Leonard Steckel (18 January 1901 – 9 February 1971) was a German-Jewish actor and director of stage and screen.
Steckel was born as Leonhard Steckel in Knihinin, a Galician town that is today a district of the city Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He began his career as a stage actor and spent the duration of World War II in exile in Zürich, Switzerland, where he had gone to work at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. It was during this time that he began to direct. Steckel was killed in a major rail accident on 9 February 1971 in Aitrang, Germany.
Partial filmography
Phantoms of Happiness (1930) - Gefängnisarzt
M (1931) - Man (uncredited) The Adventurer of Tunis (1931) - Ferrero The Daredevil (1931) - Barini, Inhaber American Hippodrom The Captain from Köpenick (1931) - Krakauer, ein Trödler Secret Agent (1932) - Oberst Salit The Company's in Love (1932) - Harry Bing - Regisseur Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932) - Der Primas Nights in Port Said (1932) - Le levantin I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932) - Alvarez Zambesi Mieter Schulze gegen alle (1932) Spione im Savoy-Hotel (1932) - Almassy, Antiquitätenhändler Kampf um Blond (1933) - Der Levantiner The House of Dora Green (1933) - Sucharow A Song for You (1933) - Opern-Regisseur Hände aus dem Dunkel (1933) - Fed Harras, Propagandachef Invisible Opponent (1933) - Santos Palace Hotel (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Venus of Tivoli (1953) - Director Southern Nights (1953) - Giuseppe Meines Vaters Pferde (1954, part 1, 2) - Schlachtauer The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954) - Mödel, Theater-Direktor Viktoria und ihr Husar (1954) The Last Summer (1954) - Kommissar Berki Spring Song (1954) - Dr. Falconi The Eternal Waltz (1954) - Baron Carlo Todesco Beloved Enemy (1955) - Oberst Junot (uncredited) Love Without Illusions (1955) - Professor Dürkheim Du mein stilles Tal (1955) - Doktor Ballerina (1956) - Opernintendant The Captain from Köpenick (1956) - Adolph Wormser Without You All Is Darkness (1956) - Dr. Bräuner Stresemann (1957) - Aristide Briand Escape from Sahara (1958) - Ben Achmed The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958) - Major Dr. Kresin, Distriktarzt The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958) - Erzabt Majestät auf Abwegen (1958) - Filmregisseur Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen (1958) - Sir Boris Olinzoff For Love and Others (1959) - Ihr Vater Ja, so ein Mädchen mit sechzehn (1959) - Arzt Marili (1959) - Ludwig Ostertag Sweetheart of the Gods (1960) - Furst Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer (1962) - Dr. Daniel Bransby, Arzt The Phone Rings Every Night (1962) - Th. Th. Th. Meyer Whiskey and Sofa (1963) - Dehn The Visit (1964) - Minister Once a Greek (1966) - Maire Dutour