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Karl Stepanek
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…
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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 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 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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1970
The Games
Movie Kubitsek
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1969
The File of the Golden Goose
Movie Mueller
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1969
Before Winter Comes
Movie Count Kerassy
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1967
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Movie Dyers
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1966
The Frozen Dead
Movie General Lubeck
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1966
Sperrbezirk
Movie Inspector Wagner
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1965
The Heroes of Telemark
Movie Hartmuller
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1965
Licensed to Kill
Movie Henrik Jacobsen
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1965
Operation Crossbow
Movie Prof. Hoffer
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1964
Devil Doll
Movie Dr. Heller
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1963
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Movie Jawor Stranski
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1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
TV show Dr. Robert Großmann
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1960
Brainwashed
Movie Baranow
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1960
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'
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1960
Our Man in Havana
Movie Dr. Braun
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1959
No Hiding Place
TV show Professor Remi
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1959
Operation Amsterdam
Movie Diamond Merchant
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1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV show Rubici
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1957
The Traitor
Movie Friederich Suderman
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1957
West of Suez
Movie Langford
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1956
Anastasia
Movie Mikhail Vlados
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show
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1956
The Man in the Road
Movie Dmitri Balinkev
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1955
Man of the Moment
Movie Lom
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1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
Movie Assistant Gestapo Officer
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1955
Secret Venture
Movie Zelinsky
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1955
A Prize of Gold
Movie Dr. Zachmann
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1954
Dangerous Cargo
Movie Pliny
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1954
Tale of Three Women
Movie Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
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1953
City Beneath the Sea
Movie Dwight Trevor
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1953
Rough Shoot
Movie Diss
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1953
Never Let Me Go
Movie Commissar
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1952
Affair in Trinidad
Movie Walters
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1952
Walk East on Beacon
Movie Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
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1951
No Highway in the Sky
Movie
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1951
The Third Visitor
Movie Richard Carling
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1950
State Secret
Movie Dr. Revo
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1950
Cairo Road
Movie Edouardo Pavlis
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1949
Golden Arrow
Movie Schroeder
