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).
Filmography
all 66
Movies 64
TV Shows 2
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (2003)
The Games (1970)
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Before Winter Comes (1969)
Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967)
The Frozen Dead (1966)
Sperrbezirk (1966)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Licensed to Kill (1965)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Devil Doll (1964)
Aufstand der Gehorsamen (1963)
Das Kriminalmuseum (1963)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Our Man in Havana (1960)
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
West of Suez (1957)
The Traitor (1957)
Anastasia (1956)
The Man in the Road (1956)
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Secret Venture (1955)
A Prize of Gold (1955)
Man of the Moment (1955)
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
Tale of Three Women (1954)
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Rough Shoot (1953)
Never Let Me Go (1953)
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
No Highway (1951)
The Third Visitor (1951)
State Secret (1950)
Cairo Road (1950)
Golden Arrow (1949)
Give Us This Day (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Conspirator (1949)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Counterblast (1948)
Broken Journey (1948)
The Captive Heart (1946)
Escape to Danger (1943)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
Tomorrow We Live (1943)
Secret Mission (1942)
Our Film (1942)
The Leghorn Hat (1939)
Hotel Sacher (1939)
War es der im 3. Stock? (1939)
Narren im Schnee (1938)
Klatovští dragouni (1938)
Die Fledermaus (1937)
The Unknown (1936)
Der Außenseiter (1935)
Pozdní láska (1935)
Na růžích ustláno (1935)
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men (1935)
Waltz War (1933)
A Song for You (1933)
Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932)
Five from the Jazzband (1932)
Here's Berlin (1932)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1899-10-29
Deathday1980-12-25 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBrno, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary
Also Known AsKarl Stepanek, Karel Štěpánek, Karel Stepanek
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