1899-10-27 Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
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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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | 2003-10-31 | |
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The Games | Kubitsek | 1970-08-07 |
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The File of the Golden Goose | Mueller | 1969-10-13 |
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Before Winter Comes | Count Kerassy | 1969-01-17 |
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Jerry Cotton - Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn | Dyers | 1967-03-17 |
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Sperrbezirk | Inspector Wagner | 1966-06-02 |
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The Frozen Dead | General Lubeck | 1966-10-15 |
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The Heroes of Telemark | Hartmuller | 1965-11-12 |
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Licensed to Kill | Henrik Jacobsen | 1965-07-05 |
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Operation Crossbow | Prof. Hoffer | 1965-04-01 |
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Devil Doll | Dr. Heller | 1964-09-01 |
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Aufstand der Gehorsamen | Jawor Stranski | 1963-04-20 |
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Our Man in Havana | Dr. Braun | 1960-01-27 |
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Sink the Bismarck! | Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' | 1960-02-11 |
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Schachnovelle | Baranow | 1960-09-02 |
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Operation Amsterdam | Diamond Merchant | 1959-01-12 |
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West of Suez | Langford | 1957-03-01 |
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The Traitor | Friederich Suderman | 1957-03-01 |
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Anastasia | Mikhail Vlados | 1956-12-13 |
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The Man in the Road | Dmitri Balinkev | 1956-03-01 |
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Secret Venture | Zelinsky | 1955-11-10 |
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Man of the Moment | Lom | 1955-11-24 |
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A Prize of Gold | Dr. Zachmann | 1955-10-14 |
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The Cockleshell Heroes | Assistant Gestapo Officer | 1955-11-16 |
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Tale of Three Women | Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) | 1954-01-01 |
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Dangerous Cargo | Pliny | 1954-05-01 |
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Rough Shoot | Diss | 1953-03-30 |
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Never Let Me Go | Commissar | 1953-03-18 |
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City Beneath the Sea | Dwight Trevor | 1953-04-21 |
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Affair in Trinidad | Walters | 1952-07-29 |
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Walk East on Beacon | Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders | 1952-06-01 |
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The Third Visitor | Richard Carling | 1951-01-31 |
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No Highway in the Sky | 1951-06-28 | |
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State Secret | Dr. Revo | 1950-09-11 |
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Cairo Road | Edouardo Pavlis | 1950-06-21 |
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Give Us This Day | Jaroslav | 1949-10-14 |
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Golden Arrow | Schroeder | 1949-12-31 |
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Conspirator | Radek | 1949-07-28 |
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The Third Man | Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) | 1949-08-31 |
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Broken Journey | Swiss Officer (uncredited) | 1948-04-14 |
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Counterblast | Professor Inman | 1948-05-18 |
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The Fallen Idol | First Secretary | 1948-09-30 |
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The Captive Heart | Forster | 1946-04-29 |
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They Met in the Dark | Riccardo | 1943-08-11 |
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Tomorrow We Live | Seitz | 1943-04-05 |
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Escape to Danger | Franz von Brinkman | 1943-10-18 |
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Our Film | Soviet Visitor | 1942-08-03 |
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Secret Mission | Major Lang | 1942-10-05 |
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War es der im 3. Stock? | Georg Kilby | 1939-01-06 |
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Der Florentiner Hut | Felix, Diener bei Farina | 1939-04-04 |
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Hotel Sacher | Franz | 1939-03-15 |
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Klatovští dragouni | 1938-02-25 | |
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Narren im Schnee | Rolf Pinkenkötter | 1938-08-16 |
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Die Fledermaus | Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky | 1937-10-30 |
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Stärker als Paragraphen | Robert Wendland | 1936-08-26 |
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Die Unbekannte | Manager at Regina's | 1936-11-12 |
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Na růžích ustláno | 1935-01-25 | |
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Pozdní láska | 1935-06-07 | |
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Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten | Ruckstuhl | 1935-01-11 |
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Die Werft zum grauen Hecht | Ladewig | 1935-08-21 |
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Der Außenseiter | Otto Burian | 1935-11-14 |
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Walzerkrieg | Kellner Leopold | 1933-10-03 |
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Ein Lied für Dich | Theo Bruckner | 1933-04-14 |
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel | Jackson | 1932-11-04 |
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Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! | Max | 1932-03-14 |
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Fünf von der Jazzband | Jean | 1932-03-19 |
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz | 1931-10-07 |
