Who is Houdini?

Question

Who is Houdini and why was he famous? What did he do?

Answer 1

"Houdini" is a chastity belt for men composed of a handcuff and a length of pipe to prevent erections.

Harry Houdini, the world's most famous magician, escape artist and illusionist. He died on Halloween.

Answer 2

Who Is Houdini

Answer 3

He was born Ehrich Weiss, in Budapest, Hungary.
He changed his name while in his teens after his hero, Robert-Houdin, a 19th century magician from France, he took on the name Houdin(i). Everybody then called him Harry Houdini. By 1900, he became recognized as the World's Greatest Escape Artist. The biggest challenge posed, was the 600lb. iron trunk. Houdini was bound with chains, locked in the trunk and dropped into New York City's East River. He was able to escape before he almost drowned. After that, his fame rocketed. His escape tricks involved straight jackets, sealed coffins, prison cells. Performing all of these escapes in front of cheering crowds. His most AMAZING escape was the ChineseTorture Water Cell. He was chained upside down and submersed in the water of the glass cell that was locked. He was able to escape within 3-4 minutes. This became his signature stunt.

Answer 4

Harry Houdini was a famous magician and stunt performer. He could get himself out of straight jackets, handcuffs, and locked compartments filled with water. He was born in Hungary in 1874. His real name was Erich Weiss.
His most famous act was the Chinese Water Torture Cell. In this act he was suspended upside down in a locked cabinet overflowing with water. For this act he had to hold his breath for more than three minutes.
He was also a movie actor and an amateur aviator. In the 20's, he started debunking phychics and mediums. He died in 1926.
To learn more about him try these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini
http://www.magictricks.com/houdini/bio.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/houdini/timeline/index.html

Answer 5

Harry Houdini was a famous magician and escape artist.

Answer 6

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), was a Hungarian magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists, a film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator. Houdini was a sensation in Europe, where he became widely known as "The Handcuff King." He toured England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Russia. From 1907 and throughout the 1910s, Houdini performed with great success in the United States. He would free himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and straitjackets, often while hanging from a rope in plain sight of street audiences.
Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini

Answer 7

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), was a Hungarian magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists, a film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator.

Some one said he died in a water trick earlier, this is not true, he died from being punched in the stomach.

Answer 8

Harry Houdini. was one of the World, Greathtess magician, of all time, he wasan escape and an artist and also a greath illusionist, He did some dangerous tricks and escaped all of them, IT;s has been a contradiction about his death, some said that he never escaped his last attemp, the water tank, and some said that he die of injury, sustained in the stomach from a young boy that did this repeatly. And he told his wife on one occation, that after death, if he could come back again on get her, that he would. and she keep on waiting, but it never happens.

Answer 9

Harry Houdini was the stage name of a magician born Ehrich Weiss. He copied his name from French magician Robert Houdin. He was noted for escaping from strait jackets, handcuffs, etc. He was even thrown into a hole cut in the ice on a river in restraints. He died on Halloween 1926 of peritonitis.

Answer 10

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), was a Hungarian magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists, a film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator.