10/27/1899
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).
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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway (2003) as |
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The Games (1970) as Kubitsek |
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The File of the Golden Goose (1969) as Mueller |
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Before Winter Comes (1969) as Count Kerassy |
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Jerry Cotton - Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967) as Dyers |
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The Frozen Dead (1966) as General Lubeck |
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Sperrbezirk (1966) as Inspector Wagner |
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The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Hartmuller |
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Licensed to Kill (1965) as Henrik Jacobsen |
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Operation Crossbow (1965) as Prof. Hoffer |
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Devil Doll (1964) as Dr. Heller |
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Aufstand der Gehorsamen (1963) as Jawor Stranski |
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Schachnovelle (1960) as Baranow |
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck' |
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Our Man in Havana (1960) as Dr. Braun |
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Operation Amsterdam (1959) as Diamond Merchant |
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West of Suez (1957) as Langford |
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The Traitor (1957) as Friederich Suderman |
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Anastasia (1956) as Mikhail Vlados |
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The Man in the Road (1956) as Dmitri Balinkev |
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Man of the Moment (1955) as Lom |
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The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Assistant Gestapo Officer |
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Secret Venture (1955) as Zelinsky |
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A Prize of Gold (1955) as Dr. Zachmann |
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Dangerous Cargo (1954) as Pliny |
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Tale of Three Women (1954) as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story) |
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City Beneath the Sea (1953) as Dwight Trevor |
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Rough Shoot (1953) as Diss |
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Never Let Me Go (1953) as Commissar |
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Affair in Trinidad (1952) as Walters |
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Walk East on Beacon (1952) as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders |
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No Highway in the Sky (1951) as |
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The Third Visitor (1951) as Richard Carling |
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State Secret (1950) as Dr. Revo |
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Cairo Road (1950) as Edouardo Pavlis |
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Golden Arrow (1949) as Schroeder |
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Give Us This Day (1949) as Jaroslav |
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The Third Man (1949) as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) |
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Conspirator (1949) as Radek |
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The Fallen Idol (1948) as First Secretary |
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Counterblast (1948) as Professor Inman |
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Broken Journey (1948) as Swiss Officer (uncredited) |
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The Captive Heart (1946) as Forster |
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Escape to Danger (1943) as Franz von Brinkman |
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They Met in the Dark (1943) as Riccardo |
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Tomorrow We Live (1943) as Seitz |
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Secret Mission (1942) as Major Lang |
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Our Film (1942) as Soviet Visitor |
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Der Florentiner Hut (1939) as Felix, Diener bei Farina |
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Hotel Sacher (1939) as Franz |
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War es der im 3. Stock? (1939) as Georg Kilby |
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Narren im Schnee (1938) as Rolf Pinkenkötter |
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Klatovští dragouni (1938) as |
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Die Fledermaus (1937) as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky |
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Die Unbekannte (1936) as Manager at Regina's |
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Stärker als Paragraphen (1936) as Robert Wendland |
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Der Außenseiter (1935) as Otto Burian |
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Die Werft zum grauen Hecht (1935) as Ladewig |
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Pozdní láska (1935) as |
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Na růžích ustláno (1935) as |
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Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935) as Ruckstuhl |
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Walzerkrieg (1933) as Kellner Leopold |
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Ein Lied für Dich (1933) as Theo Bruckner |
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Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932) as Jackson |
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Fünf von der Jazzband (1932) as Jean |
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Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932) as Max |
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931) as |