Sieghardt rupp biography for kids

It has only now become known that the film, TV and theater star Sieghardt Rupp died in July 2015 aged 84 years. Sieghardt Rupp was born on June 14, 1931 in Bregenz.  He studies at the University of World Trade in Vienna (today a business university), the son of a school principal he soon and moved to the Max Reinhardt Seminar. At first he was a stage actor before becoming a film actor appearing as Tommy Rupp. His first western role was as Fernando in “The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1963) and then became internationally known for his role as Esteban Rojo in “A Fistful of Dollars”. He would go on to appear in a total of seven westerns including “Frontier Hellcat” (1964), “The Man Called Gringo” “Who Killed Johnny R.? (both 1965) and “Blood at Sundown” 1966. In the mid-1990s he withdrew from acting and lived a secluded life in Vienna, Austria where he died on July 20, 2015.

Austrian actor

Sieghardt Rupp (14 June 1931 – 20 July 2015)^[1] was an Austrian actor who performed in film, television and theatre.

He made over 55 film and TV appearances beginning in 1959, with his career peaking in the 1960s. He became known for his performances in gangster or Western films in the 1960s where he typically portrayed a bandit or mercenary. His dark features, similar to those of his Italian co-stars meant that he could play Latin characters, such as Mexicans.

His most noted Western performance was his role as Esteban Rojo in Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars alongside Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonté. He appeared in many other Westerns in the 1960s such as Blood at Sundown (1966) although he appeared in the romantic adventure Angelique and the Sultan in 1968.

During the 1970s, his film career diminished. However, he portrayed several TV characters afterwards, notably in Tatort as Border Patrol Investigator Kressin between 1971 and 1973. From 1985 he performed at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna on stage. He retired from film and television acting in 1995, and died in Vienna in 2015 at the age of 84.

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