{{short description|German actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Karl Lieffen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|5|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Osek (Teplice District)|Ossegg (Osek)]], Czechoslovakia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|1|13|1926|5|17|df=yes}} | death_place = [[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 more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.
==Biography== He was born in [[Osek (Teplice District)|Ossegg (Osek)]], [[Czechoslovakia]] and attended drama classes at [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Heer]] School of Music in [[Bückeburg]]. In 1946 he started his theatre career in [[Freiburg im Breisgau|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 the brisk chauffeur Fritz in [[Billy Wilder]]'s ''[[One, Two, Three]]''. He died in [[Starnberg]], Germany.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HjGCwAAQBAJ&q=Karl+Lieffen|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|first=Harris M. Lentz|last=III|date=1 July 2000|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452040|accessdate=4 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[Encounter with Werther]]'' (1949) - Bediensteter Bursche * ''[[Sensation in Savoy]]'' (1950) * ''[[The Beggar Student (1956 film)|The Beggar Student]]'' (1956) - Major Wangenheim * ''Haie und kleine Fische'' (1957) - Dr. Timmler * ''Eva küßt nur Direktoren'' (1958) - Herr Fuchs * ''[[Mikosch, the Pride of the Company]]'' (1958) - Stabsarzt * ''[[Resurrection (1958 film)|Resurrection]]'' (1958) * ''[[Wir Wunderkinder]]'' (1958) - Wehackel (uncredited) * ''[[A Song Goes Round the World (1958 film)|A Song Goes Round the World]]'' (1958) - Pianist Schlange * ''[[Nick Knatterton’s Adventure]]'' (1959) - [[Nick Knatterton]] * ''[[Dorothea Angermann]]'' (1959) * ''Melodie und Rhythmus'' (1959) - Otto Mattusch * ''[[The Beautiful Adventure (1959 film)|The Beautiful Adventure]]'' (1959) - Fotograf Fortuné Tallon * ''[[The Death Ship (1959 film)|The Death Ship]]'' (1959) - Belgischer Kripobeamter * ''[[The Man Who Walked Through the Wall]]'' (1959) - Herr Hintz - der Dandy * ''[[Love Now, Pay Later]]'' (1959) - Zuhälter * ''Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht'' (1959) - McGlade * ''Orientalische Nächte'' (1960) - Pierre * ''{{ill|Der Schleier fiel|de|Der Schleier fiel…}}'' (1960) - Populescu * ''[[Conny and Peter Make Music]]'' (1960) - Grossi * ''[[A Woman for Life]]'' (1960) - Magier * ''Die Brücke des Schicksals'' (1960) * ''[[Agatha, Stop That Murdering!]]'' (1960) - Thomas Lorenzen * ''[[The Time Has Come (TV series)|The Time Has Come]]'' (1960, TV series) - Pelford * ''[[Hamlet (1961 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1961) - Osric * ''{{Ill|Lysistrata (1961 film)|de|3=Die Sendung der Lysistrata|lt=Lysistrata}}'' (1961) - Dr. Hellwig * ''[[The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi|Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi]]'' (1961) - Santamaria * ''[[One, Two, Three]]'' (1961) - Fritz * ''[[The Phony American|Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour]]'' (1961) - Moritz * ''Wenn beide schuldig werden'' (1962) - Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter * ''Verrückt und zugenäht'' (1962) - Kralle Kaktus, Gewohnheitsganove * ''[[The Pirates of the Mississippi (film)|The Pirates of the Mississippi]]'' (1963) - Doc Monrove * ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' (1963, Episode: "{{Interlanguage link|The Waltz King (Disney)|de|3=Liebe im 3/4-Takt|lt=The Waltz King}}") - Stieglitz * ''[[Piccadilly Zero Hour 12|Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf]]'' (1963) - Lee Costello * ''[[The Defector (film)|The Defector]]'' (1966) - Major Windisch * ''[[When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn]]'' (1967) - Karlchen Dincke * ''[[Jack of Diamonds (1967 film)|Jack of Diamonds]]'' (1967) - Helmut * ''[[Heidi (1968 film)|Heidi]]'' (1968, TV Movie) - Sebastian * ''[[Dem Täter auf der Spur]]'' (1968–1973, TV Series) - Inspecteur Janot * ''{{ill|Should a Schoolgirl Tell?|de|Josefine, das liebestolle Kätzchen}}'' (1969) - Grundeis, Prosecutor * ''[[Angels of the Street (1969 film)|Angels of the Street]]'' (1969) - Radensky * ''[[Don't Get Angry]]'' (1972) - Max * ''[[Derrick (TV series)|Derrick]]'' (1974–1998, TV Series) - Lagusta / Johannes Brusius / Heinrich Gruga / Herr Sparke (final appearance) * ''[[Tadellöser & Wolff]]'' (1975, TV Mini-Series) - Karl Kempowski * ''[[Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (1979 film)|Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand]]'' (1979) - Assessor Olearius * ''[[It Can Only Get Worse]]'' (1979) - Dr. Kornsack * ''Ein gutes Land'' (1982) * ''Lass das – ich hass das'' (1983) - Onkel Franz * ''[[The Roaring Fifties]]'' (1983) - Major Blaschenko * ''Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei'' (1983) * ''[[Otto – Der Film]]'' (1985) - Floppmann * ''Nägel mit Köpfen'' (1986) - Industrieller * ''[[Die Wächter]]'' (1986, TV miniseries) - Doctor White * ''{{ill|Rudy, the Racing Pig|de|Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel (Film)}}'' (1995) - Buselmeier * ''{{Interlanguage link|Rohe Ostern|de}}'' (1996) - Grandpa Gustav {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0509586|Karl Lieffen}}
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