
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 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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Credits
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So Dark the Night 1946Dr. Boncourt★ 6
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Sister Kenny 1946Frenchman (uncredited)★ 6.5
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O.S.S. 1946Marcel Aubert★ 6.4
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Just Before Dawn 1946Dr. Evans (uncredited)★ 6.3
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The Postman (Uncredited)★ 6.3
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White Pongo 1945Dr. Gerig★ 4
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Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)★ 5.7
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A Royal Scandal 1945Wassilikow (uncredited)★ 6.9
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Above Suspicion 1943Gestapo Official (Uncredited)★ 6.5
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Mission to Moscow 1943Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)★ 5.3
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Isle of Missing Men 1942Richard Heller★ 6.2
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Adolph (uncredited)★ 4.7
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Kings Row 1942Dr. Candell★ 7.2
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Manpower 1941Pop Duval★ 6.7
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Underground 1941Herr Director★ 6.1
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Man Hunt 1941Jeweler★ 6.9
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Out of Darkness 1941Victor Jourdain (uncredited)★ NR
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Four Mothers 1941Music Foundation Director (uncredited)★ 6.2
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Von Konstat (uncredited)★ 5.7
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Elder in Norway (uncredited)★ 6.1
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Buyer Beware 1940Child's Father (uncredited)★ 6
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The Man I Married 1940Czech★ 6.3
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Doctor (uncredited)★ 7.1
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I Was an Adventuress 1940Jacques Dubois★ 6.3
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Rebecca 1940Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)★ 7.9
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Martl★ 6.4
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Calling Philo Vance 1940Austrian Judge (uncredited)★ 5.8
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Know Your Money 1940Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)★ 9
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Judge Hardy and Son 1939Anton Volduzzi★ 5.6
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We Are Not Alone 1939Mr. Adolf Schiller★ 6.1
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Espionage Agent 1939Larsch★ 5.9
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Nurse Edith Cavell 1939Dr. Gunther★ 6.4
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Mr. Smith★ 6.4
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Juarez 1939Baron von Magnus (uncredited)★ 6.5
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Hotel Imperial 1939Pograncz (uncredited)★ 6
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Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)★ 6.1
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While America Sleeps 1939Klaus★ 6
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The Three Musketeers 1939Landlord★ 5.8
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Devil's Island 1939Debriac★ 5.4
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Spring Madness 1938Soviet Travel Bureau Agent★ 3.9
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Suez 1938Doctor★ 5.2
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Gateway 1938Rabbi★ 6.5
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I'll Give a Million 1938Citizen★ 5.7
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Racket Busters 1938Peters (uncredited)★ 5.1
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You and Me 1938Mr. Levine★ 6.7
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Cocoanut Grove 1938Pawnbroker★ NR
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Invisible Enemy 1938Kirman★ 6
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Arsène Lupin Returns 1938Vasseur (uncredited)★ 5.8
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Blondes at Work 1938J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)★ 6.1
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The Spy Ring 1938General A. R. Bowen★ 5
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Beg, Borrow or Steal 1937Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)★ 4.5
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Heidi 1937Inn Keeper★ 6.8
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The Women Men Marry 1937John (uncredited)★ 5.5
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I Met Him in Paris 1937Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control★ 5.3
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Espionage 1937Chief of Police★ 6.5
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The Great O'Malley 1937Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)★ 6.7
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Stolen Holiday 1937Deputy Bergery★ 6.6
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Black Legion 1937Dombrowski★ 6.6
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Alibi for Murder 1936Sir Conrad Stava★ 5.8
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The Devil-Doll 1936Detective (uncredited)★ 6.8
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The White Angel 1936Pastor Fliedner★ 8
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Sins of Man 1936Doctor★ NR
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Till We Meet Again 1936Schultz★ 5
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Boulder Dam 1936Pa Vangarick★ 4
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Paddy O'Day 1936Russian Musician★ 7
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Ulrich★ 6.8
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Here's to Romance 1935Descartes★ NR
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Werewolf of London 1935Priest (uncredited)★ 6
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Air Hawks 1935Schulter's Henchman★ 5.6
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Mark of the Vampire 1935Coroner (uncredited)★ 6.1
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Karl★ 5.7
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Now and Forever 1934Doctor (uncredited)★ 6.6
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Many Happy Returns 1934Dr. Otto von Strudel★ 5.3
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The Black Cat 1934The Majordomo★ 6.7
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No Greater Glory 1934Racz★ 6.7
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As the Earth Turns 1934Mr. Janowski★ 5.3
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Convention City 1933Zorb★ 3.7
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To the Last Man 1933Mark Hayden★ 5.7
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Die Königsloge 1929★ NR