Sieghardt Rupp

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.

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.

Selected filmography

1959: Girls for the Mambo-Bar – Tommy Kersten 1960: – Franz Stadler 1960: – Petros 1960: – Prosecutor 1960: – Fred Schantl, Verwalter 1961: – Lauterbach 1961: – Bruder Markus Burgmann 1962: – Kurzweil 1962: The Red Frenzy – Karl 1962: Lulu – Schwarz 1962: Waldrausch – Crispin Sagenbacher 1962: Mariandl's Homecoming – Deininger 1962: Wild Water – Markus Mautner 1962: – Wirtssohn Georg 1962: The Forester's Daughter – Franz Földessy aka Rittmeister Franz Koltai 1963: The Lightship – Eugen 1963: Stop Train 349 – (uncredited) 1963: An Alibi for Death – Leopold Wasneck 1964: The Last Ride to Santa Cruz – Fernando 1964: Tim Frazer and the Mysterious Mister X – Jack van Druten 1964: A Fistful of Dollars – Esteban Rojo 1964: Condemned to Sin – Hermann Starosta 1964: Among Vultures – Preston 1965: Man Called Gringo – Reno 1965: Red Dragon – Pierre Milot 1965: Kingdom of the Silver Lion – Abu Seif 1966: The Fountain of Love – Nils Hansen 1966: I Am Looking for a Man – Direktor Voss 1966: Der Weibsteufel – Der Gendarm 1966: Who Killed Johnny R.? – Captain Jason Conroy 1966: La Grande Vadrouille – Lt. Stuermer 1966: Blood at Sundown – Ralph 1967: Five Golden Dragons – Peterson 1967: – Aslak 1967: Untamable Angelique – Millerand 1967: – Gert Schneider 1968: Angelique and the Sultan – Millerand (uncredited) 1968: The Killer Likes Candy – Ali 1968: – Rosmann 1968: – Achims Vater 1969: The Seven Red Berets – Captain Brandt 1969: – Georg 1969: Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey – Günter Schelle 1969: – Oberst 1969: Spion unter der Haube (TV film) – John Marple 1971: Heißer Sand (TV film) – Arthur Durban 1971: Tatort: (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1971: Tatort: (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1971: Tatort: (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1971: – Rodrigo 1972: Tatort: Kressin und die Frau des Malers (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1972: Tatort: (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1973: Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street – Kressin 1973: Tatort: Kressin und die zwei Damen aus Jade (TV) – Zollfahnder Kressin 1974: – Heller 1979: Breakthrough – Cpl. Rothe (uncredited) 1981: Der Bockerer – Herr Hermann 1983: Derrick: Lohmanns innerer Frieden (TV) – Werner Schorff 1984: Heinrich IV. (TV film) – Enrico 1985: Derrick: Gregs Trompete (TV) – Andreas Klinger 1987: Minna von Barnhelm (TV film) – Major von Tellheim 1987: Derrick: Nur Ärger mit dem Mann aus Rom (TV) – Ewald Scholler 1989: Professor Bernhardi (TV film) – Prof. Dr. Flint 1990: Weiningers Nacht – Leopold Weininger / Sigmund Freud 1990: Tatort: Seven Eleven (TV) – Ferdl Willek 1990: SOKO München: Mit letztem Einsatz (TV) – Rollauscher 1994: Etwas am Herzen (TV film) – Paul 1995: Die Spanische Fliege (TV film) – Ludwig Baumann (final film role)