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Harry Houdini

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Harry Houdini

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Also known as Erik Weisz, Ehrich Weiss, Harry Weiss, Erich Weiss, Erich Weisz, Houdini

Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)

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Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, was an actor, performing artist, aircraft pilot, and philosopher. He worked primarily as a magician and in the field of escapology. Houdini was a citizen of Austria–Hungary and the United States and spoke English. He was married to Bess Houdini and was of Jewish ethnic descent.

Houdini authored several works, including *The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé*, *Book of magic and party pastimes*, *On deception*, and *Houdini's paper magic*. He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Houdini died in Detroit on October 31, 1926, from appendicitis and peritonitis.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1874
Died
1926
Works
59

Top works

  • The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé
  • Book of magic and party pastimes
  • Book of magic ...
  • On deception
  • Houdini's paper magic

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Film & TV

Acting · Budapest, Hungary (Austria-Hungary)

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.[3] His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual master, French magician Robert-Houdin (1805–1871).

Known for

  • Escape Artist — Self2026
  • The Magic Behind 'd'ILLUSION: The Houdini Musical - The Audio Theater Experience' — Self (archive footage)2020
  • The UnXplained — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Lore — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World — Self - Escape Artist (archive footage)2016
  • Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime — Self (archive footage)2016
  • An Honest Liar — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Houdini — Self (archive footage)1996
  • Magic with the Stars — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1982
  • The Truth About Houdini1971

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Trinidad and Tobago
Active from
1874
Active to
1926
calypso
Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
309
Total plays
1,009

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    · 2016 · cited 11,699x

  2. Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    · 2018 · cited 9,648x

  3. The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

    · 2020 · cited 9,179x

  4. The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic

    · 2014 · cited 8,596x

  5. Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing: Keep it maximal

    · 2013 · cited 8,370x

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Quotes

  • “Rosabelle — answer — tell — pray, answer — look — tell — answer, answer — tell.”
  • “I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”
  • “I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. That's what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the 'human fly' who scales the walls of the same building.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini (/huːˈdiːni/ hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts.

Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harry Houdini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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