Cast
Egon Brecher
Acting
Cast
Egon Brecher
Known for
Acting
Born
1880-02-15
From
OlmĂźtz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
Died
1946-08-12
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Egon Brecher (18 February 1880 â 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 âTheodor Herzlâ like Hugo Zuckermann and Oskar Rosenfeld. In 1919 he was co-founder of the Freie JĂźdische VolksbĂźhne 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.
Rebecca
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Heidi
as Inn Keeper
Juarez
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
Cocoanut Grove
as Pawnbroker
Sister Kenny
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Cornered
Boulder Dam
as Pa Vangarick
Racket Busters
as Peters (uncredited)
Man Hunt
as Jeweler
The Black Cat
as The Majordomo
Suez
as Doctor
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as The Postman (Uncredited)
You and Me
as Mr. Levine
Werewolf of London
as Priest (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
as Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
as Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Doctor (uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
as Russian Musician
Espionage Agent
as Larsch
Mark of the Vampire
as Coroner (uncredited)
Manpower
as Pop Duval
I'll Give a Million
as Citizen
A Royal Scandal
as Wassilikow (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
Gateway
as Rabbi
I Met Him in Paris
as Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
No Greater Glory
as Racz
Knute Rockne All American
as Elder in Norway (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Von Konstat (uncredited)
To the Last Man
as Mark Hayden
Kings Row
as Dr. Candell
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Martl
Spring Madness
as Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
Devil's Island
as Debriac
O.S.S.
as Marcel Aubert
Stolen Holiday
as Deputy Bergery
Black Legion
as Dombrowski
As the Earth Turns
as Mr. Janowski
Underground
as Herr Director
The Three Musketeers
as Landlord
The White Angel
as Pastor Fliedner
Hotel Imperial
as Pograncz (uncredited)
Four Mothers
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Buyer Beware
as Child's Father (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll
as Detective (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Vasseur (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
Convention City
as Zorb
Espionage
as Chief of Police
Now and Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Dr. Gunther
I Was an Adventuress
as Jacques Dubois
The Spy Ring
as General A. R. Bowen
Judge Hardy and Son
as Anton Volduzzi
Air Hawks
as Schulter's Henchman
Alibi for Murder
as Sir Conrad Stava
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Mr. Smith
Just Before Dawn
as Dr. Evans (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Sins of Man
as Doctor
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Ulrich
The Man I Married
as Czech
Blondes at Work
as J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
So Dark the Night
as Dr. Boncourt
Isle of Missing Men
as Richard Heller
Calling Philo Vance
as Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Here's to Romance
as Descartes
While America Sleeps
as Klaus
Till We Meet Again
as Schultz
Invisible Enemy
as Kirman
The Women Men Marry
as John (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
as Dr. Otto von Strudel
The Great O'Malley
as Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
as Karl
We Are Not Alone
as Mr. Adolf Schiller
Know Your Money
as Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
For the Common Defense!
as Adolph (uncredited)
White Pongo
as Dr. Gerig
Die KĂśnigsloge
Out of Darkness
as Victor Jourdain (uncredited)