Karl Stepanek
October 27, 1899 · 126 years old
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 Teutoni…
Known For
7 titles
Anastasia
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
The Fallen Idol
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
The Cockleshell Heroes
During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
The Frozen Dead
A crazed scientist (Dana Andrews) keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
City Beneath the Sea
Two American divers are distracted by fair ladies and skulduggery while trying to salvage a gold ship off Jamaica.
Walk East on Beacon!
A G-man searches for a communist sleeper-cell in Boston.
A Prize of Gold
Sgt. Joe Lawrence is an American Army sergeant who falls in love with a refugee trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life anew. Joe wants to help so he plans a darin...