Egon Brecher
- Schauspiel
- 15. Februar 1880 · Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
- 12. August 1946
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- So Dark the Night · Dr. Boncourt
- Schwester Kenny · Frenchman (uncredited)
- O.S.S. · Marcel Aubert
- Just Before Dawn · Dr. Evans (uncredited)
- Tagebuch einer Kammerzofe · The Postman (Uncredited)
- Cornered
- White Pongo · Dr. Gerig
- Voice of the Whistler · Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
- Skandal bei Hofe · Wassilikow (uncredited)
- Gefährliche Flitterwochen · Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
- Botschafter in Moskau · Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
- Isle of Missing Men · Richard Heller
- For the Common Defense! · Adolph (uncredited)
- Kings Row · Dr. Candell
- Herzen in Flammen · Pop Duval
- Underground · Herr Director
- Menschenjagd · Jeweler
- Out of Darkness · Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
- Four Mothers · Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
- Ein Mann mit Phantasie · Von Konstat (uncredited)
- Knute Rockne All American · Elder in Norway (uncredited)
- Buyer Beware · Child's Father (uncredited)
- The Man I Married · Czech
- Hölle, wo ist dein Sieg? · Doctor (uncredited)
- I Was an Adventuress · Jacques Dubois
- Rebecca · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Paul Ehrlich – Ein Leben für die Forschung · Martl
- Calling Philo Vance · Austrian Judge (uncredited)
- Know Your Money · Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
- Judge Hardy and Son · Anton Volduzzi
- Ihr seid nicht allein · Mr. Adolf Schiller
- Geheimagenten · Larsch
- Nurse Edith Cavell · Dr. Gunther
- Angels Wash Their Faces · Mr. Smith
- Juarez · Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
- Hotel Stadt Lemberg · Pograncz (uncredited)
- Ich war ein Spion der Nazis · Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
- While America Sleeps · Klaus
- Die drei Musketiere · Landlord
- Die Teufelsinsel · Debriac
- Spring Madness · Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
- Suez · Doctor
- Gateway · Rabbi
- I'll Give a Million · Citizen
- Racket Busters · Peters (uncredited)
- Du und ich · Mr. Levine
- Cocoanut Grove · Pawnbroker
- Invisible Enemy · Kirman
- Arsène Lupin Returns · Vasseur (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work · J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
- The Spy Ring · General A. R. Bowen
- Beg, Borrow or Steal · Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
- Heidi · Inn Keeper
- The Women Men Marry · John (uncredited)
- Man trifft sich in Paris · Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
- Espionage · Chief of Police
- Ordnung ist das halbe Leben · Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- Stolen Holiday · Deputy Bergery
- Geheimbund Schwarze Legion · Dombrowski
- Alibi for Murder · Sir Conrad Stava
- Die Teufelspuppe · Detective (uncredited)
- The White Angel · Pastor Fliedner
- Sins of Man · Doctor
- Till We Meet Again · Schultz
- Boulder Dam · Pa Vangarick
- Paddy O'Day · Russian Musician
- Charlie Chan's Geheimnis · Ulrich
- Here's to Romance · Descartes
- Der Werwolf von London · Priest (uncredited)
- Air Hawks · Schulter's Henchman
- Das Zeichen des Vampirs · Coroner (uncredited)
- The Florentine Dagger · Karl
- Treffpunkt Paris · Doctor (uncredited)
- Many Happy Returns · Dr. Otto von Strudel
- Die schwarze Katze · The Majordomo
- No Greater Glory · Racz
- As the Earth Turns · Mr. Janowski
- Convention City · Zorb
- To the Last Man · Mark Hayden
- Die Königsloge