Egon Brecher
Acting
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
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movieSo Dark the Night
1946
Dr. Boncourt
movieSister Kenny
1946
Frenchman (uncredited)
movieO.S.S.
1946
Marcel Aubert
movieJust Before Dawn
1946
Dr. Evans (uncredited)
movieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
The Postman (Uncredited)
movieWhite Pongo
1945
Dr. Gerig
movieVoice of the Whistler
1945
Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
movieA Royal Scandal
1945
Wassilikow (uncredited)
movieAbove Suspicion
1943
Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
movieMission to Moscow
1943
Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
movieIsle of Missing Men
1942
Richard Heller
movieFor the Common Defense!
1942
Adolph (uncredited)
movieKings Row
1942
Dr. Candell
movieManpower
1941
Pop Duval
movieUnderground
1941
Herr Director
movieMan Hunt
1941
Jeweler
movieOut of Darkness
1941
Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
movieFour Mothers
1941
Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
movieA Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Von Konstat (uncredited)
movieKnute Rockne All American
1940
Elder in Norway (uncredited)
movieBuyer Beware
1940
Child's Father (uncredited)
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
Doctor (uncredited)
movieI Was an Adventuress
1940
Jacques Dubois
movieRebecca
1940
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
movieCalling Philo Vance
1940
Austrian Judge (uncredited)
movieKnow Your Money
1940
Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
movieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
Anton Volduzzi
movieWe Are Not Alone
1939
Mr. Adolf Schiller
movieEspionage Agent
1939
Larsch
movieNurse Edith Cavell
1939
Dr. Gunther
movieAngels Wash Their Faces
1939
Mr. Smith
movieJuarez
1939
Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
movieHotel Imperial
1939
Pograncz (uncredited)
movieConfessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
movieThe Three Musketeers
1939
Landlord
movieDevil's Island
1939
Debriac
movieSpring Madness
1938
Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
movieSuez
1938
Doctor
movieGateway
1938
Rabbi
movieI'll Give a Million
1938
Citizen
movieRacket Busters
1938
Peters (uncredited)
movieYou and Me
1938
Mr. Levine
movieCocoanut Grove
1938
Pawnbroker
movieInvisible Enemy
1938
Kirman
movieArsène Lupin Returns
1938
Vasseur (uncredited)
movieBlondes at Work
1938
J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
movieThe Spy Ring
1938
General A. R. Bowen
movieBeg, Borrow or Steal
1937
Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
movieHeidi
1937
Inn Keeper
movieThe Women Men Marry
1937
John (uncredited)
movieI Met Him in Paris
1937
Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
movieEspionage
1937
Chief of Police
movieThe Great O'Malley
1937
Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
movieStolen Holiday
1937
Deputy Bergery
movieBlack Legion
1937
Dombrowski
movieAlibi for Murder
1936
Sir Conrad Stava
movieThe Devil-Doll
1936
Detective (uncredited)
movieThe White Angel
1936
Pastor Fliedner
movieSins of Man
1936
Doctor
movieTill We Meet Again
1936
Schultz
movieBoulder Dam
1936
Pa Vangarick
moviePaddy O'Day
1936
Russian Musician
movieHere's to Romance
1935
Descartes
movieWerewolf of London
1935
Priest (uncredited)
movieAir Hawks
1935
Schulter's Henchman
movieMark of the Vampire
1935
Coroner (uncredited)
movieNow and Forever
1934
Doctor (uncredited)
movieMany Happy Returns
1934
Dr. Otto von Strudel
movieThe Black Cat
1934
The Majordomo
movieAs the Earth Turns
1934
Mr. Janowski
movieTo the Last Man
1933
Mark Hayden
