
Karl Stepanek
Acting
Born: 1899-10-27 · Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Died: 1980-12-25
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
🎬 Movies (30)

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003

The Games
1970
Kubitsek

The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Mueller

Before Winter Comes
1969
Count Kerassy

Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967
Dyers

The Frozen Dead
1966
General Lubeck

Sperrbezirk
1966
Inspector Wagner

Operation Crossbow
1965
Prof. Hoffer

Licensed to Kill
1965
Henrik Jacobsen

The Heroes of Telemark
1965
Hartmuller

Devil Doll
1964
Dr. Heller
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
1963
Jawor Stranski

Sink the Bismarck!
1960
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Brainwashed
1960
Baranow

Our Man in Havana
1960
Dr. Braun

Operation Amsterdam
1959
Diamond Merchant

West of Suez
1957
Langford

The Traitor
1957
Friederich Suderman

Anastasia
1956
Mikhail Vlados

The Man in the Road
1956
Dmitri Balinkev

Man of the Moment
1955
Lom

The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
Assistant Gestapo Officer

Secret Venture
1955
Zelinsky

A Prize of Gold
1955
Dr. Zachmann

Tale of Three Women
1954
Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)

Dangerous Cargo
1954
Pliny

Never Let Me Go
1953
Commissar

City Beneath the Sea
1953
Dwight Trevor

Rough Shoot
1953
Diss

Affair in Trinidad
1952
Walters


