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Herbert Fux
Hallein, Austria
Herbert Fux (25 March 1927 – 13 March 2007) was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007. Fux was born in Hallein, at the a…
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Herbert Fux (25 March 1927 – 13 March 2007) was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007. Fux was born in Hallein, at the age of five he moved with his family to the city of Salzburg, where his stepfather worked as a board member of the Landestheater. Having passed his matura exams under the circumstances of late World War II in 1944, he studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum University and began a career as a theatre actor. From the 1960s, Fux appeared on the screen, later also on television, often performing as villain in numerous B movies and crime films but also Spaghetti Westerns and even Bavarian sex films. The huge number of Fux' appearances in about 120 film and 300 TV productions, also under the direction of renowned filmmakers, included a wide range of secondary parts, often distinctive, quirky characters. During his long career, he worked with directors like Michael Anderson, Christian-Jaque, Wolfgang Staudte, Volker Schlöndorff, Ingmar Bergman, and Werner Herzog as well as with famous actors such as Klaus Kinski, Udo Kier, Vincent Price, and Ulrich Matthes. Fux died at the age of 79 with the help of the Swiss euthanasia association Dignitas in Zürich, Switzerland. In 1977 Fux was among the founders of a citizens' initiative against commercialization and uglification of Salzburg's historic townscape and became an elected member of the city council. In 1982 he and others established the Austrian United Greens party (Vereinte Grüne Österreichs, VGÖ), which in 1986 merged into the Green Alternative (Grüne Alternative). Fux was elected MP of the Austrian National Council in the 1986 legislative election, he retained his seat until December 1988 and again entered into parliament in November 1989. In November 1990 he retired and later served as culture committee chairman in his hometown Salzburg.
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2014
Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann
Movie (archive footage)
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2009
Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
Movie Erzbischof
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2008
Ein Paradies für Pferde
Movie Hans Hader
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2007
The Truth About Lady Frankenstein
Movie Self
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2006
Vineta
Movie Fritz Feldmann-See
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2006
Agathe kann’s nicht lassen
TV show
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2005
Vienna Crime Squad
TV show Dolezal
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2005
Ein Paradies für Tiere
Movie Hans Hader
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2004
The Devil's Torturer
Movie Self
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2004
Silentium
Movie Taxifahrer
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2004
Da wo die Herzen schlagen
Movie Pfarrer
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2004
Paradies in den Bergen
Movie Alter Sepp
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2003
Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl
TV show Self
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2003
Pfarrer Braun
TV show Pater Pankraz
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2002
Auch Engel wollen nur das Eine
Movie Oberengel Schwarz
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2002
Feuer, Eis & Dosenbier
Movie Öhi
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2001
Murder in the Mountains
TV show Max Seidel
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2001
Journey into Perversion
Movie Himself
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2001
Professor Niedlich
Movie Professor Niedlich
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1999
Der Schandfleck
Movie
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1999
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Movie Tiquetdebus
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1998
Black Flamingos - Sie lieben euch zu Tode
Movie Sepp Kundgraber, Polizist
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1997
Ein idealer Kandidat
TV show Rainer Gebhardt
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1996
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
TV show Horwarth
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1996
Stockinger
TV show Post Commander Michael Fuchs
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1996
Der Bulle von Tölz
TV show Harald Berger
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1996
Hochwürdens Ärger mit dem Paradies
Movie Customs Officer
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1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV show Self
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1995
Lebens-Künstler
TV show Self
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1995
Der schwarze Fluch
Movie Police Inspector
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1995
Hölleisengretl
Movie Schrotthändler
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1995
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Movie Horwarth
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1994
Zwei alte Hasen
TV show Glatze
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1994
Mundl - Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
Movie Policeman #1
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1994
Drei zum Verlieben
TV show
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1994
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge
Movie Theo
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1994
Die Wache
TV show Grenzschläger
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1994
Du bringst mich noch um
Movie Playwright
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1993
The Three Musketeers
Movie Innkeeper
