Personal Info
Birth date
1926-05-17 (99 Years)
Day of death
1999-01-13
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
Also known as
Karel František Lifka
Karl Lieffen
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Die Harald Schmidt Show
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Overview:
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.Derrick
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Overview:
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.Der Alte
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Overview:
A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.Scene of the Crime
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Overview:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.Großstadtrevier
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Overview:
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.Das Kriminalmuseum
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Overview:
Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.Kir Royal
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Overview:
Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters is a six-part television series by Helmut Dietl from the year 1986. This is a parody of the Munich newspaper, their gossip reporter Michael Graeter and Issuer Anneliese Friedmann. The series about the tabloid reporter Baby Schimmerlos plays in the Munich "Schicki-Micki" scene of the 1980s.Nicht von schlechten Eltern
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The Schefer family is moving from Kiel to Bremen. Wolfgang Schefer is a Captain in the German Navy and the Commander of the Navy base in Bremen. Sybille wants to get back to her old job--she was a teacher before she and Wolfgang had their first child, Felix. There is just one problem: she works at the same school attended by their children: Felix, Henrietta (Jenny), Moritz, and Alexander (Alex).Acting
1996Zimmer frei! (1 Episode) as Self
1996Rohe Ostern as Opa Gustav
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (1 Episode) as Self
1995Rudy, the Racing Pig as Buselmeier
1994Lutz & Hardy (17 Episodes) as Hardy van Bellen
1993Nicht von schlechten Eltern (2 Episodes) as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
1993Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel (1 Episode) as De Vries
1993Mein Mann ist mein Hobby as Unknown
1991Juhnke & Co. (12 Episodes) as Produzent
1991Rothenbaumchaussee as o.A.
1990Der Millionenerbe (1 Episode) as Konsul Reichmann
1990Damals auf Burg Wutzenstein (12 Episodes) as Bruder Berthold
1990The Great Debureau (1 Episode) as ředitel Bertrand
1989Die schnelle Gerdi (1 Episode) as Reporter
1989Forsthaus Falkenau (1 Episode) as Professor H. Bundschuh
1988Die Männer vom K3 (1 Episode) as Albert Kröger
1987Der Elegante Hund (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Professor Bernhardi as Journalist Kulka
1986Großstadtrevier (1, 1 Episode) as Podgorsky, Rostami
1986Irgendwie und Sowieso (1 Episode) as Weininger
1986Kir Royal (1 Episode) as Toni Schultze
1986Nägel mit Köpfen as Industrieller
1986Die Wächter (1 Episode) as Dr.White
1986Schloßherren as Sebastian Peuker
1985Oliver Maass (6 Episodes) as Eickelberg
1985Otto - The Movie as Flopmann
1984Liebt diese Erde (6 Episodes) as Lübber
1984Zinsen des Ruhms as Dr. Francoid
1983Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei as Unknown
1983Lass das, ich hass das as Uncle Franz
1983Die wilden Fünfziger as Major Blaschenko
1982Der Andro-Jäger (1 Episode) as Russischer Agent
1982Krimistunde (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Ein gutes Land as Unknown
1981In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer as Unknown
1981Der Aufsteiger as Antonic
1979St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Locker vom Hocker (1 Episode) as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
1979NDR Talk Show (1 Episode) as Self
1979Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand as Court Assistant
1979Der Wald as Unknown
1979Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1 Episode) as Dr. Kornsack
1978Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk as Unknown
1978Eine seltsame Bescherung as Jack MacCampbell
1977Der Alte (1 Episode) as August Ströbel
1976Aus nichtigem Anlaß as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
1976Zwickelbach & Co (13 Episodes) as Immanuel Zwickelbach
1975Tadellöser & Wolff (2 Episodes) as Karl Kempowski
1975Lehmanns Erzählungen as Sir Bernard
19743 nach 9 (1 Episode) as Self
1974Derrick (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Johannes Brusius, Lagusta, Mr. Sparke, Albert Rabes, Heinrich Gruga
1974Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas as Unknown
1974Madame Pompadour as Maurepas
1974Preussenkorso Nr. 17 as Unknown
1974Goldfüchse as Zweiter Landstreicher
1973Der rote Schal (3 Episodes) as James Bashwood
1973Lokaltermin (1 Episode) as Sachverständiger Reinhold Feder
1973Krieg im dritten Stock as Arzt
1972Mensch, ärgere dich nicht as Max
1972Sonderdezernat K1 (1 Episode) as Herr Eisenberger
1972Die Erbschaft as Pitolet
1972Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners as Untersuchungsrichter
1971Baden-Badener Roulette (1 Episode) as Self
1971Geschäfte mit Plückhahn as Otto Rupp
1971Oliver as Staatsanwalt Lutz
1971Dalli Dalli (2 Episodes) as Self - Candidate
1970Scene of the Crime (1 Episode) as Achim Otto
1970Wie man seinen Gatten los wird as Ains
1969The Angels of the Street as Radensky
1969Should a Schoolgirl Tell? as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
1969Peter Brauer as Schmolcke
1969Damenquartett as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
1969Vom Teufel geholt as Frederiksen
1968Heidi as Sebastian
1968Der Eismann kommt as Willie Oban
1968Die Geschichte von Vasco as Leutnant Barberis
1968Napoleon in New Orleans as Carotte
1968Madame Bovary as Lheureux
1968Die Benachrichtigung as Hans Kubsch
1968Der Monat der fallenden Blätter as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
1967Jack of Diamonds as Helmut
1967When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn as Karlchen Dincke
1967Dem Täter auf der Spur (17 Episodes) as Inspecteur Janot
1967Siedlung Arkadien as Dinga Mingh
1967Die Mohrin as Pierre
1967Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung as Redbrook
1967Im weißen Rößl as Sigismund Sülzheimer
1966Destry reitet wieder as Slade
1966The Defector as Major Windisch
1966Adrian der Tulpendieb (6 Episodes) as Kaspar
1966Der Ritter vom Mirakel as Lofraso
1966Der Richter von London as Hodge
1966Pflicht ist Pflicht as Sawinsky
1966Pater Brown (1 Episode) as Mister Level
1965Die Katze im Sack (2 Episodes) as Blend
1964Zweierlei Maß as Lucio
1964Stunden der Angst as Hank Griffin
1964Die Reise um die Erde as Fix
1964Zwei Herren aus Verona as Turio
1964The Waltz King as Stieglitz
1964Einer wird gewinnen (1 Episode) as Self
1963Piccadilly Zero Hour 12 as Lee Costello
1963The Pirates of the Mississippi as Doc Monrove
1963Talente und Verehrer as Bakin
1963Bartleby as Duncan
1963Das Kriminalmuseum (1 Episode) as Kornatzky
1963Schwiegerväter as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
1962Verrückt und zugenäht as Kralle Kaktus
1962Wenn beide schuldig werden as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
1961Hamlet, Prince of Denmark as Osrick
1961Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour as Moritz
1961One, Two, Three as Fritz
1961Jack Mortimer as Unknown
1961The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi as Santamaria
1961When Worlds Collide as Ein Staatsanwalt
1961Die Sendung der Lysistrata as Dr. Hellwig
1960Agatha, let the murdering be! as Thomas Lorenzen
1960Die Brücke des Schicksals as Unknown
1960Es ist soweit (6 Episodes) as Pelford
1960Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben as Magier
1960Conny und Peter machen Musik as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
1960Der Schleier fiel… as Populescu
1960Orientalische Nächte as Pierre
1959Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht as McGlade
1959She Walks by Night as Zuhälter
1959The Man Who Walked Through the Wall as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
1959Ship of the Dead as belgischer Kripobeamter
1959Beautiful Adventure as Fortuné Tallon
1959Kasimir und Karoline as Arzt
1959Melody and Rhythms as Herr Mattusch
1959Der Winterschläfer as Kabinetts-Chef
1959Nick Knattertons Abenteuer as Nick Knatterton
1958Ein gewisser Judas as Der Polizist
1958A Song Goes Round the World as Pianist Schlange
1958Aren't We Wonderful as Obmann Wehackel
1958Resurrection as Unknown
1958Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie as Stabsarzt
1958Der Bettelstudent as Major Wangenheim
1958Eva Only Kisses Directors as Herr Fuchs
1957Sharks and Little Fish as Dr.Timmler
1957Zum blauen Bock (2 Episodes) as Self
1950Sensation im Savoy as Unknown
1949Begegnung mit Werther as Bursche