Karl Stepanek
Biography
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
Lom
Man of the Moment
Dyers
Jerry Cotton - Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn
First Secretary
The Fallen Idol
Dr. Heller
Devil Doll
Prof. Hoffer
Operation Crossbow
Walters
Affair in Trinidad
Mikhail Vlados
Anastasia
Assistant Gestapo Officer
The Cockleshell Heroes
Commissar
Never Let Me Go
Dwight Trevor
City Beneath the Sea
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Sink the Bismarck!
Mueller
The File of the Golden Goose
Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
Die Fledermaus
Forster
The Captive Heart
Riccardo
They Met in the Dark
Radek
Conspirator
Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
Walk East on Beacon
General Lubeck
The Frozen Dead
Zelinsky
Secret Venture
Inspector Wagner
Sperrbezirk
Dr. Zachmann
A Prize of Gold
Count Kerassy
Before Winter Comes
Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
Tale of Three Women
Henrik Jacobsen
Licensed to Kill
Pliny
Dangerous Cargo
Edouardo Pavlis
Cairo Road
Langford
West of Suez
Diamond Merchant
Operation Amsterdam
Jean
Fünf von der Jazzband
Berlin-Alexanderplatz
Seitz
Tomorrow We Live
Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
The Third Man
Jaroslav
Give Us This Day
Diss
Rough Shoot
Major Lang
Secret Mission
Felix, Diener bei Farina
Der Florentiner Hut
Richard Carling
The Third Visitor
Baranow
Schachnovelle
Hartmuller
The Heroes of Telemark
Manager at Regina's
Die Unbekannte
Franz von Brinkman
Escape to Danger
Max
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
Theo Bruckner
Ein Lied für Dich
Georg Kilby
War es der im 3. Stock?
Ruckstuhl
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten
Otto Burian
Der Außenseiter
Jackson
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Dr. Revo
State Secret
Swiss Officer (uncredited)
Broken Journey
Dmitri Balinkev
The Man in the Road
Jawor Stranski
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Kubitsek
The Games
Rolf Pinkenkötter
Narren im Schnee
Kellner Leopold
Walzerkrieg
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Dr. Braun
Our Man in Havana
Schroeder
Golden Arrow
No Highway in the Sky
Franz
Hotel Sacher
Klatovští dragouni
Friederich Suderman
The Traitor
Na růžích ustláno
Pozdní láska
Professor Inman
Counterblast
Soviet Visitor
Our Film
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-10-27
Place of Birth
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Also Known As
Karl Stepanek