Ernst Reicher
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.
Acting
Movie
The Golem
1936
Movie
The Life and Works of Richard Wagner
as Ludwig II.
1913
Movie
The Squeeker
as Inspektor Elford
1931
Movie
Road to Rio
as German crime commissioner
1931
Movie
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931
Movie
Rasputin, Demon of the Women
as Home Secretary
1932
Movie
One Night at the Grand Hotel
as Hoteldirektor
1931
Movie
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
as Robert Lambard
1913
Movie
Haus Nummer 17
as Harold Brant
1928
Movie
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
1912
Movie
Erloschenes Licht
1913
Movie
Der Brieföffner
as Stuart Webbs
1916
Movie
Csardas: Her Wildest Night
1935
Movie
Der Hilferuf
as Stuart Webbs
1916
Movie
Heimat und Fremde
1913
Movie
Der gestreifte Domino
as Stuart Webbs
1915
Movie
Das Buch Esther
as King Ahasuerus
1919
Movie
Der Sprung ins Dunkle
as Stuart Webbs
1920
Movie
The Armored Vault
as Stuart Webbs
1926
Movie
Camera obscura
as Stuart Webbs
1921
Movie
Der Amateur
as Stuart Webbs
1916
Movie
Das Mitternachtsschiff
as Stuart Webbs
1915
Movie
Die Geisterjagd
as Stuart Webbs
1918
Movie
Das schöne Abenteuer
1924
Crew
Movie
Der Brieföffner
Producer
1916
Movie
Die Statue
Director
1914
Movie
Das Buch Esther
Director
1919
Movie
Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Director
1920
Movie
Camera obscura
Writer
1921
Movie
Die Fürstin von Beranien
Director
1918
Movie
The Perfume of Mrs. Worrington
Producer
1925
Movie
Der Amateur
Director
1916
Movie
Stuart Webbs: Die geheimnisvolle Villa
Screenplay
1914
Movie
Der verführte Heilige
Producer
1919
Movie
Panic in the House of Ardon
Producer
1920
Movie
Stuart Webbs: Die Toten erwachen
Writer
1915