Karl Stepanek
Karl Stepanek
Person

Karl Stepanek

Actor 1899-10-27 Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

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 char...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
Data from TMDB
The Third Man

The Third Man

1949 · Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948 · First Secretary

Anastasia

Anastasia

1956 · Mikhail Vlados

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965 · Hartmuller

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

1960 · Dr. Braun

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960 · Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Prof. Hoffer

No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

1951 · Movie

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952 · Walters

Devil Doll

Devil Doll

1964 · Dr. Heller

The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955 · Assistant Gestapo Officer

The Frozen Dead

The Frozen Dead

1966 · General Lubeck

The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

1946 · Forster

City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea

1953 · Dwight Trevor

Conspirator

Conspirator

1949 · Radek

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf

1931 · Movie

Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon

1952 · Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

1953 · Commissar

The File of the Golden Goose

The File of the Golden Goose

1969 · Mueller

State Secret

State Secret

1950 · Dr. Revo