Herbert Fux

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 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 ChristianJaque Wolfgang Staudte Volker Schlöndorff 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 In 1977 Fux was among the founders of a citizens initiative against commercialization and uglification of Salzburgs 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 Green Alternative Grüne 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