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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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)
(1979)
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
as Court Assistant
(1978)
Eine seltsame Bescherung
as Jack MacCampbell
(1978)
(1976)
Aus nichtigem Anlaß
as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
(1975)
Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Sir Bernard
(1974)
(1974)
Madame Pompadour
as Maurepas
(1974)
Goldfüchse
as Zweiter Landstreicher
(1974)
(1973)
Krieg im dritten Stock
as Arzt
(1972)
(1972)
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
(1972)
Die Erbschaft
as Pitolet
(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)
Peter Brauer
as Schmolcke
(1969)
Damenquartett
as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
(1969)
Vom Teufel geholt
as Frederiksen
(1968)
Heidi
as Sebastian
(1968)
Die Geschichte von Vasco
as Leutnant Barberis
(1968)
Napoleon in New Orleans
as Carotte
(1968)
Madame Bovary
as Lheureux
(1968)
Der Eismann kommt
as Willie Oban
(1968)
Die Benachrichtigung
as Hans Kubsch
(1968)
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
(1967)
Jack of Diamonds
as Helmut
(1967)
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
as Karlchen Dincke
(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)
Pflicht ist Pflicht
as Sawinsky
(1966)
Der Ritter vom Mirakel
as Lofraso
(1966)
Der Richter von London
as Hodge
(1966)
Destry reitet wieder
as Slade
(1964)
Stunden der Angst
as Hank Griffin
(1964)
The Waltz King
as Stieglitz
(1964)
Die Reise um die Erde
as Fix
(1964)
Zweierlei Maß
as Lucio
(1964)
Zwei Herren aus Verona
as Turio
(1963)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Lee Costello
(1963)
The Pirates of the Mississippi
as Doc Monrove
(1963)
Bartleby
as Duncan
(1963)
Talente und Verehrer
as Bakin
(1963)
Schwiegerväter
as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
(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)
When Worlds Collide
as Ein Staatsanwalt
(1961)
Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour
as Moritz
(1961)
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
as Santamaria
(1961)
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
as Dr. Hellwig
(1960)
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Magier
(1960)
(1960)
Conny und Peter machen Musik
as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
(1960)
Agatha, let the murdering be!
as Thomas Lorenzen
(1960)
Der Schleier fiel…
as Populescu
(1960)
Orientalische Nächte
as Pierre
(1959)
Ship of the Dead
as belgischer Kripobeamter
(1959)
She Walks by Night
as Zuhälter
(1959)
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer
as Nick Knatterton
(1959)
A Man Goes Through the Wall
as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
(1959)
Beautiful Adventure
as Fortuné Tallon
(1959)
Kasimir und Karoline
as Arzt
(1959)
Melody and Rhythms
as Herr Mattusch
(1959)
Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as McGlade
(1959)
Der Winterschläfer
as Kabinetts-Chef
(1958)
(1958)
Aren't We Wonderful
as Obmann Wehackel
(1958)
Ein gewisser Judas
as Der Polizist
(1958)
Der Bettelstudent
as Major Wangenheim
(1958)
Eva Only Kisses Directors
as Herr Fuchs
(1958)
Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie
as Stabsarzt
(1958)
A Song Goes Round the World
as Pianist Schlange
(1957)
Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr.Timmler
(1950)
(1949)
Begegnung mit Werther
as Bursche