- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Died
- August 29, 1966
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…
Filmography
movieFor a Few Dollars More
1965 · Old Prophet
movieBlack Eagle of Santa Fe
1965 · Buddy
movieEin Ferienbett mit 100 PS
1965 · Zulassungsbeamter
movieLiebesgrüße aus Tirol
1964 · Sebastian Holl
movieConquerors of Arkansas
1964 · Fishbury
movieA Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Piripero
movieThe Model Boy
1963 · Dienstmann
movieDas haben die Mädchen gern
1963 · Tankwart
movieTanze mit mir in den Morgen
1962 · der alte Zirbel
movieIm schwarzen Rössl
1961 · Franz Joseph, Portier
movie… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
1961 · Renter
movieThe White Horse Inn
1960
movieSooo nicht, meine Herren
1960 · Friedensrichter
movieMikosch of the Secret Service
1959 · Oberst Wedel
movieChristine
1958 · Theo's Landlord (uncredited)
movieWehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1958 · Onkel Tobias
movieHoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch
1958 · Franz Lechner
movieDer schönste Tag meines Lebens
1957 · Blümel
movieWeißer Holunder
1957 · Draxltoni
movieSiebenmal in der Woche
1957 · Praxl
movieDer Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell
1957
movieVater macht Karriere
1957 · Älterer Saaldiener
movieDas alte Försterhaus
1956 · Josef Kramer
movieWo die Lerche singt
1956 · Stieglbauer
movieLiebe, Sommer und Musik
1956 · Alois Rinnerthaler
movieDie Fischerin vom Bodensee
1956 · Großvater Gassl
movieLifeguard in the women's bathroom
1956 · Ypsilon
movieDas Erbe vom Pruggerhof
1956 · Kerstl, Pruggers Kutscher
movieDie Wirtin an der Lahn
1955
movieRauschende Melodien
1955
movieColumbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
1954 · Wiebel
movieMelody Beyond Love
1954
movieDie Perle von Tokay
1954 · Janek, Offiziersdiener
movieEine Nacht in Venedig
1953 · Barbuccio
movieDas singende Hotel
1953 · Hotelportier
movieSeesterne
1952 · (unconfirmed)
movieDie Wirtin von Maria Wörth
1952 · Briefträger Seppl
movieIn Munich Stands a Hofbäuhaus
1951 · Petiti
movieValentins Sündenfall
1951 · Blasius Rogner
movieTanz ins Glück
1951 · Heinz Falkenhayn
movieVerklungenes Wien
1951
movieDas Herz einer Frau
1951
movieGruß und Kuss aus der Wachau
1951 · Adalbert Kürenberg
movieFrühling auf dem Eis
1951 · Ober im Weinlokal (as Josef Egger)
movieHochzeit im Heu
1951 · Ferdinand Hauderer
movieHochzeitsnacht im Paradies
1950 · Biangetti, Portier
Die Verjüngungskur
movieDie Verjüngungskur
1950 · Vinzenz
movieChild of the Danube
1950 · Christoph
movieDer Seelenbräu
1950
movieDer Herr Kanzleirat
1948 · Briefträger
movieDer Hofrat Geiger
1947 · Der alte Windischgruber
movieDie Fledermaus
1946 · Frosch
movieMusik in Salzburg
1944 · Parkwächter
movieDie goldene Fessel
1944
movieTrip Acquaintance
1943 · Postman
movieDas Ferienkind
1943 · Kegelbruder
movieLiebe ist zollfrei
1941 · Amtsdiener
Judgement Day
movieJudgement Day
1940 · Mann vom Gemeinderat
movieGirl's Dormitory
1936
movieThe White Horse Inn
1935