Ernst Reicher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 19, 1885
- Died
- May 1, 1936
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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.
Filmography
The Golem 1936
Actor
Csardas: Her Wildest Night 1935
Actor
Rasputin, Demon of the Women 1932
as Home Secretary
- One Night at the Grand Hotel
One Night at the Grand Hotel 1931
as Hoteldirektor
The Theft of the Mona Lisa 1931
Actor
The Squeeker 1931
as Inspektor Elford
Road to Rio 1931
as German crime commissioner
- Hände hoch, hier Eddy Polo
Hände hoch, hier Eddy Polo 1929
as Kommissar Grant
Haus Nummer 17 1928
as Harold Brant
The Armored Vault 1926
as Stuart Webbs
The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington 1925
Producer
- Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh 1925
as Stuart Webbs
Das Geheimnis einer Stunde 1925
Actor
- Das schöne Abenteuer
Das schöne Abenteuer 1924
Actor
Das Rattenloch 1921
as Stuart Webbs, Director
Camera obscura 1921
as Stuart Webbs, Writer
Panic in the House of Ardon 1920
Producer
Der Sprung ins Dunkle 1920
as Stuart Webbs, Director
- Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus
Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus 1919
as Stuart Webbs
The Pagoda 1919
as Stuart Webbs, Director
Das Buch Esther 1919
as King Ahasuerus, Writer, Director
- Drei Tage Freiheit
Drei Tage Freiheit 1919
Art Direction
- Der verführte Heilige
Der verführte Heilige 1919
Producer
- Das Gestohlene Modell
Das Gestohlene Modell 1919
as Stuart Webbs
- Die Geheimnisvollen Briefe
Die Geheimnisvollen Briefe 1919
as Stuart Webbs
- Der Stier von Saldanha
Der Stier von Saldanha 1918
as Stuart Webbs
Der Eisenbahnmarder 1918
as Stuart Webbs
Die Fürstin von Beranien 1918
Director
- Die Geisterjagd
Die Geisterjagd 1918
as Stuart Webbs
- Die Diamantenstiftung
Die Diamantenstiftung 1917
as Stuart Webbs
- Die Peitsche
Die Peitsche 1916
as Stuart Webbs
Der Hilferuf 1916
as Stuart Webbs
- The Amateur
The Amateur 1916
as Stuart Webbs, Director, Screenplay
Der Brieföffner 1916
as Stuart Webbs, Producer
- Der Spuk im Hause des Professors
Der Spuk im Hause des Professors 1915
as Stuart Webbs, Screenplay
- Die Schloßfrau von Radomsk
Die Schloßfrau von Radomsk 1915
Actor
- Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen 1915
as Stuart Webbs, Writer
Der gestreifte Domino 1915
as Stuart Webbs
- Das Mitternachtsschiff
Das Mitternachtsschiff 1915
as Stuart Webbs
- Eines Mannes Schatten
Eines Mannes Schatten 1915
as Stuart Webbs, Director, Screenplay
- Das Panzergewölbe
Das Panzergewölbe 1914
as Stuart Webbs, Screenplay
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar 1914
as Stuart Webbs, Screenplay
- Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa 1914
as Stuart Webbs, Screenplay
- The Statue
The Statue 1914
Screenplay, Director
- Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken 1913
as Verehrer Nr. 1
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner 1913
as Ludwig II.
- Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil 1913
as Robert Lambard
Erloschenes Licht 1913
Actor
Heimat und Fremde 1913
Actor
- Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes 1912
Actor
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