Karel Štěpánek (29 October 1899 – 25 December 1980) was a Czechoslovak actor who spent many years in Austria and generally played German roles onscreen.[1] In 1940 he moved to the UK and spent much of the rest of his career acting there.[2][3][4]
Karel Štěpánek | |
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 in Secret Mission (1942) | |
| Born | 29 October 1899 |
| Died | 25 December 1980 (aged 81) London, England |
| Nationality | Czechoslovak |
| Other names | Karel Stepanek |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1928 – 1971 |
Partial filmography
edit- A Love, A Thief, A Department Store (1928)
- Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931)
- Here's Berlin (1932) as Max
- Five from the Jazz Band (1932) as Jean
- Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932) as Jackson
- A Song for You (1933) as Theo Bruckner
- Waltz War (1933) as Kellner Leopold
- Hermine and the Seven Upright Men (1935) as Ruckstuhl, Grundstückspekulant
- Die Werft zum Grauner Hecht (1935) as Ladewig
- Der Auβenseiter (1935) as Otto Burian
- Stronger Than Regulations (1936) as Robert Wendland
- The Unknown (1936) as Manager at Regina's
- Signal in the Night (1937) as Korporal Tschepski
- Die Fledermaus (1937) as Attaché / Orlovsky
- Klatovsti dragouni (1937) as Dance Master
- The Stars Shine (1938) as Oberbeleuchter Brandt
- Fools in the Snow (1938) as Rolf Pinkenkötter
- War es der im 3. Stock? (1939) as Georg Kilby
- Das Abenteuer geht weiter (1939) as Lawyer
- Hotel Sacher (1939) as Franz
- Three Fathers for Anna (1939)
- The Leghorn Hat (1939) as Felix
- Die Kluge Schwiegermutter (1939) as Hans Giebel
- Drei Väter un Anna (1939) as Matschek
- Alles Schwindel (1940) as Clubdiener
- Women Are Better Diplomats (1941) as Kellner
- Secret Mission (1942) as Major Lang
- Tomorrow We Live (1943) as Seitz
- Escape to Danger (1943) as Franz von Brinkman
- They Met in the Dark (1943) as Riccardo
- The Captive Heart (1946) as Forster
- Counterblast (1948) as Professor Inman, Nazi Psychiatrist
- Broken Journey (1948) as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
- The Fallen Idol (1948) as First Secretary
- Conspirator (1949) as Radek
- The Third Man (1949) as Actor at Josefstadt Theatre (uncredited)
- Give Us This Day (1949) as Jaroslav
- Golden Arrow (1949) as Schroeder
- Cairo Road (1950) as Edouardo Pavlis
- State Secret (1950) as Dr. Revo
- The Third Visitor (1951) as Richard Carling
- No Highway (1951) as Mannheim (uncredited)
- Walk East on Beacon (1952) as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
- Affair in Trinidad (1952) as Walters
- City Beneath the Sea (1953) as Dwight Trevor
- Never Let Me Go (1953) as Commisar
- Rough Shoot (1953) as Diss
- Dangerous Cargo (1954) as Pliny
- Tale of Three Women (1954) as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)
- A Prize of Gold (1955) as Zachmann
- Secret Venture (1955) as Zelinsky
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Assistant Gestapo Officer
- Man of the Moment (1955) as Lom
- Private's Progress (1956) as German Officer (uncredited)
- The Man in the Road (1956) as Dmitri Balinkev
- Anastasia (1956) as Mikhail Vlados
- The Traitor (1957) as Friederich Suderman
- West of Suez (1957) as Langford
- Operation Amsterdam (1959) as Diamond Merchant (uncredited)
- Our Man in Havana (1959) as Dr. Braun
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as Admiral Günther Lütjens
- I Aim at the Stars (1960) as Captain Dornberger
- Three Moves to Freedom (1960) as Baranow
- Terror After Midnight (1962) as Vater Stoddard
- Devil Doll (1964) as Dr. Heller
- Operation Crossbow (1965) as Prof. Hoffer
- Licensed to Kill (1965) as Henrik Jacobsen
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Prof. Hartmuller
- Sperrbezirk (1966) as Inspector Wagner
- The Frozen Dead (1967) as General Lubeck
- Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967) as Dyers
- Before Winter Comes (1969) as Count Kerassy
- The File of the Golden Goose (1969) as Mueller
- The Games (1970) as Kubitsek
- Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971) as Count Derassy (final film role)
References
edit- ^ "Karel Stepanek". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Karel Stepanek".
- ^ "Filmography for Karel Stepanek". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Karel Stepanek movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography – AllMovie". AllMovie.