Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/27/1899
Place of Birth
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Also Known As
Karl StepanekKarel ŠtěpánekKarel Stepanek
Karl Stepanek
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
The Games
as Kubitsek
Operation Crossbow
as Prof. Hoffer
Sperrbezirk
as Inspector Wagner
Anastasia
as Mikhail Vlados
Secret Mission
as Major Lang
Operation Amsterdam
as Diamond Merchant
Waltz War
as Kellner Leopold
Counterblast
as Professor Inman
Secret Venture
as Zelinsky
The Traitor
as Friederich Suderman
Our Film
as Soviet Visitor
Broken Journey
as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
Dangerous Cargo
as Pliny
State Secret
as Dr. Revo
Devil Doll
as Dr. Heller
Cairo Road
as Edouardo Pavlis
Pozdní láska
Unknown Role
The Fallen Idol
as First Secretary
Rough Shoot
as Diss
The Heroes of Telemark
as Hartmuller