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Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Egon Brecher (18 February 1880 – 12 August 1946) was an Austria-Hungary-born actor and director, who also served as the chief director of Vienna's Stadts Theatre, before entering the motion picture industry. The son of a professor, Brecher began studying philosophy in 1900 at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He did not finish his studies, deciding to become an actor. He appeared on several provincial stages in Germany and Austria until 1910, and then played in Vienna on various occasions, directed by Josef Jarno until 1921. In 1907, he founded an initiative (which lasted for something like one or two years) to play modern Yiddish theatre in German language with Siegfried Schmitz and members of the student club ‘Theodor Herzl’ like Hugo Zuckermann and Oskar Rosenfeld. In 1919 he was co-founder of the Freie Jüdische Volksbühne in Vienna, a Yiddish theatre, which existed for three years. Then, in 1921, he moved to New York to act on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s to appear in foreign-language versions of American films. In the mid-1930s he appeared in classic horror films The Black Cat, Werewolf of London, The Black Room, Mark of the Vampire and The Devil-Doll, and worked steadily in the espionage films of the 1930s/40s, his Slavic accent landing him roles both noble and villainous. One of his largest screen roles was in 1946's So Dark the Night. He died later in 1946, aged 66, of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.

Personal information

Birthday

1880-02-15

Birth Place

Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]

Movies and TV shows :

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940

5.7

Movie
A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1945

6.9

Movie
Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943

6.4

Movie
Air Hawks

Air Hawks

1935

5.5

Movie
Alibi for Murder

Alibi for Murder

1936

5.5

Movie
All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

7.1

Movie
Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

6.4

Movie
Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

5.8

Movie
As the Earth Turns

As the Earth Turns

1934

5.3

Movie
Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

4.5

Movie
Black Legion

Black Legion

1937

6.5

Movie
Blondes at Work

Blondes at Work

1938

6.1

Movie
Boulder Dam

Boulder Dam

1936

4.0

Movie
Buyer Beware

Buyer Beware

1940

6.0

Movie
Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance

1940

5.8

Movie
Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret

1936

6.8

Movie
Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove

1938

0.0

Movie
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

6.0

Movie
Convention City

Convention City

1933

3.5

Movie
Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1939

5.4

Movie
Die Königsloge

Die Königsloge

1929

0.0

Movie
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

6.3

Movie
Espionage

Espionage

1937

6.5

Movie
Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

1939

5.9

Movie
For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense!

1942

4.3

Movie
Four Mothers

Four Mothers

1941

5.7

Movie
Gateway

Gateway

1938

6.5

Movie
Heidi

Heidi

1937

6.8

Movie
Here's to Romance

Here's to Romance

1935

0.0

Movie
Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial

1939

6.0

Movie
I Met Him in Paris

I Met Him in Paris

1937

5.0

Movie
I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress

1940

6.3

Movie
I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million

1938

5.7

Movie
Invisible Enemy

Invisible Enemy

1938

6.0

Movie
Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

1942

6.2

Movie
Juarez

Juarez

1939

6.5

Movie
Judge Hardy and Son

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

5.3

Movie
Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

1946

6.2

Movie
Kings Row

Kings Row

1942

7.2

Movie
Know Your Money

Know Your Money

1940

9.0

Movie
Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

1940

6.0

Movie
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

7.0

Movie
Manpower

Manpower

1941

6.7

Movie
Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns

1934

5.3

Movie
Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire

1935

6.1

Movie
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

5.2

Movie
No Greater Glory

No Greater Glory

1934

6.6

Movie
Now and Forever

Now and Forever

1934

6.7

Movie
Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939

6.4

Movie
O.S.S.

O.S.S.

1946

6.4

Movie
Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

1941

0.0

Movie
Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

1936

7.0

Movie
Racket Busters

Racket Busters

1938

5.1

Movie
Rebecca

Rebecca

1940

7.9

Movie
Sins of Man

Sins of Man

1936

0.0

Movie
Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny

1946

6.5

Movie
So Dark the Night

So Dark the Night

1946

6.0

Movie
Spring Madness

Spring Madness

1938

3.9

Movie
Stolen Holiday

Stolen Holiday

1937

6.6

Movie
Suez

Suez

1938

5.4

Movie
The Black Cat

The Black Cat

1934

6.7

Movie
The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll

1936

6.8

Movie
The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

6.3

Movie
The Florentine Dagger

The Florentine Dagger

1935

5.7

Movie
The Great O'Malley

The Great O'Malley

1937

6.7

Movie
The Man I Married

The Man I Married

1940

6.3

Movie
The Spy Ring

The Spy Ring

1938

5.0

Movie
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1939

5.8

Movie
The White Angel

The White Angel

1936

8.0

Movie
The Women Men Marry

The Women Men Marry

1937

5.5

Movie
Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

1936

5.0

Movie
To the Last Man

To the Last Man

1933

5.9

Movie
Underground

Underground

1941

6.1

Movie
Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler

1945

5.7

Movie
We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone

1939

6.2

Movie
Werewolf of London

Werewolf of London

1935

6.0

Movie
While America Sleeps

While America Sleeps

1939

6.0

Movie
White Pongo

White Pongo

1945

4.2

Movie
You and Me

You and Me

1938

6.7

Movie