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)
Nägel mit Köpfen
as Industrieller
(1986)
Schloßherren
as Sebastian Peuker
(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)
Madame Pompadour
as Maurepas
(1974)
(1974)
Goldfüchse
as Zweiter Landstreicher
(1973)
Krieg im dritten Stock
as Arzt
(1972)
Die Erbschaft
as Pitolet
(1972)
(1972)
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
(1971)
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
as Otto Rupp
(1971)
Oliver
as Staatsanwalt Lutz
(1970)
(1969)
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
(1969)
Peter Brauer
as Schmolcke
(1969)
Vom Teufel geholt
as Frederiksen
(1969)
The Angels of the Street
as Radensky
(1969)
Damenquartett
as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
(1968)
Heidi
as Sebastian
(1968)
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
(1968)
Die Geschichte von Vasco
as Leutnant Barberis
(1968)
Madame Bovary
as Lheureux
(1968)
Napoleon in New Orleans
as Carotte
(1968)
Die Benachrichtigung
as Hans Kubsch
(1968)
Der Eismann kommt
as Willie Oban
(1967)
Jack of Diamonds
as Helmut
(1967)
Im weißen Rößl
as Sigismund Sülzheimer
(1967)
Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung
as Redbrook
(1967)
Die Mohrin
as Pierre
(1967)
Siedlung Arkadien
as Dinga Mingh
(1967)
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
as Karlchen Dincke
(1966)
The Defector
as Major Windisch
(1966)
Pflicht ist Pflicht
as Sawinsky
(1966)
Der Richter von London
as Hodge
(1966)
Der Ritter vom Mirakel
as Lofraso
(1966)
Destry reitet wieder
as Slade
(1964)
Die Reise um die Erde
as Fix
(1964)
The Waltz King
as Stieglitz
(1964)
Zwei Herren aus Verona
as Turio
(1964)
Zweierlei Maß
as Lucio
(1964)
Stunden der Angst
as Hank Griffin
(1963)
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Lee Costello
(1963)
The Pirates of the Mississippi
as Doc Monrove
(1963)
Talente und Verehrer
as Bakin
(1963)
Schwiegerväter
as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
(1963)
Bartleby
as Duncan
(1962)
Verrückt und zugenäht
as Kralle Kaktus
(1962)
Wenn beide schuldig werden
as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
(1961)
One, Two, Three
as Fritz
(1961)
(1961)
When Worlds Collide
as Ein Staatsanwalt
(1961)
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
as Santamaria
(1961)
Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour
as Moritz
(1961)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
as Osrick
(1961)
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
as Dr. Hellwig
(1960)
(1960)
Agatha, let the murdering be!
as Thomas Lorenzen
(1960)
Orientalische Nächte
as Pierre
(1960)
Conny und Peter machen Musik
as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
(1960)
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Magier
(1960)
Der Schleier fiel…
as Populescu
(1959)
Ship of the Dead
as belgischer Kripobeamter
(1959)
She Walks by Night
as Zuhälter
(1959)
Melody and Rhythms
as Herr Mattusch
(1959)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
(1959)
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer
as Nick Knatterton
(1959)
Der Winterschläfer
as Kabinetts-Chef
(1959)
Beautiful Adventure
as Fortuné Tallon
(1959)
Kasimir und Karoline
as Arzt
(1959)
Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as McGlade
(1958)
(1958)
Aren't We Wonderful
as Obmann Wehackel
(1958)
A Song Goes Round the World
as Pianist Schlange
(1958)
Der Bettelstudent
as Major Wangenheim
(1958)
Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie
as Stabsarzt
(1958)
Eva Only Kisses Directors
as Herr Fuchs
(1958)
Ein gewisser Judas
as Der Polizist
(1957)
Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr.Timmler
(1950)
(1949)
Begegnung mit Werther
as Bursche