Karl Lieffen

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.