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Harry Houdini

Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874-1926) · United States · Actors · Died at 52

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He locked himself in milk cans full of water, dangled from skyscrapers in a straitjacket, and once kept a crowd in suspense for an hour trying to escape handcuffs built specifically to trap him. The escapes were real - and he spent the rest of his time hunting the fakes.

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20263.2×The anniversary of their birth, on 24 March.24 March 2026, 3.2 times the usual readers on 24 March 2026See the moment1926Died31 October 1926“I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”In their words30 October 1926Last words, to his brother Theo, in Grace Hospital of Detroit, Michigan (30 October 1926), quoted in Houdini, The Man Who Walked Through

1923Haldane of the Secret ServiceFilm, Director1922The Man from BeyondFilm, Writer1920“Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.”In their wordsMiracle Mongers and Their Methods (1920)

Terror IslandFilm, 1920Harry Harper1919The Grim GameFilm, Harvey Hanford1918The Master MysteryFilm, Quentin Locke1909Les exploits d'Houdini à Paris; ou, Les merveilleux expoits d'HoudiniFilm1874Born24 March 1874

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  1. I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.

    Oct 30, 1926, Last words, to his brother Theo, in Grace Hospital of Detroit, Michigan (30 October 1926), quoted in Houdini, The Man Who Walked Through, Own words

  2. Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

    1920, Miracle Mongers and Their Methods (1920), Own words

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Filmography 15

EAEscape Artist2026
TEThe Magic Behind 'd'ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical - The Audio Theater Experience'2020
LWLo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World2016 · ★ 6.6
ALAn Honest Liar2014 · ★ 7.1
HOHoudini1996
MSMagic with the Stars1982
THThe Truth About Houdini1971
DLDays of Thrills and Laughter1961
TTThe Golden Twenties1950
HSHaldane of the Secret ServiceDirector1923
TBThe Man from BeyondWriter1922
TITerror IslandHarry Harper1920
TGThe Grim GameHarvey Hanford1919
TMThe Master MysteryQuentin Locke1918
LHLes exploits d'Houdini à Paris; ou, Les merveilleux expoits d'Houdini1909

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TUThe UnXplained2019
LOLore2017
BCBuzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime2016

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Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Erik Weisz left Hungary for American vaudeville, but the real break came in Europe, where he billed himself as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini and challenged police forces to lock him up. He couldn't be held. The act expanded: chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets underwater, sealed milk cans. In 1904, thousands in London watched him struggle for an hour against handcuffs commissioned by the Daily Mirror. Another stunt buried him alive; he clawed to the surface half-broken. While some thought it was all rigged, Houdini turned his fury on actual frauds - spiritualists peddling fake séances - and as president of the Society of American Magicians he sued anyone who copied his work. He tried movies, quit when they didn't pay, and flew the first powered aircraft in Australia. He died October 31, 1926.

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1874 to 1926 · aged 52

In common with Harry

Mae BuschAlso in The Grim Game (1919)Nita NaldiAlso in The Man from Beyond (1922)James CruzeAlso in Terror Island (1920)Marguerite MarshAlso in The Master Mystery (1918)Gladys LeslieAlso in Haldane of the Secret Service (1923)Jane WolfeAlso in The Grim Game (1919)

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