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 Television 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, in his role as the conspirator Metellus Cimber, was played by Rhodri Orders in the 2008 movie Me and Orson Welles.Schnabel was also in over sixty films, including The Iron Curtain (1948), Houdini (1953), with his last role in the 1990 film Green Card (1990). He also played the Soviet First Secretary in the 1982 Clint Eastwood suspense thriller Firefox (1982). He was the son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel and contralto Therese Behr.
* Artur Schnabel , * Therese Schnabel , * Karl Ulrich Schnabel
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During World War II served with the Office of Strategic Services.
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Appeared on radio and stage with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, including theatre productions of "Julius Caesar" and "The Shoemaker's Holiday." Also appeared in Welles' musical adaptation of "Around the World in Eighty Days" called "Around the World" on Broadway, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
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He and second wife Marion Kohler co-founded the Rainbow Theatre in Connecticut.
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In the United States from 1938 and became an established radio actor, gracing more than 5,000 programs.
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Featured in Laurence Olivier's first production of "Hamlet" and became a friend of George Bernard Shaw after appearing in a production of "Major Barbara."
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He and his family left Berlin when the Nazi regime came to power in 1933. He eventually studied acting in London and the Old Vic Theatre.
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He is most familiar to television audiences for his 17-year stint as Dr. Stephen Jackson on the long-running soap opera Guiding Light (1952).
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He and his wife had lived for 45 years in Rowayton, Connecticut, USA, before moving to Rogaro, Italy, in 1992.
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Son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ferien mit Silvester
1992
Green Card
1990
Party Guest
Dracula's Widow
1988
Helsing
Anna
1987
Professor
Spenser: For Hire
1986
TV Series
Dr. Planetz
Stone Pillow
1985
TV Movie
Mr. Berman
Brass
1985
TV Movie
Norman Steingarten
Lovesick
1983
Gunnar Bergsen, M.D.
Firefox
1982
First Secretary
Guiding Light
1980
TV Series
Dr. Stephen Jackson
Blood Bath
1976
The Happy Hooker
1975
Elderly Gentleman
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973
TV Movie
Luber
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1966
TV Series
Dr. Korner
Gewagtes Spiel
1965
TV Series
Im Schlaraffenland
1965
TV Movie
James Louis Türckheim
Kommissar Freytag
1965
TV Series
Marder
Der Nachtkurier meldet...
1964
TV Series
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Dorn
No Survivors, Please
1964
Die fünfte Kolonne
1964
TV Series
Dr. Edward Koerner
Antonius und Cleopatra
1963
TV Movie
Hauptmann
Rampage
1963
Sakai Chief
Geliebt in Rom
1963
TV Movie
Umberto
The Rifleman
1963
TV Series
Old Tony
The Ugly American
1963
Andrei Krupitzyn
Freud
1962
Chairman of Medical Profession in Vienna (uncredited)
The Gallant Men
1962
TV Series
Marshall Kleindorff
Our Man Higgins
1962
TV Series
Otto
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Zeno
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1962
TV Series
Siani
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
Anton Szorny
The Untouchables
1962
TV Series
Henry Grunther
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
Gestapo Agent at Funeral
Bus Stop
1962
TV Series
Dr. Barton
Alcoa Premiere
1962
TV Series
Father
Ben Casey
1962
TV Series
Gunther Wagram
The Phony American
1961
Question 7
1961
The Big Show
1961
Lawyer
The Secret Ways
1961
Border official
Town Without Pity
1961
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