Karl Stepanek
Karl Stepanek
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).
Acted Movies
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Writers: Edmund H. North,
Cast: Carl Möhner, Dana Wynter, Esmond Knight, Geoffrey Keen, Karl Stepanek, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Maurice Denham, Michael Goodliffe, Michael Hordern,
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writers: Oscar Saul,
Cast: Alexander Scourby, George Voskovec, Glenn Ford, Howard Wendell, Karl Stepanek, Rita Hayworth, Steven Geray, Torin Thatcher, Valerie Bettis, Walter Kohler,
Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Graham Greene,
Cast: Bobby Henrey, Dandy Nichols, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Joan Young, Karl Stepanek, Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald,