Joseph Egger
Acting
1889-02-21 · Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. During the following decades, he also appeared at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Deutsches Theater in Munich. Besides acting Egger was a well-known music hall comedian, and he was famous for doing "tricks" with his beard. He received his first film offers during the 1930s and specialized on portraying eccentric old men in supporting roles. During the 1950s, he appeared in comedic roles in numerous Austrian Heimatfilms of that era. Internationally, Egger appeared as a character actor in the first two films of the Sergio Leone western "Dollars Trilogy": As the coffin-builder in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and as the Prophet in his final film appearance For a Few Dollars More (1965). Source: Article "Joseph Egger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography(60)
movieFor a Few Dollars More
as Old Prophet · 1965 · 8.0
movieBlack Eagle of Santa Fe
as Buddy · 1965 · 6.3
movieEin Ferienbett mit 100 PS
as Zulassungsbeamter · 1965 · 5.0
movieLiebesgrüße aus Tirol
as Sebastian Holl · 1964 · 7.0
movieConquerors of Arkansas
as Fishbury · 1964 · 5.0
movieA Fistful of Dollars
as Piripero · 1964 · 7.8
movieThe Model Boy
as Dienstmann · 1963 · 4.7
movieDas haben die Mädchen gern
as Tankwart · 1963 · 4.8
movieTanze mit mir in den Morgen
as der alte Zirbel · 1962 · 6.2
movieIm schwarzen Rössl
as Franz Joseph, Portier · 1961 · 7.1
movie… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
as Renter · 1961 · 6.3
movieThe White Horse Inn
as · 1960 · 6.7
movieSooo nicht, meine Herren
as Friedensrichter · 1960 · 7.0
movieMikosch of the Secret Service
as Oberst Wedel · 1959 · 6.3
movieChristine
as Theo's Landlord (uncredited) · 1958 · 6.3
movieWehe, wenn sie losgelassen
as Onkel Tobias · 1958 · 6.5
movieHoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch
as Franz Lechner · 1958 · 6.2
movieDer schönste Tag meines Lebens
as Blümel · 1957 · 6.8
movieWeißer Holunder
as Draxltoni · 1957 · 7.0
movieSiebenmal in der Woche
as Praxl · 1957 · 7.5
movieDer Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell
as · 1957 · 7.5
movieVater macht Karriere
as Älterer Saaldiener · 1957 · 7.0
movieDas alte Försterhaus
as Josef Kramer · 1956 · 5.3
movieWo die Lerche singt
as Stieglbauer · 1956 · 7.5