Karl Lieffen
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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- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Achim Otto
- The Old Fox (1977) as August Ströbel
- Derrick (1974) as Johannes Brusius
- Derrick (1974) as Lagusta
- Derrick (1974) as Mr. Sparke
- Derrick (1974) as Albert Rabes
- Derrick (1974) as Heinrich Gruga
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- Großstadtrevier (1986) as Rostami
- Großstadtrevier (1986) as Podgorsky
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Zimmer frei! (1996) as Self
- Dalli Dalli (1971) as Self - Candidate
- Zum blauen Bock (1957) as Self
- Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) as Professor H. Bundschuh
- Das Kriminalmuseum (1963) as Kornatzky
- Die Männer vom K3 (1988) as Albert Kröger
- Einer wird gewinnen (1964) as Self
- Krimistunde (1982)
- Sonderdezernat K1 (1972) as Herr Eisenberger
- St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979)
- Pater Brown (1966) as Mister Level
- Dem Täter auf der Spur (1967) as Inspecteur Janot