Sieghardt Rupp
Actor
Biography
Sieghardt Rupp (14 June 1931 – 20 July 2015) 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.
Filmography
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Lieutenant Sturmer 1966
Angelique and the Sultan
as Millerand 1968
Untamable Angelique
as Millerand 1967
Frontier Hellcat
as Preston 1964
Breakthrough
as Corporal Rothe 1979
The Butcher
as Hermann 1981
Who Killed Johnny R.?
as Captain Jason Conroy 1966
Kingdom of the Silver Lion
as Abu Seif 1965
Five Golden Dragons
as Peterson 1967
$1,000 on the Black
as Ralph 1966
Little Vampire
as Achims Vater 1968
Nurses for Sale
as Rodrigo 1971
Red Dragon
as Pierre Milot 1965
The Sweet Pussycats
as Oberst 1969
Heintje - A Heart Goes on a Journey
as Günter Schelle 1969
The Brazen Women of Balzac
as Georg 1969