---
name: "Egon Brecher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/egon-brecher"
fi1m_id: "egon-brecher"
imdb_id: "nm0106504"
tmdb_id: 89727
wikidata_id: "Q1298490"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 February 1880"
died: "12 August 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:13:48.359538+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Egon Brecher

## Identity

Egon Brecher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/egon-brecher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** egon-brecher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0106504
- **TMDB ID:** 89727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1298490
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Brecher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1298490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89727

Actor. Born 15 February 1880 in Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]. Died 12 August 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 February 1880, Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
- **Died:** 12 August 1946
- **Active:** 1934–1942
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 80 (1), 1940s 73 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Brecher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1298490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89727

## Biography

Egon Brecher was an Austrian-born actor and director. Born on 18 February 1880 in Olomouc, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic), he studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg before turning to acting. He performed on provincial stages in Germany and Austria, and later acted and directed in Vienna, including at the Stadttheater, until 1921. He was also involved in Yiddish theatre initiatives in the city.

Brecher moved to New York in 1921 to appear on Broadway. He became a naturalised American citizen in 1927 and relocated to Hollywood in the late 1920s, where he appeared in foreign-language versions of American films and subsequently in numerous English-language productions. His film credits include *The Black Cat* (1934) as the Majordomo, *Werewolf of London* (1935), *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), *The Devil-Doll* (1936), *Rebecca* (1940) and *So Dark the Night* (1946). He died of a heart attack on 12 August 1946 in Hollywood, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Kings Row* (1942), Fi1m 70, as Dr. Candell — [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *The Black Cat* (1934), Fi1m 80, as The Majordomo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-cat.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, as Doctor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *So Dark the Night* (1946), as Dr. Boncourt
- *Sister Kenny* (1946), as Frenchman (uncredited)
- *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 — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *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) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *I Was an Adventuress* (1940), as Jacques Dubois
- *Rebecca* (1940), as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *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 — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-cat.md)
- *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

## Gallery

- ![Egon Brecher](https://film.one/media/person/301125/gallery-f7dd19c7227d.jpg) Egon Brecher — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Charlie_Chan%27s_Secret_%281936%29_-_Egon_Brecher.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Egon Brecher in the American western film To the Last Man (1933) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/301125/gallery-2bb082f5ea43.jpg) Egon Brecher in the American western film To the Last Man (1933) - cropped screenshot — film screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Egon_Brecher_in_To_the_Last_Man_%281933%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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