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Egon Brecher
Actor

Egon Brecher

15 Feb 1880Born
12 Aug 1946Died
66Age at death
80Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1946So Dark the NightFilm: Dr. Boncourt
  2. 1946Sister KennyFilm: Frenchman (uncredited)
  3. 1946O.S.S.Film: Marcel Aubert
  4. 1946Just Before DawnFilm: Dr. Evans (uncredited)
  5. 1946The Diary of a ChambermaidFilm: The Postman (Uncredited)
  6. 1945CorneredFilm
  7. 1945White PongoFilm: Dr. Gerig
  8. 1945Voice of the WhistlerFilm: Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
  9. 1945A Royal ScandalFilm: Wassilikow (uncredited)
  10. 1943Above SuspicionFilm: Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
  11. 1943Mission to MoscowFilm: Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
  12. 1942Isle of Missing MenFilm: Richard Heller
  13. 1942For the Common Defense!Film: Adolph (uncredited)
  14. 1942Kings RowFilm: Dr. Candell
  15. 1941ManpowerFilm: Pop Duval
  16. 1941UndergroundFilm: Herr Director
  17. 1941Man HuntFilm: Jeweler
  18. 1941Out of DarknessFilm: Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
  19. 1941Four MothersFilm: Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
  20. 1940A Dispatch from ReutersFilm: Von Konstat (uncredited)
  21. 1940Knute Rockne All AmericanFilm: Elder in Norway (uncredited)
  22. 1940Buyer BewareFilm: Child's Father (uncredited)
  23. 1940The Man I MarriedFilm: Czech
  24. 1940All This, and Heaven TooFilm: Doctor (uncredited)
  25. 1940I Was an AdventuressFilm: Jacques Dubois
  26. 1940RebeccaFilm: Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  27. 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletFilm: Martl
  28. 1940Calling Philo VanceFilm: Austrian Judge (uncredited)
  29. 1940Know Your MoneyFilm: Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
  30. 1939Judge Hardy and SonFilm: Anton Volduzzi
  31. 1939We Are Not AloneFilm: Mr. Adolf Schiller
  32. 1939Espionage AgentFilm: Larsch
  33. 1939Nurse Edith CavellFilm: Dr. Gunther
  34. 1939Angels Wash Their FacesFilm: Mr. Smith
  35. 1939JuarezFilm: Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
  36. 1939Hotel ImperialFilm: Pograncz (uncredited)
  37. 1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyFilm: Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
  38. 1939While America SleepsFilm: Klaus
  39. 1939The Three MusketeersFilm: Landlord
  40. 1939Devil's IslandFilm: Debriac
  41. 1938Spring MadnessFilm: Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
  42. 1938SuezFilm: Doctor
  43. 1938GatewayFilm: Rabbi
  44. 1938I'll Give a MillionFilm: Citizen
  45. 1938Racket BustersFilm: Peters (uncredited)
  46. 1938You and MeFilm: Mr. Levine
  47. 1938Cocoanut GroveFilm: Pawnbroker
  48. 1938Invisible EnemyFilm: Kirman
  49. 1938Arsène Lupin ReturnsFilm: Vasseur (uncredited)
  50. 1938Blondes at WorkFilm: J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
  51. 1938The Spy RingFilm: General A. R. Bowen
  52. 1937Beg, Borrow or StealFilm: Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
  53. 1937HeidiFilm: Inn Keeper
  54. 1937The Women Men MarryFilm: John (uncredited)
  55. 1937I Met Him in ParisFilm: Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
  56. 1937EspionageFilm: Chief of Police
  57. 1937The Great O'MalleyFilm: Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
  58. 1937Stolen HolidayFilm: Deputy Bergery
  59. 1937Black LegionFilm: Dombrowski
  60. 1936Alibi for MurderFilm: Sir Conrad Stava
  61. 1936The Devil-DollFilm: Detective (uncredited)
  62. 1936The White AngelFilm: Pastor Fliedner
  63. 1936Sins of ManFilm: Doctor
  64. 1936Till We Meet AgainFilm: Schultz
  65. 1936Boulder DamFilm: Pa Vangarick
  66. 1936Paddy O'DayFilm: Russian Musician
  67. 1936Charlie Chan's SecretFilm: Ulrich
  68. 1935Here's to RomanceFilm: Descartes
  69. 1935Werewolf of LondonFilm: Priest (uncredited)
  70. 1935Air HawksFilm: Schulter's Henchman
  71. 1935Mark of the VampireFilm: Coroner (uncredited)
  72. 1935The Florentine DaggerFilm: Karl
  73. 1934Now and ForeverFilm: Doctor (uncredited)
  74. 1934Many Happy ReturnsFilm: Dr. Otto von Strudel
  75. 1934The Black CatFilm: The Majordomo
  76. 1934No Greater GloryFilm: Racz
  77. 1934As the Earth TurnsFilm: Mr. Janowski
  78. 1933Convention CityFilm: Zorb
  79. 1933To the Last ManFilm: Mark Hayden
  80. 1929Die KönigslogeFilm

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