Dante

Dante was born on Oct 03, 1883 in Denmark. Dante's big-screen debut came with A-Haunting We Will Go directed by Alfred L. Werker in 1942, strarring Dante the Magician (as Dante the Magician).

Danish-born Harry August Jansen was not the first magician to don the sobriquet 'Dante the Magician' -- that honour belonged to fellow Scandinavian Oscar Eliason (born in Utah to Mormon parents). Eliason, invariably attired in courtly dress, performed stage illusions, including the spirit-cabinet act, touring the United States, Mexico, Canada and Australia as early as the 1890's. He was at the peak of his popularity when he took a fatal bullet to the abdomen during a hunting trip in South Africa after a gun discharged accidentally. The second Dante was the famous one. Harry Jansen was understudy to