Egon Brecher
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1880-02-15
- Died
- 1946-08-12
- Place of birth
- Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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 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.
Known For
Movies (80)
Rebecca
1940
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Heidi
1937
as Inn Keeper
Juarez
1939
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Pawnbroker
Sister Kenny
1946
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Cornered
1945
Boulder Dam
1936
as Pa Vangarick
Racket Busters
1938
as Peters (uncredited)
Man Hunt
1941
as Jeweler
The Black Cat
1934
as The Majordomo
Suez
1938
as Doctor
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as The Postman (Uncredited)
You and Me
1938
as Mr. Levine
Werewolf of London
1935
as Priest (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
as Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Doctor (uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Russian Musician
Espionage Agent
1939
as Larsch
Mark of the Vampire
1935
as Coroner (uncredited)
Manpower
1941
as Pop Duval
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Citizen
A Royal Scandal
1945
as Wassilikow (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
Gateway
1938
as Rabbi
I Met Him in Paris
1937
as Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
No Greater Glory
1934
as Racz
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Elder in Norway (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Von Konstat (uncredited)
To the Last Man
1933
as Mark Hayden
Kings Row
1942
as Dr. Candell
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Martl
Spring Madness
1938
as Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
Devil's Island
1939
as Debriac
O.S.S.
1946
as Marcel Aubert
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Deputy Bergery
Black Legion
1937
as Dombrowski
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Mr. Janowski
Underground
1941
as Herr Director
The Three Musketeers
1939
as Landlord
The White Angel
1936
as Pastor Fliedner
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Pograncz (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Buyer Beware
1940
as Child's Father (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Detective (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Vasseur (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
Convention City
1933
as Zorb
Espionage
1937
as Chief of Police
Now and Forever
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Dr. Gunther
I Was an Adventuress
1940
as Jacques Dubois
The Spy Ring
1938
as General A. R. Bowen
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
as Anton Volduzzi
Air Hawks
1935
as Schulter's Henchman
Alibi for Murder
1936
as Sir Conrad Stava
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
as Mr. Smith
Just Before Dawn
1946
as Dr. Evans (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Sins of Man
1936
as Doctor
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
as Ulrich
The Man I Married
1940
as Czech
Blondes at Work
1938
as J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
So Dark the Night
1946
as Dr. Boncourt
Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Richard Heller
Calling Philo Vance
1940
as Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Here's to Romance
1935
as Descartes
While America Sleeps
1939
as Klaus
Till We Meet Again
1936
as Schultz
Invisible Enemy
1938
as Kirman
The Women Men Marry
1937
as John (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
1934
as Dr. Otto von Strudel
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Karl
We Are Not Alone
1939
as Mr. Adolf Schiller
Know Your Money
1940
as Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
For the Common Defense!
1942
as Adolph (uncredited)
White Pongo
1945
as Dr. Gerig
Die Königsloge
1929
Out of Darkness
1941
as Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
About Egon Brecher
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… With 80 credits spanning from 1929 to 1946, Egon Brecher has appeared in 80 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Rebecca (1940) — as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Heidi (1937) — as Inn Keeper
- Juarez (1939) — as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
- Cocoanut Grove (1938) — as Pawnbroker
- Sister Kenny (1946) — as Frenchman (uncredited)
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