Artist Profile
Artist Profile: Karl Stepanek - Playlist IPTV
Place of Birth
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Born
1899-10-27
Died: 1980-12-25
Known For
1
Works
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...