Karl Lieffen
Born: 1926-05-17 in Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
Died: 1999-01-13
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
1996
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Rohe Ostern as Opa Gustav
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Rudy, the Racing Pig as Buselmeier
1994
- Lutz & Hardy as Hardy van Bellen
1993
- Nicht von schlechten Eltern as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
- Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel as De Vries
- Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
1991
- Rothenbaumchaussee as o.A.
- Juhnke & Co. as Produzent
1990
- Der Millionenerbe as Konsul Reichmann
- Damals auf Burg Wutzenstein as Bruder Berthold
- The Great Debureau as ředitel Bertrand
1989
- Forsthaus Falkenau as Professor H. Bundschuh
- Die schnelle Gerdi as Reporter
1988
- Die Männer vom K3 as Albert Kröger
1987
- Der Elegante Hund
- Professor Bernhardi as Journalist Kulka
1986
- Großstadtrevier as Rostami
- Kir Royal as Toni Schultze
- Irgendwie und Sowieso as Weininger
- Die Wächter as Dr.White
- Schloßherren as Sebastian Peuker
- Nägel mit Köpfen as Industrieller
1985
- Oliver Maass as Eickelberg
- Otto - The Movie as Flopmann
1984
- Liebt diese Erde as Lübber
- Zinsen des Ruhms as Dr. Francoid
1983
- Die wilden Fünfziger as Major Blaschenko
- Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei
- Lass das, ich hass das as Uncle Franz
1982
- Krimistunde
- Der Andro-Jäger as Russischer Agent
- Ein gutes Land
1981
- In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Der Aufsteiger as Antonic
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
- Locker vom Hocker as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
- Der ganz normale Wahnsinn as Dr. Kornsack
- Der Wald
- Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand as Court Assistant
- Zwei Mann um einen Herd as Karl
1978
- Eine seltsame Bescherung as Jack MacCampbell
- Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1977
- The Old Fox as August Ströbel
1976
- Zwickelbach & Co as Immanuel Zwickelbach
- Aus nichtigem Anlaß as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
1975
- Tadellöser & Wolff as Karl Kempowski
- Lehmanns Erzählungen as Sir Bernard
1974
- Derrick as Johannes Brusius
- 3 nach 9 as Self
- Goldfüchse as Zweiter Landstreicher
- Madame Pompadour as Maurepas
- Preussenkorso Nr. 17
- Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
1973
- Lokaltermin as Sachverständiger Reinhold Feder
- Der rote Schal as James Bashwood
- Krieg im dritten Stock as Arzt
1972
- Sonderdezernat K1 as Herr Eisenberger
- Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners as Untersuchungsrichter
- Die Erbschaft as Pitolet
- Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners as Untersuchungsrichter
- Mensch, ärgere dich nicht as Max
1971
- Dalli Dalli as Self - Candidate
- Baden-Badener Roulette as Self
- Oliver as Staatsanwalt Lutz
- Geschäfte mit Plückhahn as Otto Rupp
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Achim Otto
- Wie man seinen Gatten los wird as Ains
1969
- The Angels of the Street as Radensky
- Should a Schoolgirl Tell? as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
- Damenquartett as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
- Vom Teufel geholt as Frederiksen
- Peter Brauer as Schmolcke
1968
- Heidi as Sebastian
- Madame Bovary as Lheureux
- Der Eismann kommt as Willie Oban
- Der Monat der fallenden Blätter as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
- Die Geschichte von Vasco as Leutnant Barberis
- Die Benachrichtigung as Hans Kubsch
- Napoleon in New Orleans as Carotte
1967
- Dem Täter auf der Spur as Inspecteur Janot
- When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn as Karlchen Dincke
- Jack of Diamonds as Helmut
- Siedlung Arkadien as Dinga Mingh
- Die Mohrin as Pierre
- Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung as Redbrook
- Im weißen Rößl as Sigismund Sülzheimer
1966
- Pater Brown as Mister Level
- Adrian der Tulpendieb as Kaspar
- The Defector as Major Windisch
- Pflicht ist Pflicht as Sawinsky
- Der Ritter vom Mirakel as Lofraso
- Der Richter von London as Hodge
- Destry reitet wieder as Slade
1965
- Die Katze im Sack as Blend
1964
- Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- Zwei Herren aus Verona as Turio
- Die Reise um die Erde as Fix
- The Waltz King as Stieglitz
- Zweierlei Maß as Lucio
- Stunden der Angst as Hank Griffin
1963
- Das Kriminalmuseum as Kornatzky
- The Pirates of the Mississippi as Doc Monrove
- Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 as Lee Costello
- Bartleby as Duncan
- Talente und Verehrer as Bakin
- Schwiegerväter as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
1962
- Wenn beide schuldig werden as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
- Verrückt und zugenäht as Kralle Kaktus
1961
- One, Two, Three as Fritz
- Die Sendung der Lysistrata as Dr. Hellwig
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Osrick
- The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi as Santamaria
- When Worlds Collide as Ein Staatsanwalt
- Jack Mortimer
- Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour as Moritz
1960
- Es ist soweit as Pelford
- Die Brücke des Schicksals
- Orientalische Nächte as Pierre
- Der Schleier fiel… as Populescu
- Agatha, let the murdering be! as Thomas Lorenzen
- Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben as Magier
- Conny und Peter machen Musik as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
1959
- Ship of the Dead as belgischer Kripobeamter
- She Walks by Night as Zuhälter
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
- Kasimir und Karoline as Arzt
- Der Winterschläfer as Kabinetts-Chef
- Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht as McGlade
- Nick Knattertons Abenteuer as Nick Knatterton
- Beautiful Adventure as Fortuné Tallon
- Melodie und Rhythmus as Mr. Mattusch
1958
- Resurrection
- Aren't We Wonderful as Obmann Wehackel
- Eva Only Kisses Directors as Herr Fuchs
- A Song Goes Round the World as Pianist Schlange
- Ein gewisser Judas as Der Polizist
- Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie as Stabsarzt
- Der Bettelstudent as Major Wangenheim
1957
- Zum blauen Bock as Self
- Sharks and Little Fish as Dr.Timmler
1950
1949
- Begegnung mit Werther as Bursche