Karl Stepanek
Acting
Born October 27, 1899 · Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
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…
Known For · 40 titles
No Hiding Place
Das Kriminalmuseum
The Third Man
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Na růžích ustláno
Sink the Bismarck!
Operation Crossbow
Armchair Theatre
The Heroes of Telemark
Anastasia
The Bat
Affair in Trinidad
The Fallen Idol
Three Fathers for Anna
Pozdní láska
Brainwashed
Alles Schwindel
Our Man in Havana
No Highway in the Sky
Another Experience
Conspirator
War es der im 3. Stock?
City Beneath the Sea
The File of the Golden Goose
The Captive Heart
Never Let Me Go
The Traitor
Operation Amsterdam
State Secret
They Met in the Dark
Secret Mission
The Cockleshell Heroes
Counterblast
Before Winter Comes
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
Devil Doll
Tomorrow We Live
Broken Journey
Rough Shoot
Murderers Club of Brooklyn