- Karl Ludwig Diehl was born on August 14, 1896 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Masken (1930), Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann (1938) and The Story of Vickie (1954). He was married to Mary von Ruffin. He died on March 8, 1958 in Gut Berghof, Penzberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpouseMary von Ruffin(1930 - March 8, 1958) (his death, 2 children)
- German leading actor, the son of an economist. He was trained at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and first acted on stage in Wiesbaden and Munich. In films from 1929, he played the occasional romantic lead but specialised primarily in dignified, gentlemanly roles, as diplomats, landowners or physicians. Also often as prominent authority figures (Kaiser Friederich III, Lord Melbourne, Generaloberst Ludwig Beck).
- In 1939 he was appointed to a states actor.
- He continued impersonating successful characters till the end of war.
- He was married since 1930 to Mary von Ruffin (1909-2002), sister of actor Kurt von Ruffin and father of 2 daughters.
- The actor Karl Ludwig Diehl took acting lessons after his examination but his ambitions were put aside for the time being because of the World War I.
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