Herbert Fux

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Herbert Fux
Fux in November 2006
Born(1927-03-25)25 March 1927
Hallein, Austria
Died13 March 2007(2007-03-13) (aged 79)
Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationActor
Years active1960–2007

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.[1]

Life

Fux was born in

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 porn 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, Franz Antel,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

Dignitas in Zürich, Switzerland.[2]

Politics

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

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.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Herbert Fux". Film Portal. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ blick.ch : Bergdoktor-Star starb bei Dignitas Retrieved 2 June 2010

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