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Erik Weisz was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary to a Jewish family. [5] [6] His parents were Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz (1829–1892) and Cecília Steiner (1841–1913).). Houdini was one of seven children: Herman M. (1863–1885), who was Houdini's half-brother by Rabbi Weisz's first marriage; Nathan J. (1870–1927); Gottfried William (1872–1925); Theodore (1876–1945); [7] Leopold D ...
Erich Weise (4 September 1895 – 10 April 1972) [1] was a German historian and archivist. During World War II , as a member of the Nazi Party , he administered Polish archives captured by Nazi Germany .
Release. September 1. (2014-09-01) –. September 2, 2014. (2014-09-02) Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History Channel miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from ...
Jack Adkisson, the Von Erich patriarch, is better known by his ring name Fritz Von Erich. He was a professional American wrestler who reached the heights of his fame in the 1960s and '70s before ...
Jar of Fools is the story of a tormented magician named Ernie Weiss (likely based on Harry Houdini, whose name was originally Ehrich Weiss [2]). His brother, Howard, has died and he has become estranged from his girlfriend, Esther O'Dea. The story of the comic retells Ernie's struggles to get himself back on track and find himself, in part ...
Mike Von Erich was born on 2 March 1964 in Dallas, and was known as the ‘Inspirational Warrior’. He only started wrestling full-time after the death of his older brother David. He died by ...
As The Iron Claw hits theaters, ET is looking back at its rare interviews with Fritz and Kevin Von Erich, which took place just one day after Kerry's death on Feb. 18, 1993.
Eric Weiss was offered a job coordinating covert operations for the NSC, which was only a "few steps from the President"; at the end of the episode Weiss accepted the promotion and left the series. The character returned one final time in "S.O.S." when he used his high ranking position to extract a team of APO agents who had infiltrated CIA ...