Joseph Egger [14279] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.6684 Birthplace: Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] Birthday: 1889-02-21 Deathday: 1966-08-29 Age: 77 years Movies: 55 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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). Source: Article "Joseph Egger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. For a Few Dollars More1965-12-18 Black Eagle of Santa Fe1965-03-11 Ein Ferienbett mit 100 1965-02-26 Liebesgrüße aus Tirol1964-12-25 Conquerors of Arkansas1964-11-19 A Fistful of Dollars1964-09-12 The Model Boy1963-05-17 Das haben die Mädchen 1963-01-23 Tanze mit mir in den Mo1962-08-12 Im schwarzen Rössl1961-12-22 … und du mein Schatz 1961-07-05 The White Horse Inn1960-12-20 Sooo nicht, meine Herre1960-10-17 Mikosch im Geheimdienst1959-02-27 Christine1958-12-19 Wehe, wenn sie losgelas1958-10-01 Hoch klingt der Radetzk1958-09-19 Der schönste Tag meine1957-09-27 Weißer Holunder1957-08-29 Siebenmal in der Woche1957-08-09 Der Bauerndoktor von Ba1957-07-31 Vater macht Karriere1957-02-26 Das alte Försterhaus1956-12-21 Wo die Lerche singt1956-11-29 Liebe, Sommer und Musik1956-10-10 Die Fischerin vom Boden1956-07-24 Lifeguard in the women'1956-03-15 Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof1956-02-01 Die Wirtin an der Lahn1955-09-19 Rauschende Melodien1955-05-19 Columbus Discovers Krae1954-08-09 Melody Beyond Love1954-07-14 Die Perle von Tokay1954-02-05 Eine Nacht in Venedig1953-08-14 Das singende Hotel1953-07-29 Seesterne1952-12-23 Die Wirtin von Maria WÃ1952-11-28 In Munich stands a Hofb1952-01-21 Valentins Sündenfall1951-11-30 Tanz ins Glück1951-10-19 Verklungenes Wien1951-08-28 Das Herz einer Frau1951-08-17 Gruß und Kuss aus der 1951-02-20 Frühling auf dem Eis1951-02-10 Hochzeit im Heu1951-01-11 Hochzeitsnacht im Parad1950-10-23 Die Verjüngungskur1950-07-13 Der Seelenbräu1950-04-14 Der Herr Kanzleirat1948-05-21 Der Hofrat Geiger1947-12-17 Die Fledermaus1946-08-16 Musik in Salzburg1944-09-08 Trip Acquaintance1943-10-07 Das Ferienkind1943-04-22 The White Horse Inn1935-12-06