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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The Frozen Dead | General Lubeck | 1966-10-15 |
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Sperrbezirk | Inspector Wagner | 1966-06-02 |
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Licensed to Kill | Henrik Jacobsen | 1965-07-05 |
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The Heroes of Telemark | Hartmuller | 1965-11-12 |
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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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Sink the Bismarck! | Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' | 1960-02-11 |
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Our Man in Havana | Dr. Braun | 1960-01-27 |
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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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The Man in the Road | Dmitri Balinkev | 1956-03-01 |
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Anastasia | Mikhail Vlados | 1956-12-13 |
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Secret Venture | Zelinsky | 1955-11-10 |
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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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Man of the Moment | Lom | 1955-01-01 |
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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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City Beneath the Sea | Dwight Trevor | 1953-04-21 |
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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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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 | 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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Conspirator | Radek | 1949-07-28 |
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The Third Man | Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) | 1949-08-31 |
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Golden Arrow | Schroeder | 1949-12-31 |
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The Fallen Idol | First Secretary | 1948-09-30 |
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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 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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Secret Mission | Major Lang | 1942-10-05 |
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Our Film | Soviet Visitor | 1942-08-03 |
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Hotel Sacher | Franz | 1939-03-15 |
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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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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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Die Unbekannte | Manager at Regina's | 1936-11-12 |
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Der Außenseiter | Otto Burian | 1935-11-14 |
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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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Na růžích ustláno | 1935-01-25 | |
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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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Fünf von der Jazzband | Jean | 1932-03-19 |
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Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! | Max | 1932-03-14 |
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel | Jackson | 1932-11-04 |
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz | 1931-10-07 |
