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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Golem (1936)
2. The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913) — Ludwig II.
3. The Squeeker (1931) — Inspektor Elford
4. Road to Rio (1931) — German crime commissioner
5. The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
6. Rasputin, Demon of the Women (1932) — Home Secretary
7. One Night at the Grand Hotel (1931) — Hoteldirektor
8. Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil (1913) — Robert Lambard
9. Haus Nummer 17 (1928) — Harold Brant
10. Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes (1912)
11. Erloschenes Licht (1913)
12. Der Brieföffner (1916) — Stuart Webbs
13. Csardas: Her Wildest Night (1935)
14. Der Hilferuf (1916) — Stuart Webbs
15. Heimat und Fremde (1913)
16. Der gestreifte Domino (1915) — Stuart Webbs
17. Das Buch Esther (1919) — King Ahasuerus
18. Der Sprung ins Dunkle (1920) — Stuart Webbs
19. The Armored Vault (1926) — Stuart Webbs
20. Camera obscura (1921) — Stuart Webbs
21. Der Amateur (1916) — Stuart Webbs
22. Das Mitternachtsschiff (1915) — Stuart Webbs
23. Die Geisterjagd (1918) — Stuart Webbs
24. Das schöne Abenteuer (1924)
25. Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen (1915) — Stuart Webbs
26. Das Geheimnis einer Stunde (1925)
27. Stuart Webbs: The Man in the Cellar (1914) — Stuart Webbs
28. Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa (1914) — Stuart Webbs
29. Die Pagode (1919) — Stuart Webbs
30. Die Peitsche (1916) — Stuart Webbs
31. Der Eisenbahnmarder (1918) — Stuart Webbs
32. Das Rattenloch (1921) — Stuart Webbs
33. Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh (1925) — Stuart Webbs
34. Der Stier von Saldanha (1918) — Stuart Webbs
35. Ein Mädchen zu verschenken (1913) — Verehrer Nr. 1
36. Das Panzergewölbe (1914) — Stuart Webbs
37. Eines Mannes Schatten (1915) — Stuart Webbs
38. Der Spuk im Hause des Professors (1915) — Stuart Webbs
39. Die Brüder von Sankt Parasitus (1919) — Stuart Webbs
40. Die Diamantenstiftung (1917) — Stuart Webbs

Directed

1. Die Statue (1914) — Director
2. Das Buch Esther (1919) — Director
3. Der Sprung ins Dunkle (1920) — Director
4. Die Fürstin von Beranien (1918) — Director
5. Der Amateur (1916) — Director
6. Die Pagode (1919) — Director
7. Das Rattenloch (1921) — Director
8. Eines Mannes Schatten (1915) — Director