Karl Stepanek
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 St...
Known For
Filmography
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003
The Games
1970
as Kubitsek
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Mueller
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Count Kerassy
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967
as Dyers
The Frozen Dead
1966
as General Lubeck
Sperrbezirk
1966
as Inspector Wagner
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Prof. Hoffer
Licensed to Kill
1965
as Henrik Jacobsen
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
as Hartmuller
Devil Doll
1964
as Dr. Heller
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
1963
as Jawor Stranski
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
as Dr. Robert Großmann
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
Brainwashed
1960
as Baranow
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Dr. Braun
I Aim at the Stars
1960
as Capt. Dornberger
Operation Amsterdam
1959
as Diamond Merchant
No Hiding Place
1959
as Professor Remi
West of Suez
1957
as Langford
The Traitor
1957
as Friederich Suderman
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Rubici
Anastasia
1956
as Mikhail Vlados
The Man in the Road
1956
as Dmitri Balinkev
Armchair Theatre
1956
Man of the Moment
1955
as Lom
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Assistant Gestapo Officer
Secret Venture
1955
as Zelinsky
A Prize of Gold
1955
as Dr. Zachmann
Tale of Three Women
1954
as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Pliny
Never Let Me Go
1953
as Commissar
City Beneath the Sea
1953
as Dwight Trevor
Rough Shoot
1953
as Diss
Affair in Trinidad
1952
as Walters
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
The Third Visitor
1951
as Richard Carling
No Highway in the Sky
1951
Cairo Road
1950
as Edouardo Pavlis
State Secret
1950
as Dr. Revo
Conspirator
1949
as Radek
The Third Man
1949
as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)
Give Us This Day
1949
as Jaroslav
Golden Arrow
1949
as Schroeder
The Fallen Idol
1948
as First Secretary
Broken Journey
1948
as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
Counterblast
1948
as Professor Inman
The Captive Heart
1946
as Forster
They Met in the Dark
1943
as Riccardo
Tomorrow We Live
1943
as Seitz
Escape to Danger
1943
as Franz von Brinkman
Secret Mission
1942
as Major Lang
Our Film
1942
as Soviet Visitor
Alles Schwindel
1940
as Clubdiener
The Leghorn Hat
1939
as Felix, Diener bei Farina
War es der im 3. Stock?
1939
as Georg Kilby
Hotel Sacher
1939
as Franz
Another Experience
1939
as Rechtsanwalt
Three Fathers for Anna
1939
as Matschek
Narren im Schnee
1938
as Rolf Pinkenkötter
Klatovští dragouni
1938
The Bat
1937
as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
The Unknown
1936
as Manager at Regina's
Stronger Than Paragraphs
1936
as Robert Wendland
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
1935
as Ruckstuhl
Der Außenseiter
1935
as Otto Burian
Na růžích ustláno
1935
Pozdní láska
1935
The Grey Pikes Wharf
1935
as Ladewig
A Song for You
1933
as Theo Bruckner
Waltz War
1933
as Kellner Leopold
Five from the Jazzband
1932
as Jean
Here's Berlin
1932
as Max
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932
as Jackson
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
1931