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Leonard Steckel(1901-1971)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Leonard Steckel in Les nuits de Port Said (1932)
Leonard Steckel was born on 18 January 1901 in Knihinin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Die Venus vom Tivoli (1953), The Captain from Köpenick (1956) and Bieder der Flieger (1941). He died on 9 February 1971 in Aitrang, Bavaria, Germany.
BornJanuary 18, 1901
DiedFebruary 9, 1971(70)
BornJanuary 18, 1901
DiedFebruary 9, 1971(70)
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Known for

Bruno Rehak in Die Venus vom Tivoli (1953)
Die Venus vom Tivoli
5.7
  • Director
  • 1953
Heinz Rühmann and Hans Möller in The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
The Captain from Köpenick
7.1
  • Adolph Wormser
  • 1956
Bieder der Flieger
  • Director
  • 1941
Georg Schubert in Palace Hotel (1952)
Palace Hotel
6.7
  • Bit Part(uncredited)
  • 1952

Credits

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Actor



  • Die Stimme hinter dem Vorhang
    TV Movie
    • Die Stimme
    • 1971
  • Chopin-Express
    9.1
    TV Movie
    • Shulman
    • 1971
  • Die menschliche Pyramide oder Wohl dem, der eine Bleibe hat
    TV Movie
    • Oskar
    • 1971
  • Einladung ins Schloss
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Maurice Messerschmann
    • 1970
  • Der Tag des Krähenflügels
    TV Movie
    • Marcello
    • 1970
  • Graf Öderland (1968)
    Graf Öderland
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Hellseher Mario
    • 1968
  • Der zehnte Mann
    TV Movie
    • Foreman
    • 1968
  • Odissea (1968)
    Odissea
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Narrator (German version)
    • 1968
  • Der Meteor
    9.6
    TV Movie
    • Wolfgang Schwitter
    • 1968
  • Kabale und Liebe
    TV Movie
    • Kammerdiener des Fürsten
    • 1967
  • Anastasia
    TV Movie
    • Kriminaloberinspektor Dr. Grünberg
    • 1967
  • Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
    TV Series
    • 1967
  • Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Puntila
    • 1966
  • Grieche sucht Griechin (1966)
    Grieche sucht Griechin
    5.2
    • Maire Dutour
    • 1966
  • Pontius Pilatus
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • Marduk
    • 1966

Director



  • Einer muß der Dumme sein
    TV Movie
    • Director (theatre version)
    • 1971
  • Gläubiger
    TV Movie
    • Director (theatre version)
    • 1969
  • Die Spur der Leidenschaft
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • theatre director
    • 1961
  • Der eingebildete Kranke
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Drei Mann auf einem Pferd
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Siegfried Breuer Jr., Jacques Companéez, Wolfgang Eichberger, Paul Hörbiger, Curd Jürgens, Hans Leibelt, Ingrid Lutz, Winnie Markus, Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann, Nadja Regin, Marina Ried, Ernst Schröder, Siegfried Schürenberg, Peter W. Staub, Leonard Steckel, Bernhard Wicki, and Leo Bothas in Du mein stilles Tal (1955)
    Du mein stilles Tal
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Bruno Rehak in Die Venus vom Tivoli (1953)
    Die Venus vom Tivoli
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Georg Schubert in Palace Hotel (1952)
    Palace Hotel
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Bieder der Flieger
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Fräulein Huser (1940)
    Fräulein Huser
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1940

Writer



  • Das Kaffeehaus
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1964
  • Bruno Rehak in Die Venus vom Tivoli (1953)
    Die Venus vom Tivoli
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1953

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Leonhard Steckel
  • Born
    • January 18, 1901
    • Knihinin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • February 9, 1971
    • Aitrang, Bavaria, Germany(rail accident)
  • Other works
    1951: Dubbing voice of Ronald Adam in the German post-synchronized version of John and Roy Boulting's 1950 'Seven Days To Noon' (Eine Stadt hält den Atem an).

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  • Trivia
    Character actor, stage director and singer whose career highlights were on the Berlin stage during the 1920's (particularly under the direction of Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator) and in Swiss exile during the Nazi era directing and acting in plays by Brecht, Shakespeare, Goldoni, Lorca and Pagnol at the Zürcher Schauspielhaus.

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