Herbert Fux
Acting

Herbert Fux

Born 25 March 1927 · Hallein, Austria · Died 13 March 2007

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.

Known for

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
The Three Musketeers
Woyzeck
Funeral in Berlin
Scene of the Crime
Mark of the Devil
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Quiller Memorandum
Lady Frankenstein
Silentium
Jack the Ripper
The Castle of Fu Manchu
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