Karl Lieffen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-17
Day of Death
1999-01-13 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
Karl Lieffen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.
He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three.
He died in Starnberg, Germany.
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Known For
Acting
(1996)
Rohe Ostern
as Opa Gustav
(1995)
Rudy, the Racing Pig
as Buselmeier
(1993)
(1991)
Rothenbaumchaussee
as o.A.
(1987)
Professor Bernhardi
as Journalist Kulka
(1986)
Schloßherren
as Sebastian Peuker
(1986)
Nägel mit Köpfen
as Industrieller
(1985)
Otto - The Movie
as Flopmann
(1984)
Zinsen des Ruhms
as Dr. Francoid
(1983)
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Major Blaschenko
(1983)
Lass das, ich hass das
as Uncle Franz
(1983)
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
Der Aufsteiger
as Antonic
(1979)
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
as Court Assistant
(1979)
(1978)
Eine seltsame Bescherung
as Jack MacCampbell
(1978)
(1976)
Aus nichtigem Anlaß
as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
(1975)
Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Sir Bernard
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
Goldfüchse
as Zweiter Landstreicher
(1974)
Madame Pompadour
as Maurepas
(1973)
Krieg im dritten Stock
as Arzt
(1972)
Die Erbschaft
as Pitolet
(1972)
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
(1972)
(1971)
Oliver
as Staatsanwalt Lutz
(1971)
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
as Otto Rupp
(1970)
(1969)
The Angels of the Street
as Radensky
(1969)
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
(1969)
Damenquartett
as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
(1969)
Peter Brauer
as Schmolcke
(1969)
Vom Teufel geholt
as Frederiksen
(1968)
Heidi
as Sebastian
(1968)
Der Eismann kommt
as Willie Oban
(1968)
Die Geschichte von Vasco
as Leutnant Barberis
(1968)
Madame Bovary
as Lheureux
(1968)
Napoleon in New Orleans
as Carotte
(1968)
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
(1968)
Die Benachrichtigung
as Hans Kubsch
(1967)
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
as Karlchen Dincke
(1967)
Jack of Diamonds
as Helmut
(1967)
Siedlung Arkadien
as Dinga Mingh
(1967)
Die Mohrin
as Pierre
(1967)
Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung
as Redbrook
(1967)
Im weißen Rößl
as Sigismund Sülzheimer
(1966)
The Defector
as Major Windisch
(1966)
Der Richter von London
as Hodge
(1966)
Pflicht ist Pflicht
as Sawinsky
(1966)
Destry reitet wieder
as Slade
(1966)
Der Ritter vom Mirakel
as Lofraso
(1964)
The Waltz King
as Stieglitz
(1964)
Die Reise um die Erde
as Fix
(1964)
Zweierlei Maß
as Lucio
(1964)
Stunden der Angst
as Hank Griffin
(1964)
Zwei Herren aus Verona
as Turio
(1963)
The Pirates of the Mississippi
as Doc Monrove
(1963)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Lee Costello
(1963)
Schwiegerväter
as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
(1963)
Bartleby
as Duncan
(1963)
Talente und Verehrer
as Bakin
(1962)
Wenn beide schuldig werden
as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
(1962)
Verrückt und zugenäht
as Kralle Kaktus
(1961)
One, Two, Three
as Fritz
(1961)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
as Osrick
(1961)
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
as Dr. Hellwig
(1961)
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
as Santamaria
(1961)
Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour
as Moritz
(1961)
(1961)
When Worlds Collide
as Ein Staatsanwalt
(1960)
(1960)
Conny und Peter machen Musik
as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
(1960)
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Magier
(1960)
Agatha, let the murdering be!
as Thomas Lorenzen
(1960)
Der Schleier fiel…
as Populescu
(1960)
Orientalische Nächte
as Pierre
(1959)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
(1959)
Ship of the Dead
as belgischer Kripobeamter
(1959)
Melody and Rhythms
as Herr Mattusch
(1959)
Beautiful Adventure
as Fortuné Tallon
(1959)
Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as McGlade
(1959)
She Walks by Night
as Zuhälter
(1959)
Kasimir und Karoline
as Arzt
(1959)
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer
as Nick Knatterton
(1959)
Der Winterschläfer
as Kabinetts-Chef
(1958)
Aren't We Wonderful
as Obmann Wehackel
(1958)
(1958)
Der Bettelstudent
as Major Wangenheim
(1958)
A Song Goes Round the World
as Pianist Schlange
(1958)
Eva Only Kisses Directors
as Herr Fuchs
(1958)
Ein gewisser Judas
as Der Polizist
(1958)
Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie
as Stabsarzt
(1957)
Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr.Timmler
(1950)
(1949)
Begegnung mit Werther
as Bursche