beneath the Sea
Dwight Trevor
5.0
1953
Rough Shoot
Diss
6.2
1953
Never Let Me Go
Commissar
5.6
1953
Affair in Trinidad
Walters
6.3
1952
Walk East on Beacon
Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
5.1
1952
No Highway in the Sky
6.9
1951
The Third Visitor
Richard Carling
6.0
1951
State Secret
Dr. Revo
6.5
1950
Cairo Road
Edouardo Pavlis
5.8
1950
Golden Arrow
Schroeder
0.0
1949
Give Us This Day
Jaroslav
5.9
1949
The Third Man
Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
7.9
1949
Conspirator
Radek
5.9
1949
The Fallen Idol
First Secretary
7.2
1948
Counterblast
Professor Inman
6.0
1948
Broken Journey
Swiss Officer (uncredited)
6.0
1948
The Captive Heart
Forster
6.4
1946
Escape to Danger
Franz von Brinkman
0.0
1943
They Met in the Dark
Riccardo
6.3
1943
Tomorrow We Live
Seitz
6.0
1943
Secret Mission
Major Lang
4.3
1942
Our Film
Soviet Visitor
0.0
1942
The Leghorn Hat
Felix, Diener bei Farina
8.7
1939
Hotel Sacher
Franz
6.7
1939
War es der im 3. Stock?
Georg Kilby
0.0
1939
Narren im Schnee
Rolf Pinkenkötter
0.0
1938
Klatovští dragouni
0.0
1938
Die Fledermaus
Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
4.0
1937
The Unknown
Manager at Regina's
6.0
1936
Der Außenseiter
Otto Burian
0.0
1935
Pozdní láska
9.0
1935
Na růžích ustláno
0.0
1935
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
Ruckstuhl
5.7
1935
Waltz War
Kellner Leopold
7.7
1933
A Song for You
Theo Bruckner
0.0
1933
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Jackson
5.0
1932
Five from the Jazzband
Jean
7.0
1932
Here's Berlin
Max
9.0
1932
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
6.1
1931