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