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Egon Brecher
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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. 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 Ge…
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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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Sister Kenny
as Frenchman (uncredited)
So Dark the Night
as Dr. Boncourt
O.S.S.
as Marcel Aubert
Just Before Dawn
as Dr. Evans (uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as The Postman (Uncredited)
Cornered
White Pongo
as Dr. Gerig
Voice of the Whistler
as Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal
as Wassilikow (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
as Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
Isle of Missing Men
as Richard Heller
For the Common Defense!
as Adolph (uncredited)
Kings Row
as Dr. Candell
Manpower
as Pop Duval
Underground
as Herr Director
Man Hunt
as Jeweler
Out of Darkness
as Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
Four Mothers
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Von Konstat (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
as Elder in Norway (uncredited)
Buyer Beware
as Child's Father (uncredited)
The Man I Married
as Czech
All This, and Heaven Too
as Doctor (uncredited)
I Was an Adventuress
as Jacques Dubois
Rebecca
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Martl
Calling Philo Vance
as Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Know Your Money
as Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
Judge Hardy and Son
as Anton Volduzzi
We Are Not Alone
as Mr. Adolf Schiller
Espionage Agent
as Larsch
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Dr. Gunther
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Mr. Smith
Juarez
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial
as Pograncz (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
While America Sleeps
as Klaus
The Three Musketeers
as Landlord
Devil's Island
as Debriac
Spring Madness
as Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
Suez
as Doctor
Gateway
as Rabbi
I'll Give a Million
as Citizen
Racket Busters
as Peters (uncredited)
You and Me
as Mr. Levine
Cocoanut Grove
as Pawnbroker
Invisible Enemy
as Kirman
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Vasseur (uncredited)
Blondes at Work
as J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
The Spy Ring
as General A. R. Bowen
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Heidi
as Inn Keeper
The Women Men Marry
as John (uncredited)
I Met Him in Paris
as Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
Espionage
as Chief of Police
The Great O'Malley
as Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Stolen Holiday
as Deputy Bergery
Black Legion
as Dombrowski
Alibi for Murder
as Sir Conrad Stava
The Devil-Doll
as Detective (uncredited)
The White Angel
as Pastor Fliedner
Sins of Man
as Doctor
Till We Meet Again
as Schultz
Boulder Dam
as Pa Vangarick
Paddy O'Day
as Russian Musician
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Ulrich
Here's to Romance
as Descartes
Werewolf of London
as Priest (uncredited)
Air Hawks
as Schulter's Henchman
Mark of the Vampire
as Coroner (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
as Karl
Now and Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
as Dr. Otto von Strudel
The Black Cat
as The Majordomo
No Greater Glory
as Racz
As the Earth Turns
as Mr. Janowski
Convention City
as Zorb
To the Last Man
as Mark Hayden
