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Karl Stepanek
Actor
Died December 25, 1980 (81 years)
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 1971 | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me · as Count Derassy |
| 1970 | The Games · as Kubitsek |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose · as Mueller |
| 1968 | Before Winter Comes · as Count Kerassy |
| 1967 | Murderers Club of Brooklyn · as Dyers |
| 1966 | The Frozen Dead · as General Lubeck |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark · as Hartmuller |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Colonel Cenci |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Carl Reinhardt |
| 1965 | The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World · as Henrik Jacobsen |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Prof. Hoffer |
| 1964 | Devil Doll · as Dr. Heller |
| 1963 | Das Kriminalmuseum (TV Series) · as Dr. Robert Großmann |
| 1960 | I Aim at the Stars · as Capt. Dornberger |
| 1960 | Brainwashed · as Baranow |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as Admiral Lutjens - 'bismarck' |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana · as Dr. Braun |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) · as Professor Remi |
| 1959 | Operation Amsterdam · as Diamond Merchant |
| 1957 | The Accursed · as Friederich Suderman |
| 1956 | Anastasia · as Mikhail Vlados |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Pete Zavras |
| 1956 | The Man in the Road · as Dmitri Balinkev |
| 1956 | Private's Progress · as German Officer |
| 1955 | Man of the Moment · as Lom |
| 1955 | The Cockleshell Heroes · as Assistant Gestapo Officer |
| 1955 | A Prize of Gold · as Dr. Zachmann |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Dr. Harsen |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Joseph Of Cordoba |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Pliny |
| 1954 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as Hodek |
| 1954 | Dangerous Cargo · as Pliny |
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go · as Commissar |
| 1953 | City Beneath the Sea · as Dwight Trevor |
| 1953 | Shoot First · as Diss |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Julio |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Victor |
| 1952 | Affair in Trinidad · as Walters |
| 1952 | Walk East on Beacon! · as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | The Third Visitor · as Richard Carling |
| 1950 | Cairo Road · as Edouardo Pavlis |
| 1950 | The Great Manhunt · as Dr. Revo |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Committee Chairman |
| 1949 | The Gay Adventure · as Schroeder |
| 1949 | Give Us This Day · as Jaroslav |
| 1949 | The Third Man · as Actor At Josefstadt Theater (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Conspirator · as Radek |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol · as First Secretary |
| 1948 | Broken Journey · as Swiss Officer (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Counterblast · as Professor Inman |
| 1946 | The Captive Heart · as Forster |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark · as Riccardo |
| 1942 | Tomorrow We Live · as Seitz |
| 1942 | Secret Mission · as Major Lang |
| 1942 | Our Film · as Soviet Visitor |
| 1941 | Women Are Better Diplomats · as Kellner |
| 1939 | Drei Väter um Anna · as Matschek |
| 1939 | Hotel Sacher · as Franz |
| 1939 | The Leghorn Hat · as Felix, Diener Bei Farina |
| 1939 | Another Experience · as Rechtsanwalt |
| 1938 | The Stars Shine · as Oberbeleuchter Brandt |
| 1937 | Die Fledermaus · as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky |
| 1937 | Signal in der Nacht · as Korporal Tschepski |
| 1935 | Der Außenseiter · as Otto Burian |
| 1933 | Waltz War · as Kellner Leopold |
| 1932 | The Gala Performance · as Jackson |
| 1932 | Wer ist die süsse Kleine? · as Karl |
| 1932 | Here's Berlin · as Max |
| 1931 |