Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 19, 1885
Died
May 01, 1936
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Credits
48 titles
Ernst Reicher
Biography
His father was the actor Emanuel Reicher, born in Galicia, then part of the Kingdom of Austria. Emanuel married firstly the opera singer Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann: their son was the actor Frank Reicher. After Hedwig's death, he married the actress Lina Harf and the couple had three children: Hedwiga Reicher, Ernst, and Elly, who all worked as actors. At Continental-Kunstfilm's studios Ernst Reicher acted, wrote scripts and directed films from 1912 to 1918. In December 1912 he starred in Vorglühen des Balkanbrandes, directed by Joe May. He wrote, directed and starred in two films: Das Werk in February 1913, and Die Statue in 1914, which was banned by the Berlin police censor until 1919. Starting in winter 1913/14, he wrote and starred in the first three of the 'Stuart Webbs' detective films, a popular detective series directed by Joe May for Continental. For more than a decade after 1914, Reicher continued to write and star as Stuart Webbs, and was closely identified with the part. It was not until 1918 that Reicher turned to other topics. On the first of April 1919, he moved the headquarters of his film company to Munich. At the beginning of the twenties he suffered a serious car accident, in which he suffered a vertebral and fractured skull. Only from 1926 he appeared again on the screen, but he could no longer build on previous successes. After the seizure of power in 1933 by the National Socialists, Reicher emigrated to Prague, where he fell into obscurity. His last, tiny role in the 1936 French-language remake of The Golem was cut out of the final version. Later that year, he committed suicide by hanging in a Prague hotel room.
Known For
Filmography
The Golem
Csardas: Her Wildest Night
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
Home Secretary
One Night at the Grand Hotel
Hoteldirektor
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
The Squeeker
Inspektor Elford
Road to Rio
German crime commissioner
Haus Nummer 17
Harold Brant
The Armored Vault
Stuart Webbs
The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington
Producer
Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh
Stuart Webbs
Das Geheimnis einer Stunde
Das schöne Abenteuer
Das Rattenloch
Stuart Webbs
Camera obscura
Stuart Webbs
Panic in the House of Ardon
Producer
Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Stuart Webbs
Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus
Stuart Webbs
Die Pagode
Stuart Webbs
Das Buch Esther
King Ahasuerus
Der verführte Heilige
Producer
Das Gestohlene Modell
Stuart Webbs
Drei Tage Freiheit
Art Direction
Die Geheimnisvollen Briefe
Stuart Webbs
Der Stier von Saldanha
Stuart Webbs
Der Eisenbahnmarder
Stuart Webbs
Die Geisterjagd
Stuart Webbs
Die Fürstin von Beranien
Director
Die Diamantenstiftung
Stuart Webbs
Die Peitsche
Stuart Webbs
Der Hilferuf
Stuart Webbs
Der Brieföffner
Stuart Webbs
Der Amateur
Stuart Webbs
Der Spuk im Hause des Professors
Stuart Webbs
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
Stuart Webbs
Der gestreifte Domino
Stuart Webbs
Das Mitternachtsschiff
Stuart Webbs
Eines Mannes Schatten
Stuart Webbs
Das Panzergewölbe
Stuart Webbs
Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar
Stuart Webbs
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Stuart Webbs
Die Statue
Director
Ein Mädchen zu verschenken
Verehrer Nr. 1
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
Ludwig II.
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
Robert Lambard
Erloschenes Licht
Heimat und Fremde
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes