Stefan Schnabel
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Stefan Schnabel 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.) http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12311 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
.
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
's "Blackshirt" stage version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (play)
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against...
, set in Fascist Italy, in 1937. (Welles himself played Brutus.) http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12311 Schnabel was also in over sixty films, including The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain (film)
The Iron Curtain is a 1948 black-and-white thriller film starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. The film was supposedly based on the memoirs of Igor Gouzenko . The film was directed by William Wellman with photography done on location in Ottawa, Canada by Charles G. Clarke. The film was later...
(1948), with his last role in the 1990 film Green Card
Green Card (film)
Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United...
. He also played the Soviet First Secretary in the 1982 Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
suspense thriller Firefox
Firefox (film)
Firefox is a 1982 American action film produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name written by Craig Thomas....
. He was the son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel
Artur Schnabel
Artur Schnabel was an Austrian classical pianist, who also composed and taught. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura...
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