Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen
Born	May 17, 1926(1926-05-17) Osek, Czechoslovakia
Died	January 13, 1999(1999-01-13) (aged 72) Starnberg, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949 – 1998

Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, 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.

Selected filmography

• The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961)
• One, Two, Three (1961)
• Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 (1963)
• The Defector (1966)
• Derrick - Season 1, Episode 01: "Waldweg" (1974)
• Derrick - Season 4, Episode 01: "Yellow He" (1977)
• Derrick - Season 9, Episode 4: "Ein Fall für Harry" (1982)

External links

• Karl Lieffen at the Internet Movie Database