Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen

1926-05-17 – 1999-01-13 (age 72) Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
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Biography

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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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Known For

The Defector
The Defector

1966

as Major Windisch

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One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three

1961

as Fritz

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Zweierlei Maß

1964

as Lucio

When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide

1961

as Ein Staatsanwalt

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Im weißen Rößl

1967

as Sigismund Sülzheimer

Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter

1968

as Britischer Geheimdienstchef

Rohe Ostern
Rohe Ostern

1996

as Opa Gustav

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Peter Brauer

1969

as Schmolcke

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Der Aufsteiger

1981

as Antonic

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Bartleby

1963

as Duncan

Heidi
Heidi

1968

as Sebastian

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Siedlung Arkadien

1967

as Dinga Mingh

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Der Winterschläfer

1959

as Kabinetts-Chef

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Schwiegerväter

1963

as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns

Rudy, the Racing Pig
Rudy, the Racing Pig

1995

as Buselmeier

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Wenn beide schuldig werden

1962

as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter

The Roaring Fifties
The Roaring Fifties

1983

as Major Blaschenko

Beautiful Adventure
Beautiful Adventure

1959

as Fortuné Tallon