Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen

1926-05-17 – 1999-01-13 (age 72) 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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Known For

One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three

1961

as Fritz

Heidi
Heidi

1968

as Sebastian

Resurrection
Otto - The Movie
Otto - The Movie

1985

as Flopmann

The Defector
The Defector

1966

as Major Windisch

The Roaring Fifties
The Roaring Fifties

1983

as Major Blaschenko

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
The Pirates of the Mississippi
She Walks by Night
She Walks by Night

1959

as Zuhälter

The Angels of the Street
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter

1968

as Britischer Geheimdienstchef

Rohe Ostern
Rohe Ostern

1996

as Opa Gustav

Rudy, the Racing Pig
Rudy, the Racing Pig

1995

as Buselmeier

Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?

1969

as Staatsanwalt Grundeis

The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall

1959

as Herr Hintz - der Dandy

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Der Winterschläfer

1959

as Kabinetts-Chef

Die Sendung der Lysistrata
Die Sendung der Lysistrata

1961

as Dr. Hellwig

Die Brücke des Schicksals
Die Brücke des Schicksals

1960

as 1. Mann im Zug

Ship of the Dead
Ship of the Dead

1959

as belgischer Kripobeamter

When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn

1967

as Karlchen Dincke