Karl Stepanek
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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-10-27
Place of birth
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
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Cast
Man of the Moment
1955
6.46
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967
8.70
The Fallen Idol
1948
7.14
Devil Doll
1964
4.67
Operation Crossbow
1965
6.70
Affair in Trinidad
1952
6.28
Anastasia
1956
6.80
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
6.00
Never Let Me Go
1953
5.60
City Beneath the Sea
1953
5.00
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
6.80
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
5.50
Die Fledermaus
1937
4.00
The Captive Heart
1946
6.40
They Met in the Dark
1943
6.30
Conspirator
1949
5.86
Walk East on Beacon
1952
5.16
The Frozen Dead
1966
5.00
Secret Venture
1955
0.00
Sperrbezirk
1966
3.00
A Prize of Gold
1955
5.40
Before Winter Comes
1969
5.92
Tale of Three Women
1954
0.00
Licensed to Kill
1965
5.50
Dangerous Cargo
1954
5.20
Cairo Road
1950
5.80
West of Suez
1957
0.00
Operation Amsterdam
1959
5.80
Five from the Jazzband
1932
7.00
Tomorrow We Live
1943
6.00
The Third Man
1949
7.91
Give Us This Day
1949
5.90
Rough Shoot
1953
6.20
Secret Mission
1942
4.27
The Leghorn Hat
1939
8.70
The Third Visitor
1951
6.00
Brainwashed
1960
6.80
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
6.90
The Unknown
1936
6.00
Escape to Danger
1943
0.00
Here's Berlin
1932
9.00
A Song for You
1933
0.00
War es der im 3. Stock?
1939
0.00
Der Außenseiter
1935
0.00
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
5.00
State Secret
1950
6.50
Broken Journey
1948
6.00
The Man in the Road
1956
6.30
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
1963
0.00
The Games
1970
7.10
Narren im Schnee
1938
0.00
Waltz War
1933
7.70
Our Man in Havana
1960
6.72
Golden Arrow
1949
0.00
No Highway in the Sky
1951
6.90
Hotel Sacher
1939
6.70
Klatovští dragouni
1938
0.00
The Traitor
1957
7.00
Na růžích ustláno
1935
0.00
Pozdní láska
1935
9.00
Counterblast
1948
6.00
Our Film
1942
0.00