Houdini

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Houdini is most famously Harry Houdini, the early 20th-century illusionist and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and seemingly impossible escapes.

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Houdini canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf escape artist
human
illusionist
stunt performer
activeIn Europe
United States of America
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs Ehrich Weiss
Harry Weiss
authored A Magician Among the Spirits
Handcuff Secrets
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
birthName Erik Weisz
burialPlace Machpelah Cemetery, Queens, New York City
causeOfDeath peritonitis
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Hungary
dateOfBirth 1874-03-24
dateOfDeath 1926-10-31
emigratedTo United States of America
fieldOfWork escapology
genre stage magic
influenced contemporary escape artists
modern stage magicians
inspiredBy Robert-Houdin
surface form: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
knownFor daring stunts
seemingly impossible escapes
marriageEnd 1926
marriageStart 1894
memberOf Society of American Magicians
notableFor elaborate escape acts
exposing fraudulent spiritualists
publicity stunts
notableWork Haldane of the Secret Service
The Grim Game
The Master Mystery
occupation actor
aviator
escape artist
film producer
illusionist
magician
stunt performer
parent Cecília Steiner
Mayer Sámuel Weisz
performedTrick buried alive escape attempts
handcuff escapes
milk can escape
prison escapes
straitjacket escape
water torture cell escape
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
positionHeld president of the Society of American Magicians
religion Judaism
signatureProp handcuffs
straitjacket
water torture cell
spouse Bess Houdini
stageName Harry Houdini
yearsActive 1891–1926

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