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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 · But George Hardeen, 59, didn't find out he was Houdini's great-nephew until he was a teenager. His grandfather was Houdini's brother, Theo Hardeen, also an escape artist. At one point, the ...
If he was to be imitated, why not "keep it in the family," he told Dash. Houdini even chose his new name: HARDEEN. As Hardeen, "Monarch of Manacles", Theo carved out a respectable career as an escape artist. It was Hardeen who first performed the straitjacket escape in full view of the audience.
Mar 22, 2019 · Hardeen (also known as Theodore Hardeen or “Dash”) actually started out performing with Harry. Together, they were known as “The Brothers Houdini.” It’s been stated they split largely because, in the wake of Harry’s marriage, it was felt the act could only support two people, not three.
Theodore Hardeen (b.1876–d.1945) was a magician and escape artist, best known as Harry Houdini's brother. So dedicated was he to Houdini, that Hardeen usually introduced himself as the “brother of Houdini."
Houdini's brother, Theodore Hardeen, who returned to performing after Houdini's death, inherited his brother's effects and props. Houdini's will stipulated that all the effects should be "burned and destroyed" upon Hardeen's death.
The Great. Hardeen. In 1890, the seventeen year old Harry Weiss 1 was working in a tie factory in New York City. His family was quite poor and he and his five brothers worked to help out his mom, Cecelia, and his dad, Mayer Samuel. 2. But what Harry really wanted was to be an entertainer, particularly a magician.
Oct 29, 2010 · Radner also owns the largest collection of Houdini artifacts, which were given to him by Houdini's brother, Theodore Hardeen. Radner met Hardeen at a magic conference and eventually became his...
Feb 19, 2011 · But it turns out that isn't the case at all. In fact, it's possible Hardeen may have made more movies than Houdini himself. But these films have been almost totally forgotten -- until now. Evidence of Hardeen's movie career can be found scattered among the pages of magic magazines from the 1930s.
He acquired them in the late 1940s, following the death of Houdini’s brother Theodore Hardeen, who had taken possession of Harry’s magic paraphernalia. One day, Hardeen’s widow called Young: she was selling the house and invited him to take what was left.
