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Joseph Egger

Acting Born Feb 21, 1889 Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

For a Few Dollars More

as Old Prophet
Film

A Fistful of Dollars

as Piripero

The Bold and the Beautiful

as Oberst Wedel

Full filmography

  • For a Few Dollars More (1965) as Old Prophet
  • A Fistful of Dollars (1964) as Piripero
  • Christine (1958) as Theo's Landlord (uncredited)
  • The White Horse Inn (1960)
  • Conquerors of Arkansas (1964) as Fishbury
  • Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965) as Buddy
  • Mikosch of the Secret Service (1959) as Oberst Wedel
  • Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen (1958) as Onkel Tobias
  • Girl's Dormitory (1936)
  • Weißer Holunder (1957) as Draxltoni
  • Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell (1957)
  • … und du mein Schatz bleibst hier (1961) as Renter
  • Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth (1952) as Briefträger Seppl
  • In Munich stands a Hofbäuhaus (1952) as Petiti
  • Im schwarzen Rössl (1961) as Franz Joseph, Portier
  • Die Fischerin vom Bodensee (1956) as Großvater Gassl
  • Der Hofrat Geiger (1947) as Der alte Windischgruber
  • Liebesgrüße aus Tirol (1964) as Sebastian Holl
  • Melody Beyond Love (1954)
  • Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel (1954) as Wiebel
  • The Model Boy (1963) as Dienstmann
  • Frühling auf dem Eis (1951) as Ober im Weinlokal (as Josef Egger)
  • Das alte Försterhaus (1956) as Josef Kramer
  • Ein Ferienbett mit 100 PS (1965) as Zulassungsbeamter