Harry Houdini (born March 24, 1874, [see ]—died October 31, 1926, , , U.S.) was an American noted for his sensational escape acts.Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini, c. 1905.(more)Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini preparing to be submerged in a box in the East River, New York City, 1912.(more)Houdini was the son of a rabbi who emigrated from to the and settled in , Wisconsin. He became a trapeze performer in circuses at an early age, and, after settling in in 1882, he performed in shows there without much success. In 1894 he was married to Wilhelmina Rahner, who thereafter as Beatrice Houdini served as his stage assistant. From about 1900 Houdini began to earn an international reputation for his daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, and and from various locked containers ranging from milk cans to coffins to prison cells. In a typical act he was shackled with chains and placed in a box that was locked, roped, and weighted. The box was submerged from a boat, to which he returned after freeing himself underwater. In another outdoor exhibition he allowed himself to be suspended, head down, about 75 feet (23 metres) above ground and then freed himself from a straitjacket. These demonstrations were typically watched by many thousands of people. Houdini’s uncanny escape abilities depended partly on his great physical strength and agility and partly on his extraordinary skill at manipulating locks. He exhibited his skills in many motion pictures from 1916 to 1923., Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini (/ huːˈdiːni / hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. [3], Houdini is a 3D procedural software for modeling, rigging, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering in film, TV, advertising and video game pipelines..