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Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 15, 1880
Died Aug 12, 1946 (66)
Birthplace Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 philo ... sophy 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.

Known For

Filmography

So Dark the Night

So Dark the Night

1946

as Dr. Boncourt

Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

1946

as Dr. Evans (uncredited)

The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946

as The Postman (Uncredited)

O.S.S.

O.S.S.

1946

as Marcel Aubert

Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny

1946

as Frenchman (uncredited)

Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler

1945

as Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)

White Pongo

White Pongo

1945

as Dr. Gerig

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal

1945

as Wassilikow (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943

as Gestapo Official (Uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

as Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)

For the Common Defense!

For the Common Defense!

1942

as Adolph (uncredited)

Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

1942

as Richard Heller

Kings Row

Kings Row

1942

as Dr. Candell

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

1941

as Victor Jourdain (uncredited)

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

as Jeweler

Manpower

Manpower

1941

as Pop Duval

Underground

Underground

1941

as Herr Director

Four Mothers

Four Mothers

1941

as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)

Buyer Beware

Buyer Beware

1940

as Child's Father (uncredited)

Know Your Money

Know Your Money

1940

as Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)

I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress

1940

as Jacques Dubois

The Man I Married

The Man I Married

1940

as Czech

Rebecca

Rebecca

1940

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance

1940

as Austrian Judge (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940

as Von Konstat (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

1940

as Doctor (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

1940

as Elder in Norway (uncredited)

While America Sleeps

While America Sleeps

1939

as Klaus

Judge Hardy and Son

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

as Anton Volduzzi

Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939

as Dr. Gunther

Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial

1939

as Pograncz (uncredited)

Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

1939

as Larsch

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1939

as Landlord

Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1939

as Debriac

Angels Wash Their Faces

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

as Mr. Smith

We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone

1939

as Mr. Adolf Schiller

Juarez

Juarez

1939

as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

as Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)

The Spy Ring

The Spy Ring

1938

as General A. R. Bowen

Invisible Enemy

Invisible Enemy

1938

as Kirman

You and Me

You and Me

1938

as Mr. Levine

Racket Busters

Racket Busters

1938

as Peters (uncredited)

Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove

1938

as Pawnbroker

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

as Vasseur (uncredited)

Spring Madness

Spring Madness

1938

as Soviet Travel Bureau Agent

Blondes at Work

Blondes at Work

1938

as J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)

Suez

Suez

1938

as Doctor

Gateway

Gateway

1938

as Rabbi

I'll Give a Million

I'll Give a Million

1938

as Citizen

I Met Him in Paris

I Met Him in Paris

1937

as Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control

Stolen Holiday

Stolen Holiday

1937

as Deputy Bergery

Heidi

Heidi

1937

as Inn Keeper

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

Espionage

Espionage

1937

as Chief of Police

The Women Men Marry

The Women Men Marry

1937

as John (uncredited)

The Great O'Malley

The Great O'Malley

1937

as Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Black Legion

Black Legion

1937

as Dombrowski

Boulder Dam

Boulder Dam

1936

as Pa Vangarick

Alibi for Murder

Alibi for Murder

1936

as Sir Conrad Stava

Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret

1936

as Ulrich

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

1936

as Schultz

Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

1936

as Russian Musician

Sins of Man

Sins of Man

1936

as Doctor

The Devil-Doll

The Devil-Doll

1936

as Detective (uncredited)

The White Angel

The White Angel

1936

as Pastor Fliedner

The Florentine Dagger

The Florentine Dagger

1935

as Karl

Werewolf of London

Werewolf of London

1935

as Priest (uncredited)

Here's to Romance

Here's to Romance

1935

as Descartes

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire

1935

as Coroner (uncredited)

Air Hawks

Air Hawks

1935

as Schulter's Henchman

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

1934

as The Majordomo

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns

1934

as Dr. Otto von Strudel

As the Earth Turns

As the Earth Turns

1934

as Mr. Janowski

Now and Forever

Now and Forever

1934

as Doctor (uncredited)

No Greater Glory

No Greater Glory

1934

as Racz

To the Last Man

To the Last Man

1933

as Mark Hayden

Convention City

Convention City

1933

as Zorb

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