Joseph Egger

Joseph Egger

Actor (1889 - 1966)
2
Movies
84.0%
Avg ThumbScore
Western
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Clint Eastwood (2)Gian Maria Volonté (2)Sergio Leone (2)Marianne Koch (1)Wolfgang Lukschy (1)
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The ThumbScore for Joseph Egger (84.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 2 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Joseph's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

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.

Born 1889-02-21 in Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Died 1966-08-29.

On ThumbScore, Joseph Egger appears in 2 films with an average audience score of 84.0%, most frequently in the Western genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
👍 85%
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More
1965
👍 83%
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