Karl Lieffen(1926-1999)
- Actor
German character actor on screen, TV and stage. Trained in Brunswick he
had his stage debut in Freiburg. Later he was on stage in Frankfurt and
since 1975 in Munich. After more and more bigger filmparts since 1949
he played his only leading role in
The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon (1959).
Then he became a very busy supporting actor in over fifty movies.
Director Billy Wilder gave him the part as
Chauffeur Fritz in
One, Two, Three (1961) opposite
James Cagney. He starred in several TV
serials in Germany, best known as Inspector Janot in the longtime
serial
Dem Täter auf der Spur (1967)
between 1967-73 and in
Lutz & Hardy (1994). His most
recognized and superb role was as Vater Kempowski in
Tadellöser & Wolff (1975).
He had his last appearance as guest-star in the final episode of
Derrick (1974) in 1998.
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