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
- Juhnke & Co. as Produzent
- Rothenbaumchaussee as o.A.
1990
- The Great Debureau as ředitel Bertrand
- Damals auf Burg Wutzenstein as Bruder Berthold
- Der Millionenerbe as Konsul Reichmann
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
- Die Wächter as Dr.White
- Irgendwie und Sowieso as Weininger
- 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
- The Roaring Fifties 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
- Zwei Mann um einen Herd as Karl
- Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand as Court Assistant
- Der Wald
1978
- Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
- Eine seltsame Bescherung as Jack MacCampbell
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
- Madame Pompadour as Maurepas
- Preussenkorso Nr. 17
- Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
- Goldfüchse as Zweiter Landstreicher
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
- Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners as Untersuchungsrichter
- Mensch, ärgere dich nicht as Max
- Die Erbschaft as Pitolet
1971
- Dalli Dalli as Self - Candidate
- Baden-Badener Roulette as Self
- Geschäfte mit Plückhahn as Otto Rupp
- Oliver as Staatsanwalt Lutz
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Achim Otto
- Wie man seinen Gatten los wird as Ains
1969
- Peter Brauer as Schmolcke
- Should a Schoolgirl Tell? as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
- The Angels of the Street as Radensky
- Damenquartett as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
- Vom Teufel geholt as Frederiksen
1968
- Der Monat der fallenden Blätter as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
- Heidi as Sebastian
- Madame Bovary as Lheureux
- Napoleon in New Orleans as Carotte
- Der Eismann kommt as Willie Oban
- Die Geschichte von Vasco as Leutnant Barberis
- Die Benachrichtigung as Hans Kubsch
1967
- Dem Täter auf der Spur as Inspecteur Janot
- Im weißen Rößl as Sigismund Sülzheimer
- Jack of Diamonds as Helmut
- Siedlung Arkadien as Dinga Mingh
- When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn as Karlchen Dincke
- Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung as Redbrook
- Die Mohrin as Pierre
1966
- Pater Brown as Mister Level
- The Defector as Major Windisch
- Adrian der Tulpendieb as Kaspar
- Der Ritter vom Mirakel as Lofraso
- Destry reitet wieder as Slade
- Pflicht ist Pflicht as Sawinsky
- Der Richter von London as Hodge
1965
- Die Katze im Sack as Blend
1964
- Einer wird gewinnen as Self
- Zweierlei Maß as Lucio
- The Waltz King as Stieglitz
- Zwei Herren aus Verona as Turio
- Stunden der Angst as Hank Griffin
- Die Reise um die Erde as Fix
1963
- Das Kriminalmuseum as Kornatzky
- Schwiegerväter as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
- The Pirates of the Mississippi as Doc Monrove
- Bartleby as Duncan
- Talente und Verehrer as Bakin
- Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 as Lee Costello
1962
- Verrückt und zugenäht as Kralle Kaktus
- Wenn beide schuldig werden as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
1961
- One, Two, Three as Fritz
- When Worlds Collide as Ein Staatsanwalt
- Die Sendung der Lysistrata as Dr. Hellwig
- The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi as Santamaria
- Jack Mortimer
- Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour as Moritz
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Osrick
1960
- Orientalische Nächte as Pierre
- Es ist soweit as Pelford
- Die Brücke des Schicksals as 1. Mann im Zug
- Agatha, let the murdering be! as Thomas Lorenzen
- Conny und Peter machen Musik as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
- Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben as Magier
- Der Schleier fiel… as Populescu
1959
- Ship of the Dead as belgischer Kripobeamter
- Der Winterschläfer as Kabinetts-Chef
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
- Beautiful Adventure as Fortuné Tallon
- Kasimir und Karoline as Arzt
- She Walks by Night as Zuhälter
- Nick Knattertons Abenteuer as Nick Knatterton
- Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht as McGlade
- Melodie und Rhythmus as Mr. Mattusch
1958
- Resurrection
- Aren't We Wonderful as Obmann Wehackel
- Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie as Stabsarzt
- A Song Goes Round the World as Pianist Schlange
- Der Bettelstudent as Major Wangenheim
- Eva Only Kisses Directors as Herr Fuchs
- Ein gewisser Judas as Der Polizist
1957
- Zum blauen Bock as Self
- Sharks and Little Fish as Dr.Timmler
1950
1949
- Begegnung mit Werther as Bursche