When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899 ... the escape actually looked like. As old film clips show, Houdini looks like a madman writhing and ...

Escapologist Harry Houdini lies on the wing of a Curtis biplane holding on to the wires and a rope in a scene from the film “The Grim Game” circa 1919. Three men help famed magician and escape ...

He's known for playing a magician's assistant in Jonathan Creek, but now actor Alan Davies has made a documentary film exploring his own fascination for illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini.

Erik Weisz, better known professionally as the great escapologist, illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini, had many links with Ireland. He first came to public attention in vaudeville in ...