Karl Stepanek
Acting
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).
Filmography(74)
movieThe Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
as · 2003 · 0.0
movieThe Games
as Kubitsek · 1970 · 7.4
movieThe File of the Golden Goose
as Mueller · 1969 · 5.7
movieBefore Winter Comes
as Count Kerassy · 1969 · 6.0
movieMurderers Club of Brooklyn
as Dyers · 1967 · 8.8
movieThe Frozen Dead
as General Lubeck · 1966 · 5.2
movieSperrbezirk
as Inspector Wagner · 1966 · 4.3
movieThe Heroes of Telemark
as Hartmuller · 1965 · 6.9
movieLicensed to Kill
as Henrik Jacobsen · 1965 · 7.0
movieOperation Crossbow
as Prof. Hoffer · 1965 · 6.7
movieDevil Doll
as Dr. Heller · 1964 · 4.7
movieAufstand der Gehorsamen
as Jawor Stranski · 1963 · 0.0
tvDas Kriminalmuseum
as Dr. Robert Großmann · 1963 · 8.0
movieBrainwashed
as Baranow · 1960 · 7.1
movieSink the Bismarck!
as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' · 1960 · 6.9
movieOur Man in Havana
as Dr. Braun · 1960 · 6.7
tvNo Hiding Place
as Professor Remi · 1959 · 4.8
movieOperation Amsterdam
as Diamond Merchant · 1959 · 6.1
tvOverseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Rubici · 1957 · 9.0
movieWest of Suez
as Langford · 1957 · 9.0
movieThe Traitor
as Friederich Suderman · 1957 · 7.6
movieAnastasia
as Mikhail Vlados · 1956 · 6.8
tvArmchair Theatre
as · 1956 · 6.0
movieThe Man in the Road
as Dmitri Balinkev · 1956 · 7.0