Egon Spengler Oswald Spengler and a classmate of Ramis at Senn High School, Egon Donsbach, a Hungarian refugee. Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Egon Spengler, before Ramis, who had gotten close to the character while writing him, felt compelled to play it himself. LaMarche stated that when he auditioned for the part of Spengler in "The Real Ghostbusters", he was asked not to do an impression of Ramis, which he ignored because impressions were one of his strengths as a performer, and there was no other way he could imagine properly
Lorenz Spengler Lorenz Spengler Lorenz Spengler (22 September 1720, Schaffhausen – 20 December 1807, Copenhagen) was a Swiss-born Danish turner and naturalist. He arrived at Copenhagen in 1743 and became a tutor to Christian VI of Denmark and later Frederick V of Denmark in the art of turning. From 1771 he was head of the Royal Art Chamber (Det Kongelige Kunstkammer), a position he held until his death in 1807. Among his works is ""Beskrivelse og Oplysning over den hindindtil lidet udarbeidede Sloegt af mangeskallede Konchylier som Linnaeus har kaldet "Lepas" med tilfoiede nye og ubeskrevne Arter" ", a treatise on shelled