Joseph Egger [14279] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.3822 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 Dollar1965-12-18 Black Eagle of S1965-03-11 Ein Ferienbett m1965-02-26 Liebesgrüße au1964-12-25 Conquerors of Ar1964-11-19 A Fistful of Dol1964-09-12 The Model Boy1963-05-17 Das haben die MÃ1963-01-23 Tanze mit mir in1962-08-12 Im schwarzen Rö1961-12-22 … und du mein 1961-07-05 The White Horse 1960-12-20 Sooo nicht, mein1960-10-17 Mikosch im Gehei1959-02-27 Christine1958-12-19 Wehe, wenn sie l1958-10-01 Hoch klingt der 1958-09-19 Der schönste Ta1957-09-27 Weißer Holunder1957-08-29 Siebenmal in der1957-08-09 Der Bauerndoktor1957-07-31 Vater macht Karr1957-02-26 Das alte Förste1956-12-21 Wo die Lerche si1956-11-29 Liebe, Sommer un1956-10-10 Die Fischerin vo1956-07-24 Lifeguard in the1956-03-15 Das Erbe vom Pru1956-02-01 Die Wirtin an de1955-09-19 Rauschende Melod1955-05-19 Columbus Discove1954-08-09 Melody Beyond Lo1954-07-14 Die Perle von To1954-02-05 Eine Nacht in Ve1953-08-14 Das singende Hot1953-07-29 Seesterne1952-12-23 Die Wirtin von M1952-11-28 In Munich stands1952-01-21 Valentins Sünde1951-11-30 Tanz ins Glück1951-10-19 Verklungenes Wie1951-08-28 Das Herz einer F1951-08-17 Gruß und Kuss a1951-02-20 Frühling auf de1951-02-10 Hochzeit im Heu1951-01-11 Hochzeitsnacht i1950-10-23 Die Verjüngungs1950-07-13 Der Seelenbräu1950-04-14 Der Herr Kanzlei1948-05-21 Der Hofrat Geige1947-12-17 Die Fledermaus1946-08-16 Musik in Salzbur1944-09-08 Trip Acquaintanc1943-10-07 Das Ferienkind1943-04-22 The White Horse 1935-12-06