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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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Born:
Oct 29, 1899 In Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Movie/TV Credits:
54
First Appeared:
In the movie Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf 1931-10-07
Latest Project:
Movie The Games 1970-08-07
Known For
Poster of Before Winter Comes
Poster of The Heroes of Telemark
Poster of Operation Crossbow
Poster of Affair in Trinidad
Filmography
Movie The Games Kubitsek 1970-08-07
Movie Before Winter Comes Count Kerassy 1969-01-17
Movie The File of the Golden Goose Mueller 1969-10-13
Movie Murderers Club of Brooklyn Dyers 1967-03-17
Movie Sperrbezirk Inspector Wagner 1966-06-02
Movie The Frozen Dead General Lubeck 1966-10-15
Movie Operation Crossbow Prof. Hoffer 1965-04-01
Movie Licensed to Kill Henrik Jacobsen 1965-07-05
Movie The Heroes of Telemark Hartmuller 1965-11-12
Movie Devil Doll Dr. Heller 1964-09-01
Movie Sink the Bismarck! Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' 1960-02-11
Movie Our Man in Havana Dr. Braun 1960-01-27
Movie Brainwashed Baranow 1960-09-02
Movie Operation Amsterdam Diamond Merchant 1959-01-12
Movie The Traitor Friederich Suderman 1957-03-01
Movie Anastasia Mikhail Vlados 1956-12-13
Movie The Man in the Road Dmitri Balinkev 1956-03-01
Movie Man of the Moment Lom 1955-01-01
Movie A Prize of Gold Dr. Zachmann 1955-10-14
Movie The Cockleshell Heroes Assistant Gestapo Officer 1955-11-16
Movie Tale of Three Women Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) 1954-01-01
Movie Dangerous Cargo Pliny 1954-05-01
Movie Never Let Me Go Commissar 1953-03-18
Movie City Beneath the Sea Dwight Trevor 1953-04-21
Movie Rough Shoot Diss 1953-03-30
Movie Walk East on Beacon Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders 1952-06-01
Movie Affair in Trinidad Walters 1952-07-29
Movie The Third Visitor Richard Carling 1951-01-31
Movie Cairo Road Edouardo Pavlis 1950-06-21
Movie State Secret Dr. Revo 1950-09-11
Movie Conspirator Radek 1949-07-28
Movie The Third Man Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) 1949-08-31
Movie Give Us This Day Jaroslav 1949-10-14
Movie Golden Arrow Schroeder 1949-12-31
Movie Broken Journey Swiss Officer (uncredited) 1948-04-14
Movie Counterblast Professor Inman 1948-05-18
Movie The Captive Heart Forster 1946-04-29
Movie They Met in the Dark Riccardo 1943-08-11
Movie Tomorrow We Live Seitz 1943-04-05
Movie Escape to Danger Franz von Brinkman 1943-10-18
Movie Secret Mission Major Lang 1942-10-05
Movie War es der im 3. Stock? Georg Kilby 1939-01-06
Movie Hotel Sacher Franz 1939-03-15
Movie The Leghorn Hat Felix, Diener bei Farina 1939-04-04
Movie Narren im Schnee Rolf Pinkenkötter 1938-08-16
Movie Die Fledermaus Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky 1937-10-30
Movie The Unknown Manager at Regina's 1936-11-12
Movie Der Außenseiter Otto Burian 1935-11-14
Movie Hermine and the Seven Upright Men Ruckstuhl 1935-01-11
Movie Waltz War Kellner Leopold 1933-10-03
Movie Here's Berlin Max 1932-03-14
Movie Spione im Savoy-Hotel Jackson 1932-11-04
Movie Five from the Jazzband Jean 1932-03-19
Movie Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf 1931-10-07
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