Career
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 decasdes, he also appeared at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Deutsches Theater in Munich.
Besides acting he 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 mans in supportzing roles. During the 1950s, he appeared in comedic roles in numerous Austrian Heimatfilme 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 and as the Prophet in. Joseph Egger was married and had three sons.
He worked as an actor until his death.