FU MANCHU (February 19, 1904–August 19, 1974), born under the name of David Tobias Bamberg, was an itinerant magician who traveled with his full evening magic show from the early to mid-20th century.
Bamberg performed his first trick in public when he was five years old at the Society of American Magicians meeting. It was a card trick in which he asked club president Harry Houdini to assist him. Bamberg later said: “I venture to say that very few magicians ever had such a famous assistant.”
His show was a success from the start. Eventually his productions became the most extravagant and superb show in the world.
He produced and played in several movies.
The shadow act was one of this famous routings.
On 19 August 1974, David Bamberg died, aged 70. According to tradition among magical organizations, members of the Argentine Society of Magicians broke a wand at a memorial service for the last of the Bamberg dynasty.
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