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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Before Winter Comes | Count Kerassy | 1969-01-17 |
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The File of the Golden Goose | Mueller | 1969-10-13 |
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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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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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Schachnovelle | Baranow | 1960-09-02 |
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Operation Amsterdam | Diamond Merchant | 1959-01-12 |
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The Traitor | Friederich Suderman | 1957-03-01 |
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West of Suez | Langford | 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 | 1955-11-24 |
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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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No Highway in the Sky | 1951-06-28 | |
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The Third Visitor | Richard Carling | 1951-01-31 |
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Cairo Road | Edouardo Pavlis | 1950-06-21 |
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State Secret | Dr. Revo | 1950-09-11 |
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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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Give Us This Day | Jaroslav | 1949-10-14 |
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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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Escape to Danger | Franz von Brinkman | 1943-10-18 |
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Tomorrow We Live | Seitz | 1943-04-05 |
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They Met in the Dark | Riccardo | 1943-08-11 |
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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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Alles Schwindel | Clubdiener | 1940-04-10 |
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Das Abenteuer geht weiter | Rechtsanwalt | 1939-02-24 |
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Drei Väter um Anna | Matschek | 1939-09-13 |
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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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War es der im 3. Stock? | Georg Kilby | 1939-01-06 |
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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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Die Werft zum grauen Hecht | Ladewig | 1935-08-21 |
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Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten | Ruckstuhl | 1935-01-11 |
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Der Außenseiter | Otto Burian | 1935-11-14 |
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Na růžích ustláno | 1935-01-25 | |
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Pozdní láska | 1935-06-07 | |
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Ein Lied für Dich | Theo Bruckner | 1933-04-14 |
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Walzerkrieg | Kellner Leopold | 1933-10-03 |
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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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Fünf von der Jazzband | Jean | 1932-03-19 |
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz | 1931-10-07 |
