About

Known credits:
65
Birthday:
1899-10-27
Place of birth:
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Website:
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Karl Stepanek

Overview

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

Acting
2003 The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway Actor N/A
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1970 The Games Actor Kubitsek 59
Average
1969 The File of the Golden Goose Actor Mueller 58
Average
1969 Before Winter Comes Actor Count Kerassy 59
Average
1967 Murderers Club of Brooklyn Actor Dyers 59
Average
1966 The Frozen Dead Actor General Lubeck 58
Average
1966 Sperrbezirk Actor Inspector Wagner 58
Average
1965 The Heroes of Telemark Actor Hartmuller 61
Fair
1965 Licensed to Kill Actor Henrik Jacobsen 59
Average
1965 Operation Crossbow Actor Prof. Hoffer 60
Fair
1964 Devil Doll Actor Dr. Heller 57
Average
1963 Aufstand der Gehorsamen Actor Jawor Stranski N/A
N/A
1960 Brainwashed Actor Baranow 59
Average
1960 Sink the Bismarck! Actor Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' 60
Fair
1960 Our Man in Havana Actor Dr. Braun 60
Fair
1959 Operation Amsterdam Actor Diamond Merchant 58
Average
1957 The Traitor Actor Friederich Suderman 59
Average
1957 West of Suez Actor Langford N/A
N/A
1956 Anastasia Actor Mikhail Vlados 61
Fair
1956 The Man in the Road Actor Dmitri Balinkev 59
Average
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Actor Assistant Gestapo Officer 59
Average
1955 Secret Venture Actor Zelinsky 58
Average
1955 A Prize of Gold Actor Dr. Zachmann 58
Average
1955 Man of the Moment Actor Lom 59
Average
1954 Dangerous Cargo Actor Pliny 58
Average
1954 Tale of Three Women Actor Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) N/A
N/A
1953 City Beneath the Sea Actor Dwight Trevor 58
Average
1953 Rough Shoot Actor Diss 59
Average
1953 Never Let Me Go Actor Commissar 58
Average
1952 Affair in Trinidad Actor Walters 59
Average
1952 Walk East on Beacon Actor Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders 58
Average
1951 No Highway in the Sky Actor 59
Average
1951 The Third Visitor Actor Richard Carling 59
Average
1950 State Secret Actor Dr. Revo 59
Average
1950 Cairo Road Actor Edouardo Pavlis 59
Average
1949 Golden Arrow Actor Schroeder N/A
N/A
1949 Give Us This Day Actor Jaroslav 58
Average
1949 The Third Man Actor Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) 74
Good
1949 Conspirator Actor Radek 59
Average
1948 The Fallen Idol Actor First Secretary 61
Fair
1948 Counterblast Actor Professor Inman 59
Average
1948 Broken Journey Actor Swiss Officer (uncredited) 59
Average
1946 The Captive Heart Actor Forster 59
Average
1943 Escape to Danger Actor Franz von Brinkman N/A
N/A
1943 They Met in the Dark Actor Riccardo 59
Average
1943 Tomorrow We Live Actor Seitz 58
Average
1942 Secret Mission Actor Major Lang 58
Average
1942 Our Film Actor Soviet Visitor N/A
N/A
1939 The Leghorn Hat Actor Felix, Diener bei Farina 59
Average
1939 Hotel Sacher Actor Franz 59
Average
1939 War es der im 3. Stock? Actor Georg Kilby N/A
N/A
1938 Narren im Schnee Actor Rolf Pinkenkötter N/A
N/A
1938 Klatovští dragouni Actor N/A
N/A
1937 Die Fledermaus Actor Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky 58
Average
1936 The Unknown Actor Manager at Regina's 59
Average
1935 Der Außenseiter Actor Otto Burian N/A
N/A
1935 Pozdní láska Actor 59
Average
1935 Na růžích ustláno Actor N/A
N/A
1935 Hermine and the Seven Upright Men Actor Ruckstuhl 59
Average
1933 Waltz War Actor Kellner Leopold 59
Average
1933 A Song for You Actor Theo Bruckner N/A
N/A
1932 Spione im Savoy-Hotel Actor Jackson N/A
N/A
1932 Five from the Jazzband Actor Jean 59
Average
1932 Here's Berlin Actor Max 59
Average
1931 Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf Actor 58
Average