Karl Lieffen
Actor
- Born
- May 17, 1926 · Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
- Died
- January 13, 1999 (age 72)
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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.
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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
December 15, 1961
Otto - The Movie
July 19, 1985
Ship of the Dead
October 1, 1959
Rudy, the Racing Pig
January 1, 1995
Heidi
November 1, 1968
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
December 25, 1961
Aren't We Wonderful
October 28, 1958
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
December 31, 1963
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
October 14, 1959
The Angels of the Street
October 23, 1969
The Defector
October 19, 1966
The Pirates of the Mississippi
October 17, 1963
Acting98
- 1996Rohe Ostern as Opa Gustav
- 1995Rudy, the Racing Pig as Buselmeier
- 1993Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
- 1991Rothenbaumchaussee as o.A.
- 1987Professor Bernhardi as Journalist Kulka
- 1986Nägel mit Köpfen as Industrieller
- 1986Schloßherren as Sebastian Peuker
- 1985Otto - The Movie as Flopmann
- 1984Zinsen des Ruhms as Dr. Francoid
- 1983Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei