Karl Stepanek
Acting
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).
Born: October 27, 1899
Place of Birth: Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Known For
Filmography
as Kubitsek
as Mueller
as Count Kerassy
as Dyers
as General Lubeck
as Inspector Wagner
as Hartmuller
as Henrik Jacobsen
as Prof. Hoffer
as Dr. Heller
as Dr. Robert Großmann
as Baranow
as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
as Dr. Braun
as Diamond Merchant
as Friederich Suderman
as Langford
as Mikhail Vlados
as Dmitri Balinkev
as Lom
as Assistant Gestapo Officer
as Zelinsky
as Dr. Zachmann
as Pliny
as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
as Dwight Trevor
as Diss
as Commissar
as Walters
as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
as Richard Carling
as Dr. Revo
as Edouardo Pavlis
as Schroeder
as Jaroslav
as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
as Radek
as First Secretary
as Professor Inman
as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
as Forster
as Franz von Brinkman
as Riccardo
as Seitz
as Major Lang
as Soviet Visitor
as Felix, Diener bei Farina
as Franz
as Georg Kilby
as Rolf Pinkenkötter
as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
as Manager at Regina's
as Otto Burian
as Kellner Leopold
as Theo Bruckner
as Jackson
as Jean
as Max