Karel Štěpánek (29 October 189925 December 1980) was a Czech actor who spent many years in Austria and generally played German roles onscreen. In 1940 he moved to the UK and spent much of the rest of his career acting there.

Partial filmography

* '' A Love, A Thief, A Department Store'' (1928) * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * ''

Here's Berlin ''Here's Berlin'' or ''Hello Berlin, Paris Calling'' (, ) is a 1932 French-German romantic comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Josette Day, Germaine Aussey and Wolfgang Klein.Nornes p. 132 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studi ...

'' (1932) as Max * ''

Five from the Jazz Band ''Five from the Jazz Band'' () is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Rolf von Goth, and Fritz Klippel. It is based on a 1927 play of the same name by Felix Jackson, and was produced by the German ...

'' (1932) as Jean * ''Spione im Savoy-Hotel'' (1932) as Jackson * ''

A Song for You "A Song for You" is a song written and originally recorded by rock singer and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album ''Leon Russell'', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understandi ...

'' (1933) as Theo Bruckner * ''

Waltz War ''Waltz War'' (German: ''Walzerkrieg'') is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Renate Müller, Willy Fritsch and Paul Hörbiger. It is loosely based on the rivalry between waltz composers Joseph Lanner an ...

'' (1933) as Kellner Leopold * ''

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men ''Hermine and the Seven Upright Men'' () is a 1935 German drama film based on the novella by Gottfried Keller. Cast * Heinrich George - Zimmermeister Frymann * Karin Hardt - Hermine, seine Tochter * Paul Henckels - Schneidermeister Hediger * L ...

'' (1935) as Ruckstuhl, Grundstückspekulant * ''Die Werft zum Grauner Hecht'' (1935) as Ladewig * ''Der Auβenseiter'' (1935) as Otto Burian * ''

Stronger Than Regulations ''Stronger Than Regulations'' (German: ''Stärker als Paragraphen'') is a 1936 German mystery film directed by Jürgen von Alten and starring Paul Hartmann, Karl Hellmer and Manja Behrens. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film' ...

'' (1936) as Robert Wendland *'' The Unknown'' (1936) as Manager at Regina's * '' Signal in the Night'' (1937) as Korporal Tschepski * ' (1937) as Attaché / Orlovsky * ''Klatovsti dragouni'' (1937) as Dance Master * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) as Oberbeleuchter Brandt * ''

Fools in the Snow ''Fools in the Snow'' (German: ''Narren im Schnee'') is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Anny Ondra, Paul Klinger and Gisela Schlüter. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in South Tyr ...

'' (1938) as Rolf Pinkenkötter * ''War es der im 3. Stock?'' (1939) as Georg Kilby * ' (1939) as Lawyer * ''

Hotel Sacher Hotel Sacher is a five-star luxury hotel in Vienna, Austria, facing the Vienna State Opera in the city's central Innere Stadt district. It is famous for the specialty of the house, the Sachertorte, a chocolate cake with apricot filling. There is ...

'' (1939) as Franz * ''

Three Fathers for Anna ''Three Fathers for Anna'' () is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Ilse Werner, Hans Stüwe and Theodor Danegger. It was made by the German company UFA at the firm's Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, with some location ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Leghorn Hat ''The Leghorn Hat'' () is a 1939 German period comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Herti Kirchner and Christl Mardayn. It is based on the 1851 play '' The Italian Straw Hat'' written by Eugène Labiche, which ...

'' (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 ''Women Are Better Diplomats'' () is a 1941 German musical comedy film from the Nazi era. Directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Willy Fritsch and Aribert Wäscher. It was based on a novel by Hans Flemming. The film was the first Ge ...

'' (1941) as Kellner * ''

Secret Mission ''Secret Mission'' is a 1942 British war film directed by Harold French and starring Hugh Williams, James Mason, Nancy Price, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. Plot British Army Major Peter Garnett assembles a team consisting of Captain ‘ ...

'' (1942) as Major Lang * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1943) as Seitz * ''

Escape to Danger ''Escape to Danger'' is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury and starring Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak and Karel Stepanek. Plot During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caug ...

'' (1943) as Franz von Brinkman * ''

They Met in the Dark ''They Met in the Dark'' (also known as ''Dark End'' and ''Spionagering M'' ) is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal N ...

'' (1943) as Riccardo * ''

The Captive Heart ''The Captive Heart'' is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which ...

'' (1946) as Forster * ''

Counterblast ''Counterblast'' (also known as ''Devil's Plot'') is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was written by Guy Morgan and Jack Whittingham, and made by British Na ...

'' (1948) as Professor Inman, Nazi Psychiatrist * ''

Broken Journey ''Broken Journey'' (also known as ''Rescue'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and featuring Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Margot Grahame, Raymond Huntley and Guy Rolfe. It was written by Robert Westerby. Passengers a ...

'' (1948) as Swiss Officer (uncredited) * '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) as First Secretary * '' Conspirator'' (1949) as Radek * ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, Orson Welles as Harry Lime and Trevor Howard as Major Calloway. Set in post-Worl ...

'' (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 ''No Highway'' is a 1948 novel by Nevil Shute. It formed the basis of the 1951 film ''No Highway in the Sky''. A scientist has been claiming that certain parts of a new aircraft called a Reindeer will develop metal fatigue sooner than officia ...

'' (1951) as Mannheim (uncredited) * ''

Walk East on Beacon ''Walk East on Beacon'' is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Murphy, Finlay Currie, and Virginia Gilmore. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was inspired by a May 1951 ''Reade ...

'' (1952) as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders * ''

Affair in Trinidad ''Affair in Trinidad'' is a 1952 American film noir directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. It was produced by Hayworth's Beckworth Corporation and released by Columbia Pictures. It is notable as Hayworth's "comeba ...

'' (1952) as Walters * '' City Beneath the Sea'' (1953) as Dwight Trevor * '' Never Let Me Go'' (1953) as Commisar * ''

Rough Shoot ''Rough Shoot'', released in the USA as ''Shoot First'', is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel by Geoffrey Household. The film stars Joel McCrea, in his only postwar non-W ...

'' (1953) as Diss * ''

Dangerous Cargo ''Dangerous Cargo'' is a 1954 British black and white second feature ('B') crime film directed by John Harlow starring Jack Watling, Susan Stephen and Karel Stepanek. The film was written by ''Daily Express'' crime reporter Percy Hoskins and ...

'' (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 ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' is a 1955 British Technicolor war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, t ...

'' (1955) as Assistant Gestapo Officer * '' Man of the Moment'' (1955) as Lom * ''

Private's Progress ''Private's Progress'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael. The script was by John Boulting and Frank Harvey, based on the novel of the same ...

'' (1956) as German Officer (uncredited) * ''

The Man in the Road ''The Man in the Road'' is a 1956 British second feature thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack. It was written by Guy Morgan based on the 1952 novel '' He Was Found in t ...

'' (1956) as Dmitri Balinkev * ''

Anastasia Anastasia (from ) is a feminine given name of Greek and Slavic origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe. Origin The name Anastasia originated during the Early Christianity, early d ...

'' (1956) as Mikhail Vlados * '' The Traitor'' (1957) as Friederich Suderman * ''

West of Suez ''West of Suez'' (U.S. title ''The Fighting Wildcats'') is a 1957 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Keefe Brasselle, Kay Callard and Karel Stepanek. The screenplay was by Norman Hudis from a story by Hudis and Charles F ...

'' (1957) as Langford * ''

Operation Amsterdam ''Operation Amsterdam'' is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy (film director), Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book ' ...

'' (1959) as Diamond Merchant (uncredited) * ''

Our Man in Havana ''Our Man in Havana'' (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. Greene uses the novel to mock intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. Th ...

'' (1959) as Dr. Braun * ''

Sink the Bismarck! ''Sink the Bismarck!'' is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book '' The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. To date ...

'' (1960) as Admiral

Günther Lütjens Johann Günther Lütjens (; 25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars. Lütjens is best known for his actions during World War II and his command of the battleship du ...

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I Aim at the Stars ''I Aim at the Stars'' is a 1960 West German-American biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun. The film covers his life from his early days in Germany, through Peenemünde, until his work with the U.S. Army, NAS ...

'' (1960) as Captain Dornberger * ''

Three Moves to Freedom ''Brainwashed'' (original title ''Schachnovelle'', "Chess Novella") is a 1960 German drama film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Curt Jürgens, Claire Bloom and Hansjörg Felmy. It is based on Austrian author Stefan Zweig's novella ''The Roy ...

'' (1960) as Baranow * ''

Terror After Midnight ''Terror After Midnight'' () is a 1962 Cinema of Germany, German drama film directed by Jürgen Goslar and starring Christine Kaufmann, Martin Held, and Hilde Krahl. It is based on the novel ''The Hours After Midnight'' by Joseph Hayes (author), ...

'' (1962) as Vater Stoddard * '' Devil Doll'' (1964) as Dr. Heller * ''

Operation Crossbow ''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German V-weapons, long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched agai ...

'' (1965) as Prof. Hoffer * '' Licensed to Kill'' (1965) as Henrik Jacobsen * ''

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'' (1965) as Prof. Hartmuller * '' Sperrbezirk'' (1966) as Inspector Wagner * ''

The Frozen Dead ''The Frozen Dead'' is a 1966 British science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Herbert J. Leder and starring Dana Andrews, Anna Palk and Philip Gilbert. Nazi scientist Dr. Norberg attempts to revive a number of frozen Naz ...

'' (1967) as General Lubeck * '' Murderers Club of Brooklyn'' (1967) as Dyers * ''

Before Winter Comes ''Before Winter Comes'' is a 1969 British comedy-drama war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Andrew Sinclair. Plot ''Before Winter Comes'' takes place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. British Major Giles Burnsid ...

'' (1969) as Count Kerassy * ''

The File of the Golden Goose ''The File of the Golden Goose'' is a 1969 British neo noir thriller film directed by Sam Wanamaker and starring Yul Brynner, Charles Gray and Edward Woodward. Its plot involves an American detective being sent to Britain to track down a majo ...

'' (1969) as Mueller * '' The Games'' (1970) as Kubitsek * ''

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'' (1971) as Count Derassy (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stepanek, Karel 1899 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Brno Czech male film actors Czechoslovak emigrants to Austria Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom Czechoslovak male film actors People from the Margraviate of Moravia