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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...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
The Old FoxSeries • 1977
DerrickSeries • 1974
GroßstadtrevierSeries • 1986
Forsthaus FalkenauSeries • 1989
Die Männer vom K3Series • 1988
Das KriminalmuseumSeries • 1963
St. Pauli-LandungsbrückenSeries • 1979
One, Two, ThreeMovie • 1961
Otto - The MovieMovie • 1985
Ship of the DeadMovie • 1959