Egon Spengler Egon Spengler Egon Spengler, PhD is a fictional character from the "Ghostbusters" franchise. He appears in the films "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II", in the animated television series "The Real Ghostbusters" and "Extreme Ghostbusters", in the video games "" and Beeline's "Ghostbusters". Spengler was portrayed by Harold Ramis in the films and voiced by him in "" and "Lego Dimensions", and voiced by Maurice LaMarche in the cartoon series. He is a member of the Ghostbusters and one of the three doctors of parapsychology, along with Dr. Peter Venkman and Dr. Ray Stantz. The character of Egon Spengler was named after
Oswald Spengler Civilization risked being destroyed, and was widely distributed abroad before eventually being banned in Germany. A "Time" review of "The Hour of Decision" noted his international popularity as a polemicist, observing that "When Oswald Spengler speaks, many a Western Worldling stops to listen". The review recommended the book for "readers who enjoy vigorous writing", who "will be glad to be rubbed the wrong way by Spengler's harsh aphorisms" and his pessimistic predictions. In his private papers, Spengler denounced Nazi anti-Semitism in even stronger terms, writing "and how much envy of the capability of other people in view of one's lack