Editing Harry Houdini (section)

===Film===
*The 1953 [[biopic]] film ''[[Houdini (1953 film)|Houdini]]'' (loosely adapted from the 1928 [[semi-biographical novel]] by Harold Kellock) featured real-life husband and wife, [[Tony Curtis]] and [[Janet Leigh]])—as Harry and Bess, respectively—in a [[Historical fiction|fictionalized outline]] of his life.

*Houdini's character is one of many real-life figures portrayed amongst the [[ensemble cast]] of [[Miloš Forman]]'s 1981 film, ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''. He is played by [[Jeffrey DeMunn]].

*The 2007 film ''[[Death Defying Acts]]'', directed by [[Gillian Armstrong]], starred [[Guy Pearce]] as Houdini, alongside [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Saoirse Ronan]], and [[Timothy Spall]]. It featured a fictional storyline of a mother/daughter [[con-artist]] team who make Houdini their mark during his quest for a [[Mediumship|medium]] to contact his deceased mother, paralleling his real-life [[Fortune telling fraud|crusade to debunk charlatans]].