Karl Lieffen
Birthday: 1926-05-17 | Place of Birth: Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]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
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Acting
Role
as Opa Gustav
as Buselmeier
as Hardy van Bellen
as o.A.
as Industrieller
as Eickelberg
as Flopmann
as Uncle Franz
as Immanuel Zwickelbach
as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
as Karl Kempowski
as Arzt
as James Bashwood
as Max
as Untersuchungsrichter
as Otto Rupp
as Frederiksen
as Radensky
as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
as Hans Kubsch
as Lheureux
as Sebastian
as Willie Oban
as Helmut
as Inspecteur Janot
as Karlchen Dincke
as Kaspar
as Major Windisch
