Egon Brecher
Feb 15, 1880 — Aug 12, 1946 (66 years)
Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
77 Movies
Egon Brecher has spent over 97 years in front of the camera, with more than 77 film and TV credits. his The Majordomo in 'The Black Cat' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
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Egon Brecher
77 Movies
Egon Brecher has spent over 97 years in front of the camera, with more than 77 film and TV credits. his The Majordomo in 'The Black Cat' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Thriller has been his most frequent territory.
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Rebecca
1940
Juarez
1939
Convention City
1933
Buyer Beware
1940
Sister Kenny
1946
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
No Greater Glory
1934
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
Isle of Missing Men
1942
The Three Musketeers
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
The Spy Ring
1938
The Black Cat
1934
Mission to Moscow
1943
Devil's Island
1939
Heidi
1937
Espionage Agent
1939
A Royal Scandal
1945
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
Racket Busters
1938
Man Hunt
1941
As the Earth Turns
1934
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Mark of the Vampire
1935
I'll Give a Million
1938
Werewolf of London
1935
The White Angel
1936
Espionage
1937
Kings Row
1942
Air Hawks
1935
To the Last Man
1933
The Man I Married
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
Four Mothers
1941
Hotel Imperial
1939
Voice of the Whistler
1945
O.S.S.
1946
Above Suspicion
1943
While America Sleeps
1939
I Met Him in Paris
1937
You and Me
1938
Black Legion
1937
Many Happy Returns
1934
We Are Not Alone
1939
The Devil-Doll
1936
Stolen Holiday
1937
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So Dark the Night
Dr. Boncourt
1946
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Sister Kenny
Frenchman (uncredited)
1946
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O.S.S.
Marcel Aubert
1946
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Just Before Dawn
Dr. Evans (uncredited)
1946
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Postman (Uncredited)
1946
Film
White Pongo
Dr. Gerig
1945
Film
Voice of the Whistler
Dr. Rose (replaced by Frank Reicher) (uncredited)
1945
Film
A Royal Scandal
Wassilikow (uncredited)
1945
Film
Above Suspicion
Gestapo Official (Uncredited)
1943
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Egon Brecher still alive?
Egon Brecher passed away on August 12, 1946 at age 66.
What are the most famous roles of Egon Brecher?
Egon Brecher is best known for roles in Rebecca, The Black Cat, Werewolf of London.
How many movies has Egon Brecher been in?
Over a 17-year career (since 1929), Egon Brecher has appeared in 80 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Egon Brecher's first movie?
The career of Egon Brecher began with Die Königsloge (1929).
What is Egon Brecher's most recent movie or series?
Egon Brecher's most recent release is So Dark the Night, which premiered on October 10, 1946.
Egon Brecher
1880-02-15 · Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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.