From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Welless Blackshirt stage version of Shakespeares 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Stefan Schnabellicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia