Acting · Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic] · Born February 15, 1880
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.
MovieSo Dark the Night
1946
as Dr. Boncourt
MovieSister Kenny
1946
as Frenchman (uncredited)
MovieO.S.S.
1946
as Marcel Aubert
MovieJust Before Dawn
1946
as Dr. Evans (uncredited)
MovieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as The Postman (Uncredited)
MovieCornered
1945
MovieWhite Pongo
1945
as Dr. Gerig
MovieVoice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
MovieA Royal Scandal
1945
as Wassilikow (uncredited)
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as Heinrich Sahm (uncredited)
MovieIsle of Missing Men
1942
as Richard Heller
MovieFor the Common Defense!
1942
as Adolph (uncredited)
MovieKings Row
1942
as Dr. Candell
MovieManpower
1941
as Pop Duval
MovieUnderground
1941
as Herr Director
MovieMan Hunt
1941
as Jeweler
MovieOut of Darkness
1941
as Victor Jourdain (uncredited)
MovieFour Mothers
1941
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
MovieA Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Von Konstat (uncredited)
MovieKnute Rockne All American
1940
as Elder in Norway (uncredited)
MovieBuyer Beware
1940
as Child's Father (uncredited)
MovieThe Man I Married
1940
as Czech
MovieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieI Was an Adventuress
1940
as Jacques Dubois
MovieRebecca
1940
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
MovieDr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Martl
MovieCalling Philo Vance
1940
as Austrian Judge (uncredited)
MovieKnow Your Money
1940
as Samuels the Druggist (uncredited)
MovieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
as Anton Volduzzi
MovieWe Are Not Alone
1939
as Mr. Adolf Schiller
MovieEspionage Agent
1939
as Larsch
MovieNurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Dr. Gunther
MovieAngels Wash Their Faces
1939
as Mr. Smith
MovieJuarez
1939
as Baron von Magnus (uncredited)
MovieHotel Imperial
1939
as Pograncz (uncredited)
MovieConfessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Fritz Muller - German Agent (uncredited)
MovieWhile America Sleeps
1939
as Klaus
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1939
as Landlord
MovieDevil's Island
1939
as Debriac
MovieSpring Madness
1938
as Soviet Travel Bureau Agent
MovieSuez
1938
as Doctor
MovieGateway
1938
as Rabbi
MovieI'll Give a Million
1938
as Citizen
MovieRacket Busters
1938
as Peters (uncredited)
MovieYou and Me
1938
as Mr. Levine
MovieCocoanut Grove
1938
as Pawnbroker
MovieInvisible Enemy
1938
as Kirman
MovieArsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Vasseur (uncredited)
MovieBlondes at Work
1938
as J.Z. Beckman (uncredited)
MovieThe Spy Ring
1938
as General A. R. Bowen
MovieBeg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieHeidi
1937
as Inn Keeper
MovieThe Women Men Marry
1937
as John (uncredited)
MovieI Met Him in Paris
1937
as Emile - Upper Sled Run Tower Control
MovieEspionage
1937
as Chief of Police
MovieThe Great O'Malley
1937
as Morris - the Pawnbroker (uncredited)
MovieStolen Holiday
1937
as Deputy Bergery
MovieBlack Legion
1937
as Dombrowski
MovieAlibi for Murder
1936
as Sir Conrad Stava
MovieThe Devil-Doll
1936
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieThe White Angel
1936
as Pastor Fliedner
MovieSins of Man
1936
as Doctor
MovieTill We Meet Again
1936
as Schultz
MovieBoulder Dam
1936
as Pa Vangarick
MoviePaddy O'Day
1936
as Russian Musician
MovieCharlie Chan's Secret
1936
as Ulrich
MovieHere's to Romance
1935
as Descartes
MovieWerewolf of London
1935
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieAir Hawks
1935
as Schulter's Henchman
MovieMark of the Vampire
1935
as Coroner (uncredited)
MovieThe Florentine Dagger
1935
as Karl
MovieNow and Forever
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieMany Happy Returns
1934
as Dr. Otto von Strudel
MovieThe Black Cat
1934
as The Majordomo
MovieNo Greater Glory
1934
as Racz
MovieAs the Earth Turns
1934
as Mr. Janowski
MovieConvention City
1933
as Zorb
MovieTo the Last Man
1933
as Mark Hayden
MovieDie Königsloge
1929
