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Born:
1912-02-02
Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Credits:
31 Total Roles
Stefan Schnabel
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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. 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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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. 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
Firefox
First Secretary
Green Card
Party Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Siani
Journey into Fear
Translator for ships captain
Freud: The Secret Passion
Chairman of Medical Profession in Vienna (uncredited)
Houdini
German Prosecuting Attorney
Two Weeks in Another Town
Zeno
The Counterfeit Traitor
Gestapo agent at funeral
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Green Card MOVIE | Party Guest |
| 1988 | Dracula's Widow MOVIE | Helsing |
| 1987 | Anna MOVIE | Professor |
| 1985 | Stone Pillow MOVIE | Mr. Berman |
| 1983 | Lovesick MOVIE | Gunnar Bergsen, M.D. |
| 1982 | Firefox MOVIE | First Secretary |
| 1975 | Blood Bath MOVIE | Film Director |
| 1975 | The Happy Hooker MOVIE | Elderly Gentleman |
| 1973 | Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside MOVIE | Luber |
| 1963 | Rampage MOVIE | Sakai Cheif |