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Karl Stepanek‌

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Birthday

calendar1899-10-27

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Karl Stepanek

Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Karl Stepanek

Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1899-10-27

Popularity

star1.3

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).

Movie Credits

Man of the Moment

Man of the Moment‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

Murderers Club of Brooklyn

Murderers Club of Brooklyn‌
star8.7
calendar 1967

The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol‌
star7.1
calendar 1948

Devil Doll

Devil Doll‌
star4.6
calendar 1964

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow‌
star6.7
calendar 1965

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

Anastasia

Anastasia‌
star6.8
calendar 1956

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea‌
star5.1
calendar 1953

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!‌
star6.8
calendar 1960

The File of the Golden Goose

The File of the Golden Goose‌
star5.5
calendar 1969

Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark‌
star6.3
calendar 1943

Conspirator

Conspirator‌
star5.9
calendar 1949

Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Frozen Dead

The Frozen Dead‌
star5.0
calendar 1966

Secret Venture

Secret Venture‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Sperrbezirk

Sperrbezirk‌
star3.0
calendar 1966

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold‌
star5.4
calendar 1955

Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes‌
star5.9
calendar 1969

Tale of Three Women

Tale of Three Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Licensed to Kill

Licensed to Kill‌
star5.5
calendar 1965

Dangerous Cargo

Dangerous Cargo‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Cairo Road

Cairo Road‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

West of Suez

West of Suez‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Operation Amsterdam

Operation Amsterdam‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Five from the Jazzband

Five from the Jazzband‌
star7.0
calendar 1932

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf‌
star6.1
calendar 1931

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live‌
star5.6
calendar 1943

The Third Man

The Third Man‌
star7.9
calendar 1949

Give Us This Day

Give Us This Day‌
star5.9
calendar 1949

Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Secret Mission

Secret Mission‌
star4.2
calendar 1942

The Leghorn Hat

The Leghorn Hat‌
star8.7
calendar 1939

The Third Visitor

The Third Visitor‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Brainwashed

Brainwashed‌
star6.8
calendar 1960

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

The Unknown

The Unknown‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Escape to Danger

Escape to Danger‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Here's Berlin

Here's Berlin‌
star9.0
calendar 1932

A Song for You

A Song for You‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

War es der im 3. Stock?

War es der im 3. Stock?‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men‌
star5.7
calendar 1935

Der Außenseiter

Der Außenseiter‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

Spione im Savoy-Hotel‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

State Secret

State Secret‌
star6.5
calendar 1950

Broken Journey

Broken Journey‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

The Man in the Road

The Man in the Road‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Aufstand der Gehorsamen

Aufstand der Gehorsamen‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

The Games

The Games‌
star7.2
calendar 1970

Narren im Schnee

Narren im Schnee‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Waltz War

Waltz War‌
star7.7
calendar 1933

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana‌
star6.8
calendar 1960

Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

Hotel Sacher

Hotel Sacher‌
star6.7
calendar 1939

Klatovští dragouni

Klatovští dragouni‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Traitor

The Traitor‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Na růžích ustláno

Na růžích ustláno‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Pozdní láska

Pozdní láska‌
star9.0
calendar 1935

Counterblast

Counterblast‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Our Film

Our Film‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Tv Credits

Das Kriminalmuseum

Das Kriminalmuseum‌
star8.5
calendar 1963