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Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 27, 1899
Died Dec 25, 1980 (81)
Birthplace Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Teutoni ... c 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 Games

The Games

1970

as Kubitsek

Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes

1969

as Count Kerassy

The Frozen Dead

The Frozen Dead

1966

as General Lubeck

Licensed to Kill

Licensed to Kill

1965

as Henrik Jacobsen

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965

as Prof. Hoffer

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965

as Hartmuller

Devil Doll

Devil Doll

1964

as Dr. Heller

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

1960

as Dr. Braun

Operation Amsterdam

Operation Amsterdam

1959

as Diamond Merchant

West of Suez

West of Suez

1957

as Langford

The Traitor

The Traitor

1957

as Friederich Suderman

The Man in the Road

The Man in the Road

1956

as Dmitri Balinkev

Anastasia

Anastasia

1956

as Mikhail Vlados

Secret Venture

Secret Venture

1955

as Zelinsky

Man of the Moment

Man of the Moment

1955

as Lom

A Prize of Gold

A Prize of Gold

1955

as Dr. Zachmann

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

as Assistant Gestapo Officer

Dangerous Cargo

Dangerous Cargo

1954

as Pliny

Tale of Three Women

Tale of Three Women

1954

as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)

City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea

1953

as Dwight Trevor

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

1953

as Commissar

Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot

1953

as Diss

Walk East on Beacon!

Walk East on Beacon!

1952

as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952

as Walters

The Third Visitor

The Third Visitor

1951

as Richard Carling

Cairo Road

Cairo Road

1950

as Edouardo Pavlis

State Secret

State Secret

1950

as Dr. Revo

Give Us This Day

Give Us This Day

1949

as Jaroslav

Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow

1949

as Schroeder

Conspirator

Conspirator

1949

as Radek

The Third Man

The Third Man

1949

as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

Counterblast

Counterblast

1948

as Professor Inman

The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948

as First Secretary

Broken Journey

Broken Journey

1948

as Swiss Officer (uncredited)

The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

1946

as Forster

Escape to Danger

Escape to Danger

1943

as Franz von Brinkman

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

1943

as Seitz

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark

1943

as Riccardo

Our Film

Our Film

1942

as Soviet Visitor

Secret Mission

Secret Mission

1942

as Major Lang

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Das Kriminalmuseum

as Dr. Robert Großmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 04, 1963

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