Karl Stepanek
Age: 81 | From: Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Person Details
Birthday: 1899-10-29 18:23:52
Death: 1980-12-25 18:23:52
Aliases: Karl Stepanek , Karel Štěpánek
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
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Movie Involvements: 45
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
The Third Man
(1949) Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
The Heroes of Telemark
(1965) Hartmuller
Operation Crossbow
(1965) Prof. Hoffer
Anastasia
(1956) Mikhail Vlados
The Fallen Idol
(1948) First Secretary
Devil Doll
(1964) Dr. Heller
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960) Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Affair in Trinidad
(1952) WaltersActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | N/A | |
| 1970 | Kubitsek | |
| 1969 | Mueller | |
| Count Kerassy | ||
| 1967 | Dyers | |
| 1966 | General Lubeck | |
| Inspector Wagner | ||
| 1965 | Hartmuller | |
| Henrik Jacobsen | ||
| Prof. Hoffer | ||
| 1964 | Dr. Heller | |
| 1963 | Jawor Stranski | |
| 1960 | Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' | |
| Dr. Braun | ||
| 1957 | Langford | |
| Friederich Suderman | ||
| 1956 | Mikhail Vlados | |
| Dmitri Balinkev | ||
| 1955 | Assistant Gestapo Officer | |
| Zelinsky | ||
| Dr. Zachmann | ||
| Lom | ||
| 1954 | Pliny | |
| Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) | ||
| 1953 | Diss | |
| Commissar | ||
| Dwight Trevor | ||
| 1952 | Walters | |
| Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Dr. Revo | |
| Edouardo Pavlis | ||
| Richard Carling | ||
| 1949 | Schroeder | |
| Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) | ||
| Radek | ||
| 1948 | First Secretary | |
| Swiss Officer (uncredited) | ||
| Professor Inman | ||
| 1946 | Forster | |
| 1943 | Franz von Brinkman | |
| Riccardo | ||
| Seitz | ||
| 1942 | Major Lang | |
| Soviet Visitor | ||
| 1939 | Felix, Diener bei Farina | |
| Franz | ||
| Georg Kilby | ||
| 1938 | Rolf Pinkenkötter | |
| N/A | ||
| 1937 | Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky | |
| 1936 | Manager at Regina's | |
| 1935 | Otto Burian | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ruckstuhl | ||
| 1933 | Kellner Leopold | |
| Theo Bruckner | ||
| 1932 | Jackson | |
| Jean | ||
| Max | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
