Frank Reicher
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-12-02
Day of Death
1965-01-19 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
Frank Reicher
Biography
Frank Reicher (December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American stage and film actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film King Kong.
Reicher made his Broadway debut the year he came to America playing Lord Tarquin in Harrison Fiske's production of Becky Sharp, a comedy by Langdon Mitchell based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. His early career was spent in legitimate theater on and off Broadway. He was head of the Brooklyn Stock Company when Jacob P. Adler performed The Merchant of Venice in Yiddish while the rest of the cast remained in English. Reicher was for a number of years affiliated with the Little Theatre on West Forty-Fourth Street as an actor and manager and would remain active on Broadway as actor, director or producer well into the 1920s. On stage, Reicher starred in such plays as the first Broadway production of Georg Kaiser's From Morning to Midnight (as the cashier), and the original production of Percy MacKaye's The Scarecrow (in the title role).
Frank Reicher is probably more familiar to modern audiences as a supporting character actor in films. He began his cinema career with an uncredited role in the 1915 film The Case for Becky and would go on to work in over two hundred motion pictures. He is probably best remembered for playing the character of Captain Englehorn in King Kong and The Son of Kong, and for his work in such films as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). His last Hollywood role was in the very first theatrical Superman movie, Superman and the Mole Men, in 1951.
Frank Reicher died at a hospital in Inglewood, California, aged 89. He was survived by his sister and a brother. His interment was at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
Known For
Acting
(1951)
The Lady and the Bandit
as Count Eckhardt
(1951)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Hospital Superintendent
(1950)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Darius 'Doc' Green
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Village Barber
(1949)
Barbary Pirate
as Cathcart
(1948)
The Gallant Blade
as Major
(1948)
Carson City Raiders
as Razor the Barber
(1948)
I, Jane Doe
as Doctor
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as Dr. MacKenzie
(1947)
Violence
as Pop, apartment concierge
(1947)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Maasdam
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as H.W. Randall
(1947)
Escape Me Never
as The Minister
(1946)
Home in Oklahoma
as Jason Cragmyle
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as Doctor
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
(1946)
The Shadow Returns
as Michael Hasdon
(1945)
The Jade Mask
as Harper
(1945)
Voice of the Whistler
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
(1945)
The Tiger Woman
as Coroner
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Father Bly (uncredited)
(1945)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
(1945)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as William Riker, the Butler
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
(1944)
Captain America
as Lyman
(1944)
Address Unknown
as Professor Schmidt
(1944)
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Dr. Wells
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Prof. Matthew Norman
(1944)
The Conspirators
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
(1944)
The Big Bonanza
as Dr. Ballou
(1943)
Background to Danger
as Rudick - the Assasin
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
(1943)
Tornado
as Linden, Sr.
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
(1943)
Plan for Destruction
as Karl Ernst Haushofer
(1943)
Bomber's Moon
as Dr. Hartman
(1942)
Secret Enemies
as Henry Bremmer
(1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Magistrate
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Sneath
(1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Thaddeus Quentin
(1942)
To Be or Not to Be
as Polish Official (uncredited)
(1942)
Nazi Agent
as Fritz
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Professor Matthew Norman
(1942)
Night Monster
as Dr. Timmons
(1942)
The Gay Sisters
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
(1941)
Flight from Destiny
as Edvaard Kreindling
(1941)
Underground
as Professor Baumer
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1941)
Shining Victory
as Dr. Esterhazy
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
(1941)
The Nurse's Secret
as Wiley Henderson
(1941)
They Dare Not Love
as Captain
(1941)
Dangerously They Live
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
(1940)
Dr. Cyclops
as Prof. Kendall
(1940)
South to Karanga
as Dr. Greenleaf
(1940)
The Lady in Question
as President
(1940)
The Man I Married
as Friehof
(1940)
Typhoon
as Doctor
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Dr. Crattan
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Old Man
(1939)
The Magnificent Fraud
as Mendietta Garcia
(1939)
The Escape
as Dr. Shumaker
(1939)
Ninotchka
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
(1939)
South of the Border
as Don Diego Mendoza
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
(1939)
Juarez
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Man in Charge of Duel
(1939)
Society Smugglers
as Jones
(1939)
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Pharmacist
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Baron von Bissing
(1939)
Devil's Island
as President of Assize Court
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Dr. Amos Thornton
(1939)
Woman Doctor
as Dr. Mathews
(1939)
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Dr. Proser
(1938)
Prison Nurse
as Doctor Hartman
(1938)
Letter of Introduction
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
(1938)
City Streets
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
(1938)
Suez
as General Changarnier
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1938)
Rascals
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Prefect of Police
(1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man
as The Professor - Henchman
(1937)
Stolen Holiday
as Rainer
(1937)
West Bound Limited
as Pop Martin
(1937)
The Road Back
as Ernst's Father
(1937)
The Mighty Treve
as Eben McClelland
(1937)
On Such a Night
as Horace Darwin
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Dr. Larson
(1937)
Espionage
as Von Cram
(1937)
Stage Door
as Stage Director
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as Rudolph Brehmer
(1937)
Night Key
as Carl - gang engineer
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Kurtz
(1937)
Man Of The People
as Robinson
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Pavloff
(1937)
Prescription for Romance
as Jozsef
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Vincent Long II
(1937)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
(1936)
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Dr. Peters
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Dr. Larson
(1936)
Camille
as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
(1936)
Under Two Flags
as French General
(1936)
Along Came Love
as Planetarium Lecturer
(1936)
Second Wife
as Headmaster
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Pfeiffer
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Doctor Heimkin
(1936)
The Invisible Ray
as Professor Meiklejohn
(1936)
Girls' Dormitory
as Dr. Hoffenreich
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Dr. Coate
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Coachman to Paris
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Governor Felipe Vega
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
(1936)
Sinner Take All
as Theo Drukker (uncredited)
(1936)
Till We Meet Again
as Colonel Von Diegel
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Dr. Paul Luke
(1935)
Life Returns
as Dr. James
(1935)
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Trenk
(1935)
Star of Midnight
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Florentine Dagger
as Von Stein
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Coroner
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Egypt
as Dr. Jaipur
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Rochard
(1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as 2nd Assistant Director
(1935)
A Dog of Flanders
as Herr Vanderkloot
(1935)
Kind Lady
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
(1934)
Mills of the Gods
as Barrett
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Dr. Carl Cooper
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Richards
(1934)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Police Commissioner
(1934)
The Fountain
as Doctor
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Herr Winterstein
(1934)
Men in White
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1934)
Secret of the Chateau
as Auctioneer
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Franz Reinhardt
(1934)
No Greater Glory
as Doctor
(1934)
Hi, Nellie!
as Danny
(1934)
British Agent
as Mr. X
(1934)
I Am a Thief
as Max Bolen
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
as Aristide
(1933)
The Son of Kong
as Captain Englehorn
(1933)
King Kong
as Captain Englehorn
(1933)
Topaze
as Dr. Stegg
(1933)
Employees' Entrance
as Garfinkle
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
(1933)
Captured!
as Herr Hauptman
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Joe Valerie
(1932)
The Crooked Circle
as Rankin
(1932)
Flesh
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
(1932)
Scarlet Dawn
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
(1932)
A Woman Commands
as The General
(1931)
Suicide Fleet
as Holtzmann
(1931)
Gentleman's Fate
as Francesco Tomasulo
(1931)
Beyond Victory
as German Hospital Chief
(1931)
Mata Hari
as The Cook - Spy
(1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
(1930)
Billy the Kid
as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
(1930)
Strictly Unconventional
as Duke of Brocklehurst
(1930)
(1930)
(1930)
(1929)
Strange Cargo
as Dr. Stecker
(1929)
(1929)
Her Private Affair
as State's Attorney
(1929)
Black Waters
as Randall
(1929)
Mister Antonio
as Milton Jorny
(1929)
(1928)
The Blue Danube
as Baron
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Eye Specialist
(1928)
Four Sons
as The Schoolmaster
(1928)
Beau Sabreur
as Gen. de Beaujolais
(1928)
Napoleon's Barber
as Napoleon's Barber
(1928)
Someone to Love
as Simmons
(1928)
The Masks of the Devil
as Count Zellner
(1926)
Her Man o' War
as Professor Krantz
Crew
(1931)
We're switching to Hollywood
Director
(1930)
Anna Christie
Screenplay
(1930)
Girl of the Port
Dialogue
(1929)
Paris Bound
Writer
(1929)
Mister Antonio
Director
(1921)
Behind Masks
Director
(1919)
The Trap
Director
(1919)
Suspense
Director, Producer
(1919)
The American Way
Director
(1919)
The Black Circle
Director
(1918)
The Only Road
Director
(1918)
The Sea Waif
Director
(1918)
The Prodigal Wife
Director
(1917)
The Black Wolf
Director
(1917)
An American Widow
Director
(1917)
The Eternal Mother
Director
(1917)
The Sacrifice
Director
(1917)
The Inner Shrine
Director
(1917)
Lost and Won
Director
(1917)
Castles for Two
Director
(1917)
Unconquered
Director
(1917)
Betty to the Rescue
Director, Producer
(1916)
The Love Mask
Director
(1916)
For the Defense
Director
(1916)
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Director
(1916)
Witchcraft
Director, Presenter
(1915)
The Chorus Lady
Director
(1915)
The Case of Becky
Director
(1915)
The Clue
Director
(1915)
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
Director
(1915)
The Secret Sin
Director