Joseph Egger

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria], 1889-02-21

Died: 1966-08-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	The White Horse Inn		0
2	1943	Das Ferienkind	Kegelbruder	65
3	1943	Trip Acquaintance	Postman	40
4	1944	Musik in Salzburg	Parkwächter	0
5	1946	Die Fledermaus	Frosch	80
6	1947	Der Hofrat Geiger	Der alte Windischgruber	71
7	1948	Der Herr Kanzleirat	Briefträger	60
8	1950	Der Seelenbräu		68
9	1950	Die Verjüngungskur	Vinzenz	0
10	1950	Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies	Biangetti, Portier	60
11	1951	Hochzeit im Heu	Ferdinand Hauderer	0
12	1951	Frühling auf dem Eis	Ober im Weinlokal (as Josef Egger)	60
13	1951	Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau	Adalbert Kürenberg	68
14	1951	Das Herz einer Frau		40
15	1951	Verklungenes Wien		0
16	1951	Tanz ins Glück	Heinz Falkenhayn	20
17	1951	Valentins Sündenfall	Blasius Rogner	0
18	1952	In Munich stands a Hofbäuhaus	Petiti	62
19	1952	Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth	Briefträger Seppl	50
20	1952	Seesterne	(unconfirmed)	0
21	1953	Das singende Hotel	Hotelportier	60
22	1953	Eine Nacht in Venedig	Barbuccio	58
23	1954	Die Perle von Tokay	Janek, Offiziersdiener	0
24	1954	Melody Beyond Love		60
25	1954	Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel	Wiebel	100
26	1955	Rauschende Melodien		70
27	1955	Die Wirtin an der Lahn		0
28	1956	Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof	Kerstl, Pruggers Kutscher	0
29	1956	Lifeguard in the women's bathroom	Ypsilon	0
30	1956	Die Fischerin vom Bodensee	Großvater Gassl	52
31	1956	Liebe, Sommer und Musik	Alois Rinnerthaler	40
32	1956	Wo die Lerche singt	Stieglbauer	60
33	1956	Das alte Försterhaus	Josef Kramer	35
34	1957	Vater macht Karriere	Älterer Saaldiener	0
35	1957	Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell		50
36	1957	Siebenmal in der Woche	Praxl	50
37	1957	Weißer Holunder	Draxltoni	63
38	1957	Der schönste Tag meines Lebens	Blümel	63
39	1958	Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch	Franz Lechner	45
40	1958	Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen	Onkel Tobias	63
41	1958	Christine	Theo's Landlord (uncredited)	63
42	1959	Mikosch im Geheimdienst	Oberst Wedel	45
43	1960	Sooo nicht, meine Herren	Friedensrichter	0
44	1960	The White Horse Inn		67
45	1961	… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier	Renter	60
46	1961	Im schwarzen Rössl	Franz Joseph, Portier	71
47	1962	Tanze mit mir in den Morgen	der alte Zirbel	42
48	1963	Das haben die Mädchen gern	Tankwart	40
49	1963	The Model Boy	Dienstmann	25
50	1964	A Fistful of Dollars	Piripero	78
51	1964	Conquerors of Arkansas	Fishbury	46
52	1964	Liebesgrüße aus Tirol	Sebastian Holl	60
53	1965	Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS	Zulassungsbeamter	20
54	1965	Black Eagle of Santa Fe	Buddy	61
55	1965	For a Few Dollars More	Old Prophet	80

Joseph Egger

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