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 3, playing the role of Randy. He then starred in the 2009 Lifetime Original Movie "The Pregnancy Pact" as Jesse Moretti, performing alongside Thora Birch, Camryn Manheim, and Nancy Travis. He filmed two pilots for CBS in 2010, and has since shot another pilot as a recurring guest star for the new Country Music Television sitcom, "Working Class", starring Melissa Peterman. Among many current TV projects, he recently played the role of Adam in "iStart A Fan War", a TV movie for the Nickelodeon show, iCarly. In 2012, Ehrich joined the American CBS Daytime soap opera "The Young and the