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 Wilders One Two Three He died in Starnberg Germany Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia