Joseph Egger
Actor
Biography
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).
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Filmography
For a Few Dollars More
as Old Prophet 1965
Christine
as Theo's Landlord (uncredited) 1958
The White Horse Inn
1960
Im schwarzen Rössl
as Franz Joseph, Portier 1961
Der Hofrat Geiger
as Der alte Windischgruber 1947
Conquerors of Arkansas
as Fishbury 1964
Die Fledermaus
as Frosch 1946
Black Eagle of Santa Fe
as Buddy 1965
Eine Nacht in Venedig
as Barbuccio 1953
Die Fischerin vom Bodensee
as Großvater Gassl 1956
Das Ferienkind
as Kegelbruder 1943
Weißer Holunder
as Draxltoni 1957
Der Herr Kanzleirat
as Briefträger 1948
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
as Onkel Tobias 1958
Der schönste Tag meines Lebens
as Blümel 1957
Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau
as Adalbert Kürenberg 1951