Harry Houdini was born on March 24, 1874 in Budpest, Hungary. He was a very famous person and he was well known for a couple of things. One reason Harry Houdini was famous was his love for being a magician. Harry Houdini's birth name was not originally Harry Houdini, his birth name was Ehrich Weiss. Houdini started his career at a very young age, he made his first appearance on stage at age nine. He performed a trapeze act and he called himself "Ehrich, the Prince of the Air." At age 12, Ehrich started getting himself in lots of trouble such as jumping over a freight car, and running away from home. After he returned back to New York, he started helping his family out again, after being gone for a year. Houdini finally started to pursue his dream shortly after he came home, with his brother Theo. Harry was so dedicated to magic that he simply left his family to pursue what he loved to do most. Throughout years of hard work and dedication, Harry's fame grew, as well as his career. Harry wasn't a very well behaved man, so every time he went to prison, he would get out no problem because he was such an amazing escape artist. Harry Houdini also was a movie director, he made his first movie for a French Company called Pathe. This movie was all about all of his ways of escaping. Needless to say, Houdini contributed to everybody in the 1920's by giving them amazing entertainment such as performing as a magician, or making many movies for them. Entertainment was a very important part of the 1920's and it always will be a part of the United States. Although the way entertainment was shown, has changed drastically since Harry Houdini was alive, but to this day we still watch movies, and there are many famous magicians. Houdini started off an amazing idea of entertainment in the United States. After a long career of fame, Harry Houdini died of a ruptured appendix, on October 24, 1926.
10 Interesting facts about Harry Houdini:
- Harry was born on March 24, 1874, in Budpest, Hungary
- Harry Houdini was one of six children.
- Harry's name wasn't his birth name, he names himself after his idol, Robert Houdin
- Harry Houdini was only a stage name, his real name was Ehrich Weiss.
- Harry found his hobby as being a magician, that specialized as an escape artist.
- Harry was not only a magician, but he was also an actor.
- In his later years, he started The Film Development Corporation
- Harry Houdini refused to seek medical help when feeling sick
- Through all of Harry's hard work and dedication, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Harry died in 1926 as a result of ruptured appendix.