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 [de] (15 July 1853 - 2 June 1883): their son was the actor Frank Reicher. After Hediwg's death he married Stella Harf: their children were Hedwiga Reicher, Ernst, and Elly (b. Berlin 1893), who all worked as actors.

Ernst Reicher was born on September 19, 1885 in Berlin, Germany as Ernst Erwin Preichert.

The actor Ernst Reicher began to play for different theaters from 1909.

At Continental-Kunstfilm's studios Ernst Reicher acted, wrote scripts and directed films from 1912 to 1918.

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.

Ernst Reicher created the figure of detective Sutart Webbs in 1914 and launched with it a very successful film serial which was reflected in thirty movies till 1926. With these movies Ernst Reicher established the genre of detective movies which found a string of imitators.

From 1919 Ernst Reicher appeared in other roles than his detective and impersonated king Ahasver in the monumental movie "Das Buch Esther" at his wife Stella Harf's side.

He was an actor and producer, known for Der Sprung ins Dunkle (1920), George Bully (1920) and Camera obscura (1921). He was married to Stella Harf.

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 oblivion.

His last, tiny role in the 1936 French-language remake of The Golem was cut out of the final version.