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Karl Lieffen

Born 1926-05-17
Died 1999-01-13
📍 Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]

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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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Filmography 80

Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
Rohe Ostern
as Opa Gustav
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
Rudy, the Racing Pig
as Buselmeier
1995
Nicht von schlechten Eltern
as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
1993
Die schnelle Gerdi
as Reporter
1989
Forsthaus Falkenau
as Professor H. Bundschuh
1989
Die Männer vom K3
as Albert Kröger
1988
Großstadtrevier
as Podgorsky
1986
Großstadtrevier
as Rostami
1986
Irgendwie und Sowieso
as Weininger
1986
Kir Royal
as Toni Schultze
1986
Nägel mit Köpfen
as Industrieller
1986
Die Wächter
as Dr.White
1986
Oliver Maass
as Eickelberg
1985
Otto - The Movie
as Flopmann
1985
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Major Blaschenko
1983
Der Andro-Jäger
as Russischer Agent
1982
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
1979
Locker vom Hocker
as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
1979
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
as Court Assistant
1979
Der ganz normale Wahnsinn
as Dr. Kornsack
1979
The Old Fox
as August Ströbel
1977
Tadellöser & Wolff
as Karl Kempowski
1975
Derrick
as Johannes Brusius
1974
Derrick
as Lagusta
1974
Derrick
as Mr. Sparke
1974
Derrick
as Heinrich Gruga
1974
Derrick
as Albert Rabes
1974
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
1974
Der rote Schal
as James Bashwood
1973
Lokaltermin
as Sachverständiger Reinhold Feder
1973
Mensch, ärgere dich nicht
as Max
1972
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
1972
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
1972
Dalli Dalli
as Self - Candidate
1971
Scene of the Crime
as Achim Otto
1970
The Angels of the Street
as Radensky
1969
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
1969
Heidi
as Sebastian
1968
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
1968
Jack of Diamonds
as Helmut
1967
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
as Karlchen Dincke
1967
Dem Täter auf der Spur
as Inspecteur Janot
1967
The Defector
as Major Windisch
1966
Pater Brown
as Mister Level
1966
Die Katze im Sack
as Blend
1965
Stunden der Angst
as Hank Griffin
1964
The Waltz King
as Stieglitz
1964
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Lee Costello
1963
The Pirates of the Mississippi
as Doc Monrove
1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
as Kornatzky
1963
Verrückt und zugenäht
as Kralle Kaktus
1962
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
as Osrick
1961
One, Two, Three
as Fritz
1961
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
as Santamaria
1961
When Worlds Collide
as Ein Staatsanwalt
1961
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
as Dr. Hellwig
1961
Agatha, let the murdering be!
as Thomas Lorenzen
1960
Die Brücke des Schicksals
1960
Es ist soweit
as Pelford
1960
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Magier
1960
Conny und Peter machen Musik
as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
1960
Der Schleier fiel…
as Populescu
1960
Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as McGlade
1959
She Walks by Night
as Zuhälter
1959
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
1959
Ship of the Dead
as belgischer Kripobeamter
1959
Beautiful Adventure
as Fortuné Tallon
1959
Melodie und Rhythmus
as Mr. Mattusch
1959
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer
as Nick Knatterton
1959
A Song Goes Round the World
as Pianist Schlange
1958
Aren't We Wonderful
as Obmann Wehackel
1958
Resurrection
1958
Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie
as Stabsarzt
1958
Der Bettelstudent
as Major Wangenheim
1958
Eva Only Kisses Directors
as Herr Fuchs
1958
Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr.Timmler
1957
Begegnung mit Werther
as Bursche
1949