The Man From Beyond
1922
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Ferenc Dezső Weisz (March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945), known as Theodore " Dash " Hardeen, was a Hungarian-American magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of Houdini", was the founder of the Magician's Guild.
Oct 31, 2011 · His grandfather was Houdini's brother, Theo Hardeen, also an escape artist. At one point, the brothers performed together. Houdini and his wife, Bess, had no children, and when he died — on...
Mar 22, 2019 · The Weisz/Houdini brothers were born in Budapest, Hungary: Erich (Harry) on March 24, 1874 and younger brother Ferenc Dezso on March 4, 1876. (The family had a total of seven children.) Their father was a rabbi who brought the family to Appleton, Wisconsin.
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. (1879–1962); and Carrie Gladys (1882–1959), [8] who was left almost blind after a childhood accident. [9]
Jul 23, 2015 · Everyone has heard of Harry Houdini, the renowned escape artist and magician, but what about his brother Dash? The boys were midway among the seven children of a Hungarian rabbi. The family immigrated to the United States in 1878 when Harry was four and Theodore (“Theo” or “Dash”) was two.
The Brothers Houdini performed their act -- an unremarkable collection of card and other magic tricks -- in dime museums and small theaters throughout upstate New York and the Midwest.
Houdini's younger brother Theodore or "Dash" (as Houdini called him) was born Ferenc Dezso Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 4, 1876. Like Houdini, he later naturalized himself as an American citizen, claiming to have been born in Appleton, WI.
1893. Jacob Hyman leaves The Brothers Houdini and is replaced briefly by Harry's brother Theodore, or Dash. That summer, Harry meets fellow performer Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, and after...
Feb 13, 2021 · In 1893, the original Houdini Brothers, Jacob who was now out of the Army, Harry, along with Dash, Houdini's actual brother were performing at the Chicago World's Fair. Their partnership lasted until 1894 when Jacob decided to go out on his own.
Jan 2, 2012 · With the help of his brother Leopold, an attorney named Louis Spiegel, and a pair of handcuffs from which Jacob couldn't escape, Harry reclaimed the Houdini name and also came away with Jacob's barrel escape, which he turned into his Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery.
