Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Elephant", that every magician of the 20th century was "haunted" by Robert-Houdin, "…who cast an enormous shadow over their generation." American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (born Ehrich Weiss) was so impressed by Robert-Houdin that, after reading his autobiography in 1890, Ehrich adopted the stage name of "Houdini" in honour of Robert-Houdin. He incorrectly believed that an "i" on the end of a name meant "like" in French; but Houdini, his own career and reputation established by that time, later lost his youthful respect for Robert-Houdin, believing that he took undue credit for other magicians' innovations, and wrote "The
Max Ehrich Max Ehrich Max Ehrich is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He played Fenmore Baldwin in the CBS Daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless", and portrayed computer hacker Hunter May in the CBS series "Under the Dome". Ehrich also portrayed the recurring role of recovering drug addict Freddie Ridge in the Hulu series "The Path". Ehrich is a native of Marlboro Township, New Jersey. He made his film debut starring in "One Easy Job" (2004), then had a supporting role as principal dancer in "". Breaking into television, Ehrich was a recurring guest star in Ugly Betty's Season