Karl Stepanek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 27, 1899
- Died
- December 25, 1980 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Biography
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).
Known For
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Filmography
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Movie
The Games
Movie · as Kubitsek
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie · as Mueller
Before Winter Comes
Movie · as Count Kerassy
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Movie · as Dyers
The Frozen Dead
Movie · as General Lubeck
Sperrbezirk
Movie · as Inspector Wagner
Operation Crossbow
Movie · as Prof. Hoffer
Licensed to Kill
Movie · as Henrik Jacobsen
The Heroes of Telemark
Movie · as Hartmuller
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Carl Reinhardt · 1 ep
Devil Doll
Movie · as Dr. Heller
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Movie · as Jawor Stranski
Das Kriminalmuseum
TV · as Dr. Robert Großmann · 1 ep
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Brainwashed
Movie · as Baranow
Our Man in Havana
Movie · as Dr. Braun
I Aim at the Stars
Movie · as Capt. Dornberger
Operation Amsterdam
Movie · as Diamond Merchant
No Hiding Place
TV · as Professor Remi · 1 ep
West of Suez
Movie · as Langford
The Traitor
Movie · as Friederich Suderman
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Rubici · 1 ep
Anastasia
Movie · as Mikhail Vlados
The Man in the Road
Movie · as Dmitri Balinkev
Armchair Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Man of the Moment
Movie · as Lom
The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie · as Assistant Gestapo Officer
Secret Venture
Movie · as Zelinsky
A Prize of Gold
Movie · as Dr. Zachmann
Tale of Three Women
Movie · as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
Dangerous Cargo
Movie · as Pliny
Never Let Me Go
Movie · as Commissar
City Beneath the Sea
Movie · as Dwight Trevor
Rough Shoot
Movie · as Diss
Affair in Trinidad
Movie · as Walters
Walk East on Beacon
Movie · as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
The Third Visitor
Movie · as Richard Carling
No Highway in the Sky
Movie
Cairo Road
Movie · as Edouardo Pavlis
State Secret
Movie · as Dr. Revo
Conspirator
Movie · as Radek
The Third Man
Movie · as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Give Us This Day
Movie · as Jaroslav
Golden Arrow
Movie · as Schroeder
The Fallen Idol
Movie · as First Secretary
Broken Journey
Movie · as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
Counterblast
Movie · as Professor Inman
The Captive Heart
Movie · as Forster
They Met in the Dark
Movie · as Riccardo
Tomorrow We Live
Movie · as Seitz
Escape to Danger
Movie · as Franz von Brinkman
Secret Mission
Movie · as Major Lang
Our Film
Movie · as Soviet Visitor
Alles Schwindel
Movie · as Clubdiener
The Leghorn Hat
Movie · as Felix, Diener bei Farina
War es der im 3. Stock?
Movie · as Georg Kilby
Hotel Sacher
Movie · as Franz
Another Experience
Movie · as Rechtsanwalt
Three Fathers for Anna
Movie · as Matschek
Narren im Schnee
Movie · as Rolf Pinkenkötter
Klatovští dragouni
Movie
The Bat
Movie · as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
The Unknown
Movie · as Manager at Regina's
Stronger Than Paragraphs
Movie · as Robert Wendland
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
Movie · as Ruckstuhl
Der Außenseiter
Movie · as Otto Burian
Na růžích ustláno
Movie
Pozdní láska
Movie
The Grey Pikes Wharf
Movie · as Ladewig
A Song for You
Movie · as Theo Bruckner
Waltz War
Movie · as Kellner Leopold
Five from the Jazzband
Movie · as Jean
Here's Berlin
Movie · as Max
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Movie · as Jackson
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
Movie