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