Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.

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Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
TMDB popularity
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TMDB ID: 14279
IMDb ID: nm0250905
Known for: Acting
Born: February 21, 1889
Died: August 29, 1966
Age: 77
Place of birth: Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 1965
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 7.16
Wikidata: Q78953
Also known as
Йозеф Эггер • Josef 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 a Few Dollars More (1965). Source: Article "Joseph Egger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


Movie credits linked with Joseph Egger.
as Old Prophet
as Buddy
as Zulassungsbeamter
as Sebastian Holl
as Fishbury
as Piripero
as Dienstmann
as Tankwart
as der alte Zirbel
as Franz Joseph, Portier
as Renter
as Friedensrichter
as Oberst Wedel
as Theo's Landlord (uncredited)
as Onkel Tobias
as Franz Lechner
as Blümel
as Draxltoni
as Praxl
as Älterer Saaldiener
as Josef Kramer
as Stieglbauer