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Ernst Reicher
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Died May 1, 1936 (50 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1936 | |
| 1932 | Rasputin, Demon with Women · as Home Secretary |
| 1931 | |
| 1931 | The Squeeker · as Inspektor Elford |
| 1926 | The Armored Vault · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1925 | Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington · as Stuart Webbs, Detektiv |
| 1925 | |
| 1925 | Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1925 | Der Schuß im Pavillon · as Stuart Webbs, Detektiv |
| 1925 | Die Perlen des Dr. Talmadge · as Stuart Webbs, Detektiv |
| 1924 | Die malayische Dschonke · as Struart Webbs |
| 1923 | Im letzten Augenblick · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1921 | Erlebnisse Stuart Webbs: Der Meisterdetektiv in seinen Abenteuern · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1921 | Das Rattenloch · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1920 | Die weiße Rose · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1920 | Der Sprung ins Dunkle · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1920 | Die graue Elster · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1920 | George Bully · as Stuart Webbs, Detective |
| 1919 | Das Buch Esther · as King Ahasuerus |
| 1919 | Das Schloss am Abhang · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1919 | Die Launen des Glücks · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1919 | Die Geheimnisvollen Briefe · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1919 | Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1919 | Das Gestohlene Modell · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Der Stier von Saldanha · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Der Teufelswalzer · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Der Eisenbahnmarder · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Ein rätselhafter Blick · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Die Geisterjagd · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1918 | Der Stellvertreter · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Das Lichtsignal · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Das treibende Floß · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Die Pagode · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Die Senatorwahl · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Der Todesstern · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1917 | Die Diamantenstiftung · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Die Reise ins Jenseits · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Gräfin de Castro · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Die Peitsche · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Der Amateur · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Der Hilferuf · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1916 | Der Brieföffner · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1915 | Das Mitternachtsschiff · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1915 | Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen · as Detektiv Stuart Webbs |
| 1915 | Der gestreifte Domino · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1915 | Eines Mannes Schatten · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1914 | Stuart Webbs: Das Panzergewölbe · as Stuart Webbs |
| 1914 | |
| 1913 | The Life of Richard Wagner · as Ludwig Ii. |
| 1913 | Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil - Der junge Chef · as Robert Lambard |
| 1913 | Ein Mädchen zu verschenken · as Verehrer Nr. 1 |