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Egon Brecher
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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

6.7

Manpower
1941-08-09

6.669

The Black Cat
1934-05-07

Charlie Chan's Secret

6.8

Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10

So Dark the Night

6

So Dark the Night
1946-10-10

Convention City

3.5

Convention City
1933-12-14

The Florentine Dagger

5.7

The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30

0

Die Königsloge
1929-11-21

7.2

Kings Row
1942-02-02

Now and Forever

6.7

Now and Forever
1934-08-31

Judge Hardy and Son

5.3

Judge Hardy and Son
1939-12-22

Angels Wash Their Faces

6.4

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26

6.7

You and Me
1938-06-01

Isle of Missing Men

6.2

Isle of Missing Men
1942-09-18

6.6

Stolen Holiday
1937-02-06

5.7

Air Hawks
1935-05-07

I Met Him in Paris

5

I Met Him in Paris
1937-05-28

To the Last Man

5.9

To the Last Man
1933-09-15

6.8

The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10

As the Earth Turns

5.3

As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14

6.838

Heidi
1937-10-15

I Was an Adventuress

6.3

I Was an Adventuress
1940-05-10

The Women Men Marry

5.5

The Women Men Marry
1937-09-10

7

Man Hunt
1941-06-13

Alibi for Murder

5.5

Alibi for Murder
1936-09-23

5.1

Racket Busters
1938-07-16

I'll Give a Million

5.7

I'll Give a Million
1938-07-27

Beg, Borrow or Steal

4.5

Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937-12-03

0

Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20

3.9

Spring Madness
1938-11-11

The White Angel

8

The White Angel
1936-06-25

7

Paddy O'Day
1936-01-17

5.4

Devil's Island
1939-01-07

The Three Musketeers

5.8

The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17

4

Boulder Dam
1936-03-07

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

6

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06

6.5

Juarez
1939-06-10

We Are Not Alone

6.2

We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25

Nurse Edith Cavell

6.4

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31

Espionage Agent

5.9

Espionage Agent
1939-09-30

Arsène Lupin Returns

5.8

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

6.4

O.S.S.
1946-05-26

6.5

Sister Kenny
1946-10-10

No Greater Glory

6.6

No Greater Glory
1934-03-30

The Great O'Malley

6.7

The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13

6.5

Espionage
1937-02-26

0

Sins of Man
1936-06-19

7.897

Rebecca
1940-03-23

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

6.3

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

Calling Philo Vance

5.8

Calling Philo Vance
1940-02-03

Voice of the Whistler

5.7

Voice of the Whistler
1945-10-30

Just Before Dawn

6

Just Before Dawn
1946-03-07

6.1

Underground
1941-06-28

Here's to Romance

0

Here's to Romance
1935-10-04

All This, and Heaven Too

7.1

All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05

Invisible Enemy

6

Invisible Enemy
1938-04-03

6.5

Gateway
1938-08-05

A Dispatch from Reuters

5.7

A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19

Knute Rockne All American

5.9

Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05

The Man I Married

6.3

The Man I Married
1940-08-09

5

The Spy Ring
1938-01-08

4.2

White Pongo
1945-11-02

While America Sleeps

0

While America Sleeps
1939-04-14

6

Buyer Beware
1940-08-17

6

Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11

5.7

Four Mothers
1941-01-04

Mark of the Vampire

6.1

Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26

5.4

Suez
1938-10-28

Know Your Money

0

Know Your Money
1940-01-27

For the Common Defense!

4.3

For the Common Defense!
1942-06-20

Above Suspicion

6.4

Above Suspicion
1943-05-31

Blondes at Work

6.1

Blondes at Work
1938-02-05

Mission to Moscow

5.2

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

Out of Darkness

0

Out of Darkness
1941-03-29

6.5

Black Legion
1937-01-30

A Royal Scandal

6.9

A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26

Till We Meet Again

5

Till We Meet Again
1936-04-04

The Diary of a Chambermaid

6.2

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946-02-15

Many Happy Returns

5.3

Many Happy Returns
1934-06-08

Werewolf of London

5.996

Werewolf of London
1935-05-13