
Ernst Reicher
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1885-09-19
- Died
- 1936-05-01
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
Biography
His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingdom of Austria. Emanuel married firstly the opera singer Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann: their son was the actor Frank Reicher. After Hedwig's death, he married the actress Lina Harf and the couple had three children: Hedwiga Reicher, Ernst, and Elly, who all worked as actors.
At Continental-Kunstfilm's studios Ernst Reicher acted, wrote scripts and directed films from 1912 to 1918. In December 1912 he starred in Vorglühen des Balkanbrandes, directed by Joe May. He wrote, directed and starred in two films: Das Werk in February 1913, and Die Statue in 1914, which was banned by the Berlin police censor until 1919. Starting in winter 1913/14, he wrote and starred in the first three of the 'Stuart Webbs' detective films, a popular detective series directed by Joe May for Continental. For more than a decade after 1914, Reicher continued to write and star as Stuart Webbs, and was closely identified with the part. It was not until 1918 that Reicher turned to other topics. On the first of April 1919, he moved the headquarters of his film company to Munich.
At the beginning of the twenties he suffered a serious car accident, in which he suffered a vertebral and fractured skull. Only from 1926 he appeared again on the screen, but he could no longer build on previous successes. After the seizure of power in 1933 by the National Socialists, Reicher emigrated to Prague, where he fell into obscurity. His last, tiny role in the 1936 French-language remake of The Golem was cut out of the final version. Later that year, he committed suicide by hanging in a Prague hotel room.
Known For
Movies (42)

Csardas: Her Wildest Night
1935

The Squeeker
1931
as Inspektor Elford
One Night at the Grand Hotel
1931
as Hoteldirektor

The Golem
1936

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931

Rasputin, Demon of the Women
1932
as Home Secretary

The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
1913
as Ludwig II.

Road to Rio
1931
as German crime commissioner

Die Pagode
1919
as Stuart Webbs
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
1913
as Robert Lambard
Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
1925
as Stuart Webbs

Haus Nummer 17
1928
as Harold Brant

Der Hilferuf
1916
as Stuart Webbs

The Armored Vault
1926
as Stuart Webbs
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
1914
as Stuart Webbs
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
1914
as Stuart Webbs

Der Sprung ins Dunkle
1920
as Stuart Webbs
Die Geisterjagd
1918
as Stuart Webbs
Die Diamantenstiftung
1917
as Stuart Webbs
Die Peitsche
1916
as Stuart Webbs

Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
1925

Camera obscura
1921
as Stuart Webbs

Der Eisenbahnmarder
1918
as Stuart Webbs
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
1913
as Verehrer Nr. 1

Der Brieföffner
1916
as Stuart Webbs
Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus
1919
as Stuart Webbs
Die Geheimnisvollen Briefe
1919
as Stuart Webbs
Der Stier von Saldanha
1918
as Stuart Webbs

Heimat und Fremde
1913

Der gestreifte Domino
1915
as Stuart Webbs

Das Rattenloch
1921
as Stuart Webbs
Der Amateur
1916
as Stuart Webbs
Das Mitternachtsschiff
1915
as Stuart Webbs
Das Panzergewölbe
1914
as Stuart Webbs

Das Buch Esther
1919
as King Ahasuerus
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
1915
as Stuart Webbs
Der Spuk im Hause des Professors
1915
as Stuart Webbs
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
1912
Das schöne Abenteuer
1924

Erloschenes Licht
1913
Das Gestohlene Modell
1919
as Stuart Webbs
Eines Mannes Schatten
1915
as Stuart Webbs
About Ernst Reicher
His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingdom of Austria. Emanuel married firstly the opera singer Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann: their son was the actor Frank Reicher. After Hedwig's death, he married the actress Lina Harf and the couple had three children: Hedwiga Reicher, Ernst, and Elly, who all worked as actors. At Continental-Kunstfilm's studios Ernst Reicher acted, wrote scripts and directed films from 1912 to 1918. In December 1912 he starred in Vorglühen des Balkanbrandes, directed by Joe May. He wrot… With 42 credits spanning from 1912 to 1936, Ernst Reicher has appeared in 42 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Csardas: Her Wildest Night (1935)
- The Squeeker (1931) — as Inspektor Elford
- One Night at the Grand Hotel (1931) — as Hoteldirektor
- The Golem (1936)
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
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