
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)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Hospital Superintendent
(1951)
The Lady and the Bandit
as Count Eckhardt
(1950)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Darius 'Doc' Green
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Village Barber
(1949)
Barbary Pirate
as Cathcart
(1948)
I, Jane Doe
as Doctor
(1948)
The Gallant Blade
as Major
(1948)
Carson City Raiders
as Razor the Barber
(1948)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
as Dr. MacKenzie
(1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Maasdam
(1947)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1947)
Escape Me Never
as The Minister
(1947)
Violence
as Pop, apartment concierge
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as H.W. Randall
(1946)
Home in Oklahoma
as Jason Cragmyle
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
(1946)
The Shadow Returns
as Michael Hasdon
(1946)
A Guy Could Change
as Doctor
(1945)
Voice of the Whistler
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
(1945)
The Jade Mask
as Harper
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Father Bly (uncredited)
(1945)
The Tiger Woman
as Coroner
(1945)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
(1945)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as William Riker, the Butler
(1944)
The Conspirators
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Prof. Matthew Norman
(1944)
Captain America
as Lyman
(1944)
The Big Bonanza
as Dr. Ballou
(1944)
Address Unknown
as Professor Schmidt
(1944)
Gildersleeve's Ghost
as Dr. Wells
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
(1943)
Bomber's Moon
as Dr. Hartman
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
(1943)
Tornado
as Linden, Sr.
(1943)
Plan for Destruction
as Karl Ernst Haushofer
(1943)
Background to Danger
as Rudick - the Assasin
(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)
The Gay Sisters
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Sneath
(1942)
Night Monster
as Dr. Timmons
(1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Thaddeus Quentin
(1942)
Secret Enemies
as Henry Bremmer
(1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Magistrate
(1941)
Underground
as Professor Baumer
(1941)
They Dare Not Love
as Captain
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
(1941)
Flight from Destiny
as Edvaard Kreindling
(1941)
Dangerously They Live
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1941)
Four Mothers
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
(1941)
The Nurse's Secret
as Wiley Henderson
(1941)
Shining Victory
as Dr. Esterhazy
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1940)
The Lady in Question
as President
(1940)
Dr. Cyclops
as Prof. Kendall
(1940)
The Man I Married
as Friehof
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Dr. Crattan
(1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Old Man
(1940)
Typhoon
as Doctor
(1940)
South to Karanga
as Dr. Greenleaf
(1939)
Ninotchka
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Man in Charge of Duel
(1939)
Juarez
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
(1939)
Devil's Island
as President of Assize Court
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Baron von Bissing
(1939)
Society Smugglers
as Jones
(1939)
The Escape
as Dr. Shumaker
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
(1939)
South of the Border
as Don Diego Mendoza
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Dr. Amos Thornton
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Pharmacist
(1939)
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Woman Doctor
as Dr. Mathews
(1939)
The Magnificent Fraud
as Mendietta Garcia
(1939)
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Dr. Proser
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
(1938)
I'll Give a Million
as Prefect of Police
(1938)
Letter of Introduction
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
(1938)
City Streets
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
(1938)
Suez
as General Changarnier
(1938)
Prison Nurse
as Doctor Hartman
(1938)
Rascals
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Police Official (uncredited)
(1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man
as The Professor - Henchman
(1937)
Stage Door
as Stage Director
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Dr. Larson
(1937)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Pavloff
(1937)
Night Key
as Carl - gang engineer
(1937)
The Road Back
as Ernst's Father
(1937)
Espionage
as Von Cram
(1937)
The Mighty Treve
as Eben McClelland
(1937)
West Bound Limited
as Pop Martin
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as Rudolph Brehmer
(1937)
On Such a Night
as Horace Darwin
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Vincent Long II
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Kurtz
(1937)
Man Of The People
as Robinson
(1937)
Stolen Holiday
as Rainer
(1937)
Prescription for Romance
as Jozsef
(1936)
Camille
as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Pfeiffer
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Coachman to Paris
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Dr. Paul Luke
(1936)
Till We Meet Again
as Colonel Von Diegel
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
(1936)
Under Two Flags
as French General
(1936)
The Invisible Ray
as Professor Meiklejohn
(1936)
Girls' Dormitory
as Dr. Hoffenreich
(1936)
Along Came Love
as Planetarium Lecturer
(1936)
Sinner Take All
as Theo Drukker (uncredited)
(1936)
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Dr. Coate
(1936)
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Dr. Peters (Gregg's)
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Governor Felipe Vega
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Dr. Larson
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Doctor Heimkin
(1936)
Second Wife
as Headmaster
(1935)
Life Returns
as Dr. James
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Rochard
(1935)
Star of Midnight
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Egypt
as Dr. Jaipur
(1935)
Kind Lady
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
(1935)
The Florentine Dagger
as Von Stein
(1935)
A Dog of Flanders
as Herr Vanderkloot
(1935)
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Trenk
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Coroner
(1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as 2nd Assistant Director
(1934)
Men in White
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Herr Winterstein
(1934)
British Agent
as Mr. X
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Dr. Carl Cooper
(1934)
The Fountain
as Doctor
(1934)
Hi, Nellie!
as Danny
(1934)
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Police Commissioner
(1934)
No Greater Glory
as Doctor
(1934)
I Am a Thief
as Max Bolen
(1934)
Return of the Terror
as Franz Reinhardt
(1934)
Mills of the Gods
as Barrett
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Richards
(1934)
Secret of the Chateau
as Auctioneer
(1933)
King Kong
as Captain Englehorn
(1933)
The Son of Kong
as Captain Englehorn
(1933)
Captured!
as Herr Hauptman
(1933)
Employees' Entrance
as Garfinkle
(1933)
Topaze
as Dr. Stegg
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Joe Valerie
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
as Aristide
(1932)
A Woman Commands
as The General
(1932)
Flesh
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
(1932)
The Crooked Circle
as Rankin
(1932)
Scarlet Dawn
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
(1931)
Mata Hari
as The Cook - Spy
(1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
(1931)
Suicide Fleet
as Holtzmann
(1931)
Gentleman's Fate
as Francesco Tomasulo
(1931)
Beyond Victory
as German Hospital Chief
(1930)
(1930)
Billy the Kid
as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
(1930)
(1930)
(1930)
Strictly Unconventional
as Duke of Brocklehurst
(1929)
Her Private Affair
as State's Attorney
(1929)
Mister Antonio
as Milton Jorny
(1929)
(1929)
Strange Cargo
as Dr. Stecker
(1929)
(1929)
Black Waters
as Randall
(1928)
Beau Sabreur
as Gen. de Beaujolais
(1928)
Four Sons
as The Schoolmaster
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as The Eye Specialist
(1928)
The Blue Danube
as Baron
(1928)
Napoleon's Barber
as Napoleon's Barber
(1928)
The Masks of the Devil
as Count Zellner
(1928)
Someone to Love
as Simmons
(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)
The Eternal Mother
Director
(1917)
An American Widow
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