Harry Houdini

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Harry Houdini was a world-famous early 20th-century magician and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts, illusions, and feats of physical endurance.

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Harry Houdini canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator
escape artist
film actor
film producer
human
magician
stunt performer
activeYearsEnd 1926
activeYearsStart 1891
alsoKnownAs Ehrich Weiss NERFINISHED
Harry Weiss NERFINISHED
birthName Erik Weisz NERFINISHED
burialPlace Machpelah Cemetery, Queens, New York City NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath peritonitis
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Hungary NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1874-03-24
dateOfDeath 1926-10-31
dateOfMarriage 1894
emigratedTo United States of America
ethnicGroup Hungarian Jew
father Mayer Sámuel Weisz NERFINISHED
firstFlightDate 1910-03-18
firstFlightLocation Digger’s Rest, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
genre escapology
stage magic
influenced modern escape artists
stage magicians worldwide
inspiredBy Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED
knownFor debunking spiritualists
exposing fraudulent mediums
language English
Hungarian
memberOf Society of American Magicians NERFINISHED
mother Cecília Steiner NERFINISHED
notableAchievement early powered flight in Australia
notableFor Chinese Water Torture Cell escape NERFINISHED
buried-alive stunts
escape acts
handcuff escapes
publicity stunts
straitjacket escapes
notableWork Haldane of the Secret Service NERFINISHED
The Grim Game NERFINISHED
The Master Mystery NERFINISHED
occupation author
escape artist
film actor
film producer
illusionist
magician
stunt performer
performedIn Australia NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld president of the Society of American Magicians
religion Judaism
residence New York City
sibling Theodore Hardeen NERFINISHED
signatureAct Chinese Water Torture Cell NERFINISHED
Metamorphosis trunk escape NERFINISHED
upside-down straitjacket escape NERFINISHED
spouse Bess Houdini NERFINISHED
spouseName Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner NERFINISHED
stageName Harry Houdini NERFINISHED
subjectOf films and television portrayals
numerous biographies
usedMedium silent film
wrote A Magician Among the Spirits NERFINISHED
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods NERFINISHED
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED
yearsHeldPosition 1917–1926

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William Lindsay Gresham mainSubject Harry Houdini
subject surface form: Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
Ragtime featuresHistoricalCharacter Harry Houdini
Houdini stageName Harry Houdini
subject surface form: Harry Houdini
Houdini's Great Escape theme Harry Houdini