Name
Joseph Egger
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-02-21
Deathday
1966-08-29 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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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- 1957 Weißer Holunder as Draxltoni
- 1959 Mikosch of the Secret Service as Oberst Wedel
- 1960 The White Horse Inn
- 1948 Der Herr Kanzleirat as Briefträger
- 1950 Der Seelenbräu
- 1958 Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen as Onkel Tobias
- 1963 The Model Boy as Dienstmann
- 1961 Im schwarzen Rössl as Franz Joseph, Portier
- 1964 Liebesgrüße aus Tirol as Sebastian Holl
- 1947 Der Hofrat Geiger as Der alte Windischgruber
- 1957 Der schönste Tag meines Lebens as Blümel
- 1956 Das alte Försterhaus as Josef Kramer
- 1965 Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS as Zulassungsbeamter
- 1956 Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof as Kerstl, Pruggers Kutscher
- 1956 Lifeguard in the women's bathroom as Ypsilon
- 1962 Tanze mit mir in den Morgen as der alte Zirbel
- 1952 Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth as Briefträger Seppl
- 1957 Vater macht Karriere as Älterer Saaldiener
- 1951 Tanz ins Glück as Heinz Falkenhayn
- 1950 Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies as Biangetti, Portier
- 1943 Trip Acquaintance as Postman
- 1961 … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier as Renter
- 1954 Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel as Wiebel
- 1954 Die Perle von Tokay as Janek, Offiziersdiener
- 1960 Sooo nicht, meine Herren as Friedensrichter
- 1951 Verklungenes Wien
- 1951 Hochzeit im Heu as Ferdinand Hauderer
- 1935 The White Horse Inn
- 1956 Liebe, Sommer und Musik as Alois Rinnerthaler
- 1951 Gruß und Kuss aus der Wachau as Adalbert Kürenberg
- 1953 Eine Nacht in Venedig as Barbuccio
- 1956 Wo die Lerche singt as Stieglbauer
- 1964 Conquerors of Arkansas as Fishbury
- 1946 Die Fledermaus as Frosch
- 1956 Die Fischerin vom Bodensee as Großvater Gassl
- 1953 Das singende Hotel as Hotelportier
- 1958 Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch as Franz Lechner
- 1957 Siebenmal in der Woche as Praxl
- 1943 Das Ferienkind as Kegelbruder
- 1951 In Munich Stands a Hofbäuhaus as Petiti
- 1965 Black Eagle of Santa Fe as Buddy
- 1955 Die Wirtin an der Lahn
- 1951 Valentins Sündenfall as Blasius Rogner
- 1950 Die Verjüngungskur as Vinzenz
- 1944 Musik in Salzburg as Parkwächter
- 1963 Das haben die Mädchen gern as Tankwart
- 1954 Melody Beyond Love
- 1964 A Fistful of Dollars as Piripero
- 1965 For a Few Dollars More as Old Prophet
- 1955 Rauschende Melodien
- 1951 Frühling auf dem Eis as Ober im Weinlokal (as Josef Egger)
- 1951 Das Herz einer Frau
- 1952 Seesterne as (unconfirmed)
- 1958 Christine as Theo's Landlord (uncredited)
- 1957 Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell
- 1950 Child of the Danube as Christoph
- 1941 Liebe ist zollfrei as Amtsdiener
- 1936 Girl's Dormitory
- 1940 Judgement Day as Mann vom Gemeinderat
- 1944 Die goldene Fessel
