Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux was an Austrian film actor and politician. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1960 and 2007.

Life

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 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 euthanasia association Dignitas in Zürich, Switzerland.

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, which in 1986 merged into the Green 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.

Selected filmography

The Good Soldier Schweik, as Man at Door Geständnis einer Sechzehnjährigen The Secret Ways, in a minor role ', as Dancing bystander Mann im Schatten, as HofleitnerJedermann, as KnechtThe Elusive Corporal, as Surveyor directing two men working with measuring tape Der rote Rausch, as Truck DriverAdorable Julia, as Inspizient am TheaterLulu, as guest at night club Waldrausch, as Bauführer SeidlRomance in Venice, as Servant at Villa in VeniceMariandl's Homecoming, as Policeman

', as HahnThe Black Cobra, as MarcoMaskenball bei Scotland Yard – Die Geschichte einer unglaublichen Erfindung, as PolicemanIs Geraldine an Angel? Im singenden Rössel am Königssee, as Tankwart ', as Rocco
', as Man with sunglasses Condemned to Sin Geissel des Fleisches, as Alexander JablonskyCongress of Love, as Secretary of Von Gentz Killer's Carnival, as Thug #2 Liselotte of the Palatinate, as Lorraine's ButlerThe Quiller Memorandum, as Oktober's Man Das Mädchen mit dem sechsten Sinn, as Jakob, ChauffeurFuneral in Berlin, as Artur', as KimDeath Trip, as Eddie ShapiroHotel Clausewitz, as Dr. SchlackDas Kriminalmuseum, as FerryDead Run, as Dr. HaroldHot Pavements of Cologne, as StefanThe House of 1,000 Dolls, as AbduOperation St. Peter's, as TargoutDie Verwundbaren Assignment K, as Bavarian Tourist Beyond the Law, as Eustaccio / DenholmThe Long Day of Inspector Blomfield, as Blincky Smith69 Liebesspiele, as GoverAnzio, as Officer on Phone
', as FelixThe Gorilla of Soho, as Mr. SugarThree-Cornered Bed, as SeamanDead Body on Broadway, as Butler RobinKommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen, as Fingers, Killer #1Hate Is My God, as KillerThe Castle of Fu Manchu, as Governor Die Neffen des Herrn General, as Butler' Champagner für Zimmer 17, as Dr. Edmund CaspariAngels of the Street, as Holleck
', as Lord KaputtRevenge, as KillerEugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion, as Hardin Mark of the Devil, as Jeff Wilkens - ExecutionerSchwarzer Nerz auf zarter Haut, as Dr. DahlHänsel und Gretel verliefen sich im Wald, as KnechtGentlemen in White Vests, as Luigi PinelliLove, Vampire Style, as EngelmannStrogoff, as Pope Ritter Orgas muß mal wieder, as Ritter OrgasDas haut den stärksten Zwilling um, as HerbertAunt Trude from Buxtehude, as Harry, der HoteldiebEiner spinnt immer, as GanoveOre di terrore / Kreuzfahrt des Grauens, as Prof. MartinKreuzfahrt des Grauens, as MartinLady Frankenstein, as Tom', as SmithThe Young Seducers 2, as Macky, the murderer at the beachSonny and Jed, as Merril
', as LawrientieffTrouble with Trixie, as PolizistLe Sex Shop, as M. HenriEscape to the Sun Night Flight from Moscow, as GardenerLittle Funny Guy Pan Abenteuer eines Sommers Der Teufel in Miss Jonas, as the DevilUndine 74, as HotelangestellterDer kleine Doktor, as LouisThe Odessa File, as Make-up man Auf ins blaukarierte Himmelbett, as BriefträgerPogled iz potkrovlija, as Mr. MillerTrinity Plus the Clown and a Guitar, as Leader of the BadmenDer Kumpel läßt das Jucken nicht, as PimpThe Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, as Weninger' Josefine Mutzenbacher – Wie sie wirklich war: 1. Teil, as Herr Rudolf Jack the Ripper, as Charlie, the Fisherman
' 21 Hours at Munich, as ShorrRosemary's Daughter, as Vokurka', as MenzelLove Letters of a Portuguese Nun, as SatanLady Dracula Women in Hospital The Expulsion from Paradise, as CinematographerThree Swedes in Upper Bavaria, as PfarrerThe Serpent's Egg Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter, as PolicemanDie Beichte der Josefine Mutzenbacher, as Wirt The Uranium Conspiracy, as UlrichPopcorn and Ice Cream, as PriestZwei Däninnen in Lederhosen, as CalafatiGoetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand, as Bauer SieversHimmel, Scheich und Wolkenbruch, as Number OneSon of Hitler, as Older TrampMissile X – Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe Cola, Candy, Chocolate, as Pfarrer HerbertWoyzeck, as UnteroffizierZwei tolle Käfer räumen auf Austern mit Senf
' Zärtlich, aber frech wie Oskar, as PfarrerAuf Achse, as SchaniEgon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung, as Gendarm', as StrofferDer Bockerer Dantons Tod The Mysterious Stranger, as Hans KatzenyammerEin dicker Hund, as Dr. UhuDie unglaublichen Abenteuer des Guru Jakob, as WedelPlem, Plem – Die Schule brennt, as SiegfriedHappy Weekend
', as KroskeBig Mäc, as Franz Leitner', as DosserBavaria Blue, as Edi Blecha
', as GerichtsvollzieherDer Bergdoktor, as Mr. KonradKaisermühlen Blues, as Sebesta / Funktionär SebestaNight on Fire, as EschmannFamilie Heinz Becker, as TaxifahrerThe Three Musketeers, as InnkeeperGroßstadtrevier, as KnorkeDu bringst mich noch um, as PlaywrightStockinger, as Michael FuchsBlack Flamingos – Sie lieben euch zu Tode Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, as TicketdebusProfessor Niedlich, as Professor NiedlichFeuer, Eis & Dosenbier, as Alm-ÖhiSilentium, as Taxi driverSOKO Kitzbühel, as Max SeidelPfarrer Braun, as Pater PankrazAgathe kann's nicht lassen SOKO Donau, as Dolezal, as Fritz Feldmann-SeeZapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls, as Archbishop