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Egon Brecher
Acting

Egon Brecher
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1880-02-15,Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.8

Manpower
1941-08-09

6.716

The Black Cat
1934-05-07

Charlie Chan's Secret

6.963

Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10

So Dark the Night

6.1

So Dark the Night
1946-10-10

Convention City

4.2

Convention City
1933-12-14

The Florentine Dagger

6.75

The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30

10

Die Königsloge
1929-11-21

7.33

Kings Row
1942-02-02

Now and Forever

6.8

Now and Forever
1934-08-31

Judge Hardy and Son

5.938

Judge Hardy and Son
1939-12-22

Angels Wash Their Faces

6.667

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26

6.556

You and Me
1938-06-01

Isle of Missing Men

6.8

Isle of Missing Men
1942-09-18

6.375

Stolen Holiday
1937-02-06

6.222

Air Hawks
1935-05-07

I Met Him in Paris

6.1

I Met Him in Paris
1937-05-28

To the Last Man

5.909

To the Last Man
1933-09-15

6.775

The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10

As the Earth Turns

5.556

As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14

6.8

Heidi
1937-10-15

I Was an Adventuress

6.55

I Was an Adventuress
1940-05-10

The Women Men Marry

6.25

The Women Men Marry
1937-09-10

6.908

Man Hunt
1941-06-13

Alibi for Murder

6.5

Alibi for Murder
1936-09-23

5.571

Racket Busters
1938-07-16

I'll Give a Million

6.143

I'll Give a Million
1938-07-27

Beg, Borrow or Steal

6

Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937-12-03

9

Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20

4.917

Spring Madness
1938-11-11

The White Angel

7.167

The White Angel
1936-06-25

7

Paddy O'Day
1936-01-17

5.667

Devil's Island
1939-01-07

The Three Musketeers

6

The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17

5.667

Boulder Dam
1936-03-07

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

6.059

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06

6.5

Juarez
1939-06-10

We Are Not Alone

6.917

We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25

Nurse Edith Cavell

6.583

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31

Espionage Agent

6.3

Espionage Agent
1939-09-30

Arsène Lupin Returns

6.313

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

6.857

O.S.S.
1946-05-26

6.921

Sister Kenny
1946-10-10

No Greater Glory

6.639

No Greater Glory
1934-03-30

The Great O'Malley

7

The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13

7

Espionage
1937-02-26

9

Sins of Man
1936-06-19

7.9

Rebecca
1940-03-23

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

6.545

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23

Calling Philo Vance

6.038

Calling Philo Vance
1940-02-03

Voice of the Whistler

5.813

Voice of the Whistler
1945-10-30

Just Before Dawn

6.857

Just Before Dawn
1946-03-07

6.556

Underground
1941-06-28

Here's to Romance

7

Here's to Romance
1935-10-04

All This, and Heaven Too

7.241

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

Invisible Enemy

7.5

Invisible Enemy
1938-04-03

7.375

Gateway
1938-08-05

A Dispatch from Reuters

6.233

A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19

Knute Rockne All American

6.204

Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05

The Man I Married

6.344

The Man I Married
1940-08-09

5.6

The Spy Ring
1938-01-08

4.031

White Pongo
1945-11-02

While America Sleeps

6.667

While America Sleeps
1939-04-14

6.6

Buyer Beware
1940-08-17

7

Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11

6.833

Four Mothers
1941-01-04

Mark of the Vampire

6.173

Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26

5.5

Suez
1938-10-28

Know Your Money

9

Know Your Money
1940-01-27

For the Common Defense!

5

For the Common Defense!
1942-06-20

Above Suspicion

6.2

Above Suspicion
1943-05-31

Blondes at Work

6.389

Blondes at Work
1938-02-05

Mission to Moscow

5.738

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

Out of Darkness

7

Out of Darkness
1941-03-29

6.6

Black Legion
1937-01-30

A Royal Scandal

6.974

A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26

Till We Meet Again

5.2

Till We Meet Again
1936-04-04

The Diary of a Chambermaid

6.231

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946-02-15

Many Happy Returns

5.333

Many Happy Returns
1934-06-08

Werewolf of London

6.053

Werewolf of London
1935-05-13

6.178

Cornered
1945-11-23