Harry Houdini - Filmography

Filmography

Films starring Houdini

• Merveilleux Exploits du Célébre Houdini à Paris—Cinema Lux (1909)—playing himself
• The Master Mystery—Octagon Films (1918)—playing Quentin Locke
• The Grim Game—Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Pictures (1919)—playing Harvey Handford
• Terror Island—Famous Players Lasky/Paramount (1920)—playing Harry Harper
• The Man from Beyond—Houdini Picture Corporation (1922)—playing Howard Hillary
• Haldane of the Secret Service—Houdini Picture Corporation/FBO (1922)—playing Heath Haldane

Biographical films

• Houdini (1953)—played by Tony Curtis
• The Great Houdini aka The Great Houdinis (1976)—played by Paul Michael Glaser (TV movie)
• Ragtime (1981)—played by Jeffrey DeMunn
• Young Harry Houdini (1987)—played by Wil Wheaton & Jeffrey DeMunn (TV movie)
• A Night at the Magic Castle (1988)—played by Arte Johnson
• FairyTale: A True Story (1997)—played by Harvey Keitel
• Houdini (1998)—played by Johnathon Schaech (TV movie)
• Cremaster 2 (1999)—played by Norman Mailer
• Death Defying Acts (2007)—played by Guy Pearce