Name
Karl Lieffen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-05-17
Deathday
1999-01-13 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
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.
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Known For
One, Two, Three
(425 Votes)
7.504
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked w...
Relase Date : 15 Dec, 1961
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Ship of the Dead
(34 Votes)
6.632
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yor...
Relase Date : 1 Oct, 1959
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Rudy, the Racing Pig
(17 Votes)
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Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their f...
Relase Date : 1 Jan, 1995
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The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
(11 Votes)
7.2
Mr. Buchsbaum, third class taxes employee, lives a peaceful life until the new chief immed...
Relase Date : 14 Oct, 1959
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Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
(11 Votes)
6.909
Mike Hilton served eight years in prison for being innocent. When he is released from pris...
Relase Date : 31 Dec, 1963
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(14 Votes)
2.786
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarry...
Relase Date : 25 Dec, 1961
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Otto - The Movie
(144 Votes)
6.493
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan s...
Relase Date : 19 Jul, 1985
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Aren't We Wonderful
(13 Votes)
6.9
Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 2...
Relase Date : 28 Oct, 1958
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1961 One, Two, Three as Fritz
- 1966 The Defector as Major Windisch
- 1959 She Walks by Night as Zuhälter
- 1969 The Angels of the Street as Radensky
- 1991 Rothenbaumchaussee as o.A.
- 1978 Eine seltsame Bescherung as Jack MacCampbell
- 1958 Aren't We Wonderful as Obmann Wehackel
- 1966 Pflicht ist Pflicht as Sawinsky
- 1959 Beautiful Adventure as Fortuné Tallon
- 1967 Jack of Diamonds as Helmut
- 1967 When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn as Karlchen Dincke
- 1963 The Pirates of the Mississippi as Doc Monrove
- 1983 Lass das, ich hass das as Uncle Franz
- 1958 Der Bettelstudent as Major Wangenheim
- 1962 Verrückt und zugenäht as Kralle Kaktus
- 1958 A Song Goes Round the World as Pianist Schlange
- 1960 Agatha, let the murdering be! as Thomas Lorenzen
- 1972 Mensch, ärgere dich nicht as Max
- 1957 Sharks and Little Fish as Dr.Timmler
- 1983 The Roaring Fifties as Major Blaschenko
- 1960 Conny und Peter machen Musik as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
- 1961 The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi as Santamaria
- 1979 Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand as Court Assistant
- 1959 The Man Who Walked Through the Wall as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
- 1959 Melodie und Rhythmus as Mr. Mattusch
- 1959 Nick Knattertons Abenteuer as Nick Knatterton
- 1985 Otto - The Movie as Flopmann
- 1963 Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 as Lee Costello
- 1995 Rudy, the Racing Pig as Buselmeier
- 1961 Die Sendung der Lysistrata as Dr. Hellwig
- 1959 Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht as McGlade
- 1961 Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour as Moritz
- 1959 Ship of the Dead as belgischer Kripobeamter
- 1963 Schwiegerväter as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
- 1970 Wie man seinen Gatten los wird as Ains
- 1958 Eva Only Kisses Directors as Herr Fuchs
- 1964 Zwei Herren aus Verona as Turio
- 1967 Im weißen Rößl as Sigismund Sülzheimer
- 1964 The Waltz King as Stieglitz
- 1971 Geschäfte mit Plückhahn as Otto Rupp
- 1961 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Osrick
- 1969 Vom Teufel geholt as Frederiksen
- 1973 Krieg im dritten Stock as Arzt
- 1964 Zweierlei Maß as Lucio
- 1961 When Worlds Collide as Ein Staatsanwalt
- 1968 Madame Bovary as Lheureux
- 1966 Der Richter von London as Hodge
- 1960 Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben as Magier
- 1964 Stunden der Angst as Hank Griffin
- 1968 Die Benachrichtigung as Hans Kubsch
- 1983 Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei
- 1966 Destry reitet wieder as Slade
- 1974 Goldfüchse as Zweiter Landstreicher
- 1962 Wenn beide schuldig werden as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
- 1976 Aus nichtigem Anlaß as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
- 1978 Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
- 1966 Der Ritter vom Mirakel as Lofraso
- 1996 Rohe Ostern as Opa Gustav
- 1986 Nägel mit Köpfen as Industrieller
- 1963 Talente und Verehrer as Bakin
- 1968 Die Geschichte von Vasco as Leutnant Barberis
- 1974 Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
- 1993 Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
- 1974 Preussenkorso Nr. 17
- 1972 Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners as Untersuchungsrichter
- 1981 In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 1959 Kasimir und Karoline as Arzt
- 1971 Oliver as Staatsanwalt Lutz
- 1969 Peter Brauer as Schmolcke
- 1986 Schloßherren as Sebastian Peuker
- 1979 Der Wald
- 1969 Damenquartett as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
- 1968 Der Eismann kommt as Willie Oban
- 1975 Lehmanns Erzählungen as Sir Bernard
- 1960 Die Brücke des Schicksals as 1. Mann im Zug
- 1960 Der Schleier fiel… as Populescu
- 1969 Should a Schoolgirl Tell? as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
- 1960 Orientalische Nächte as Pierre
- 1984 Zinsen des Ruhms as Dr. Francoid
- 1981 Der Aufsteiger as Antonic
- 1958 Ein gewisser Judas as Der Polizist
- 1964 Die Reise um die Erde as Fix
- 1968 Heidi as Sebastian
- 1958 Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie as Stabsarzt
- 1967 Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung as Redbrook
- 1963 Bartleby as Duncan
- 1949 Begegnung mit Werther as Bursche
- 1974 Madame Pompadour as Maurepas
- 1987 Professor Bernhardi as Journalist Kulka
- 1959 Der Winterschläfer as Kabinetts-Chef
- 1958 Resurrection
- 1968 Napoleon in New Orleans as Carotte
- 1967 Die Mohrin as Pierre
- 1950 Sensation im Savoy
- 1967 Siedlung Arkadien as Dinga Mingh
- 1982 Ein gutes Land
- 1972 Die Erbschaft as Pitolet
- 1968 Der Monat der fallenden Blätter as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
- 1961 Jack Mortimer
- 1963 Das Kriminalmuseum ( 1 episode ) as Kornatzky
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Achim Otto
- 1966 Adrian der Tulpendieb ( 6 episodes ) as Kaspar
- 1986 Kir Royal ( 1 episode ) as Toni Schultze
- 1989 Die schnelle Gerdi ( 1 episode ) as Reporter
- 1979 St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Dem Täter auf der Spur ( 17 episodes ) as Inspecteur Janot
- 1986 Großstadtrevier ( 1 episode ) as Rostami
- 1986 Großstadtrevier ( 1 episode ) as Podgorsky
- 1985 Oliver Maass ( 6 episodes ) as Eickelberg
- 1988 Die Männer vom K3 ( 1 episode ) as Albert Kröger
- 1994 Lutz & Hardy ( 17 episodes ) as Hardy van Bellen
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Johannes Brusius
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Lagusta
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as August Ströbel
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Sparke
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Albert Rabes
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Heinrich Gruga
- 1993 Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel ( 1 episode ) as De Vries
- 1972 Sonderdezernat K1 ( 1 episode ) as Herr Eisenberger
- 1982 Der Andro-Jäger ( 1 episode ) as Russischer Agent
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Der Elegante Hund ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Lokaltermin ( 1 episode ) as Sachverständiger Reinhold Feder
- 1989 Forsthaus Falkenau ( 1 episode ) as Professor H. Bundschuh
- 1979 Der ganz normale Wahnsinn ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Kornsack
- 1976 Zwickelbach & Co ( 13 episodes ) as Immanuel Zwickelbach
- 1984 Liebt diese Erde ( 6 episodes ) as Lübber
- 1990 Der Millionenerbe ( 1 episode ) as Konsul Reichmann
- 1986 Die Wächter ( 1 episode ) as Dr.White
- 1971 Baden-Badener Roulette ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 Irgendwie und Sowieso ( 1 episode ) as Weininger
- 1993 Nicht von schlechten Eltern ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
- 1966 Pater Brown ( 1 episode ) as Mister Level
- 1982 Krimistunde ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Tadellöser & Wolff ( 2 episodes ) as Karl Kempowski
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Candidate
- 1990 Damals auf Burg Wutzenstein ( 12 episodes ) as Bruder Berthold
- 1991 Juhnke & Co. ( 12 episodes ) as Produzent
- 1964 Einer wird gewinnen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 Locker vom Hocker ( 1 episode ) as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
- 1990 The Great Debureau ( 1 episode ) as ředitel Bertrand
- 1957 Zum blauen Bock ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 Zimmer frei! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 3 nach 9 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 Es ist soweit ( 6 episodes ) as Pelford
- 1973 Der rote Schal ( 3 episodes ) as James Bashwood
- 1965 Die Katze im Sack ( 2 episodes ) as Blend
- 1979 Zwei Mann um einen Herd ( 4 episodes ) as Karl
- 1972 Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners ( 2 episodes ) as Untersuchungsrichter
