Egon Brecher
Egon Brecher ( born February 18, 1880 in Olomouc, Moravia, Austria - Hungary, now Czech Republic, † August 12 1946 in Los Angeles ) was a German actor. He made his debut at German and Austrian stages, was active in Jewish theaters and settled in 1921 in the United States, where he first played in Yiddish theaters in New York and finally in numerous Hollywood films.
Life
Egon Brecher was born in Olomouc, the son of a professor. He attended secondary school and began in 1899 to study philosophy in Heidelberg, which, however, he did not graduate. Instead, he suggested a career as an actor. He has performed with various ensembles in the German- German and Austrian province and lived temporarily in Berlin and Vienna. His acting debut, he committed suicide, according to Zalmen Zylbercwaig in 1900 in Vienna, when he conducted the new ghetto of Theodor Herzl with a semi- professional ensemble. According to the New York Times obituary, he first appeared in 1903 in a Vienna performance of Franz Grillparzer's Sappho. In 1907 he founded together with Siegfried Schmitz and members of the " student clubs, Theodor Herzl ' " ( Hugo Zuckermann, Leo Goldhammer, Oskar Rosenfeld, Max Gold ) is a theater initiative ( one was active up to two years in this form ) to modern Yiddish dramas in perform German language. On semi- professional way they performed pieces by Sholem Asch, Avrom Koralnik and David Pinski ( " Eternal Jew "). As a venue, they used the " intimate theater " in the Prater Road 34
From 1910 to 1921 Breaker the investigations carried out by Josef Jarno stages ( Josefstadt Theater, Prince Theater ) was dedicated. At the same time supported breakers continue the Jewish theater work in Vienna. In 1919 he was involved in the founding of the Free Jewish the Volksbühne. There he appeared as an actor, director and director in appearance, was played in Yiddish. In 1921 he organized performances of the Volksbühne to Jarno stages.
1921 lured him an offer to New York, where breakers from now occurred to Yiddish and English theaters on Broadway. He became a teacher and director of the theater school in Cleveland and moved to Los Angeles in 1933, where he remained until his death in over 50 Hollywood movies, especially horror, detective and spy movies, played. Among them: The Black Cat (1934 ) Werewolf of London ( 1935), The Black Room (1935 ), The Mark of the Vampire (1935 ), The Devil- Doll ( 1936) and Secret Society Black Legion (1937 ).
1927 Breakers was a U.S. citizen .. He died on August 12, 1946 in Hollywood, Los Angeles of a heart attack.