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