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Stefan Schnabel
Actor

Stefan Schnabel

2 Feb 1912Born
11 Mar 1999Died
87Age at death
31Credits

Biography

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Stefan Schnabel (February 2, 1912, Berlin, Germany – March 11, 1999, Rogaro, Italy) was an actor best remembered for having portrayed Dr. Stephen Jackson for sixteen years on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light, on which he appeared from 1965 to 1981. In addition to his television work, Schnabel appeared frequently on the stage, including playing the role of Metellus Cimber in Orson Welles's "Blackshirt" stage version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, set in Fascist Italy, in 1937. (Welles himself played Brutus.) Schnabel was also in over sixty films, including The Iron Curtain (1948), with his last role in the 1990 film Green Card.

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He also played the Soviet First Secretary in the 1982 Clint Eastwood suspense thriller Firefox. He was the son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1990Green CardFilm: Party Guest
  2. 1988Dracula's WidowFilm: Helsing
  3. 1987AnnaFilm: Professor
  4. 1985Stone PillowFilm: Mr. Berman
  5. 1983LovesickFilm: Gunnar Bergsen, M.D.
  6. 1982FirefoxFilm: First Secretary
  7. 1975Blood BathFilm: Film Director
  8. 1975The Happy HookerFilm: Elderly Gentleman
  9. 1973Mr. Inside/Mr. OutsideFilm: Luber
  10. 1963RampageFilm: Sakai Cheif
  11. 1963The Ugly AmericanFilm: Andrei Krupitzyn
  12. 1962Freud: The Secret PassionFilm: Chairman of Medical Profession in Vienna (uncredited)
  13. 1962Two Weeks in Another TownFilm: Zeno
  14. 1962The Children of Alda NuovaFilm: Siani
  15. 1962The Counterfeit TraitorFilm: Gestapo agent at funeral
  16. 1961The Big ShowFilm: Lawyer
  17. 1961The Secret WaysFilm: Border Official
  18. 1960There's Going to Be a PartyFilm: Bragarian
  19. 1960CheckmateSeries: Anton Szorny (1 episode)
  20. 1959Tales of the VikingsSeries (39 episodes)
  21. 1958The MuggerFilm: Fats Donner
  22. 1958The RiflemanSeries (1 episode)
  23. 1957The 27th DayFilm: The Soviet General
  24. 1956Crowded ParadiseFilm: Big Man
  25. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Siani (1 episode)
  26. 1953HoudiniFilm: German Prosecuting Attorney
  27. 1952Diplomatic CourierFilm: Rasumny Platov
  28. 1949Barbary PirateFilm: Yusof - the Bey of Tripoli
  29. 1948The Iron CurtainFilm: Col. Ilya Ranov
  30. 1943Journey into FearFilm: Translator for ships captain
  31. 1933The Cold HeartFilm: Holländer-Michel

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