Joseph Egger
Acting · Born 1889-02-21 · age 77 at death · 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.
Titles
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Christine
The White Horse Inn
Im schwarzen Rössl
Der Hofrat Geiger
Conquerors of Arkansas
Die Fledermaus
Black Eagle of Santa Fe
Eine Nacht in Venedig
Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau
Die Fischerin vom Bodensee
Das Ferienkind
Liebe ist zollfrei
Weißer Holunder
Der Herr Kanzleirat
Der Seelenbräu
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
Der schönste Tag meines Lebens
Das haben die Mädchen gern
Mikosch of the Secret Service
The Model Boy
Liebesgrüße aus Tirol
Tanze mit mir in den Morgen
… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch
In Munich Stands a Hofbäuhaus
Child of the Danube
Das alte Försterhaus
Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS
Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth
Tanz ins Glück
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Trip Acquaintance
Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
Liebe, Sommer und Musik
Wo die Lerche singt
Siebenmal in der Woche
Das singende Hotel
Melody Beyond Love
Rauschende Melodien
Frühling auf dem Eis
Das Herz einer Frau
Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell
Girl's Dormitory
Judgement Day
Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof
Lifeguard in the women's bathroom
Vater macht Karriere
Die Perle von Tokay
Hochzeit im Heu
The White Horse Inn
Sooo nicht, meine Herren
Verklungenes Wien
Die Wirtin an der Lahn
Valentins Sündenfall
Die Verjüngungskur
Musik in Salzburg
Seesterne
Die goldene Fessel