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Frank Reicher
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born December 2, 1875Died January 19, 1965 (89 years)
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.
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) |
| 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 |
| 1950 | Cargo to Capetown · as Judge Van Meeger |
| 1950 | The Arizona Cowboy · as Major Sheridan |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah · as Village Barber |
| 1949 | Barbary Pirate · as Cathcart |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade · as Major |
| 1948 | I, Jane Doe · as Doctor |
| 1948 | Carson City Raiders · as Razor The Barber |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never · as The Minister |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux · as Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Song of Love · as Mr. Fuerbach |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Maasdam |
| 1947 | Violence · as Pop, Apartment Concierge |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir · as H.w. Randall |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney · as Peter Lantz |
| 1946 | Home in Oklahoma · as Jason Cragmyle |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny · as Dr. Chuter (uncredited) |
| 1946 | My Pal Trigger · as Judge J.e. Ellis |
| 1946 | Song of Arizona · as Doctor |
| 1946 | The Shadow Returns · as Michael Hasdon |
| 1945 | The Tiger Woman · as Coroner |
| 1945 | Voice of the Whistler · as Dr. Rose (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue · as Guest |
| 1945 | A Medal for Benny · as Father Bly (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin · as Fritz |
| 1945 | The Jade Mask · as Harper |
| 1945 | The Strange Mr. Gregory · as William Riker, The Butler |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza · as Dr. Ballou |
| 1944 | The Hitler Gang · as The Justizminister |
| 1944 | House of Frankenstein · as Frederick Ullman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Conspirators · as Casino Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Gildersleeve's Ghost · as Dr. Wells |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Doctor In Elmira |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost · as Prof. Matthew Norman |
| 1944 | Address Unknown · as Professor Schmidt |
| 1944 | In Our Time · as Baron Jarski |
| 1944 | Captain America · as Lyman |
| 1943 | The Song of Bernadette · as Dr. St. Cyr |
| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine · as Admiral |
| 1943 | Tornado · as Linden, Sr. |
| 1943 | Bomber's Moon · as Dr. Hartman |
| 1943 | Background to Danger · as Rudick - The Assasin |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy · as German |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion · as Colonel Gerold (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow · as General Von Koestrich - German Ambassador (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! · as Interpreter |
| 1942 | Beyond the Blue Horizon · as Sneath |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb · as Professor Matthew Norman |
| 1942 | Night Monster · as Dr. Timmons |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder · as Thaddeus Quentin |
| 1942 | Secret Enemies · as Henry Bremmer |
| 1942 | Divide and Conquer · as French Propagandist |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters · as Dr. Thomas Bigelow |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel · as Driver |
| 1942 | Mystery of Marie Roget · as Magistrate |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be · as Polish Official (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent · as Fritz |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live · as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven · as Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife · as Captain Of The 'ss Leslie C.' |
| 1941 | Underground · as Professor Baumer |
| 1941 | Shining Victory · as Dr. Esterhazy |
| 1941 | The Nurse's Secret · as Wiley Henderson |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love · as Captain |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny · as Edvaard Kreindling |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask · as Dr. Ronald Cheever |
| 1941 | Four Mothers · as Festival Committee Member (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Sky Murder · as Dr. Crattan |
| 1940 | The Man I Married · as Friehof |
| 1940 | The Lady in Question · as President |
| 1940 | South to Karanga · as Dr. Greenleaf |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too · as Police Official (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Typhoon · as Doctor |
| 1940 | Dr. Cyclops · as Prof. Kendall |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · as Old Man |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night · as Pharmacist |
| 1939 | South of the Border · as Don Diego Mendoza |
| 1939 | Ninotchka · as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Sabotage · as (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Rio · as Paris Banker |
| 1939 | Nurse Edith Cavell · as Baron Von Bissing |
| 1939 | The Magnificent Fraud · as Mendietta Garcia |
| 1939 | Juarez · as Duc De Morny (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Never Say Die · as Man In Charge Of Duel |
| 1939 | Mystery of the White Room · as Dr. Amos Thornton |
| 1939 | Society Smugglers · as Jones |
| 1938 | Devil's Island · as President Of Assize Court |
| 1938 | The Girl Downstairs · as Police Official (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man · as The Professor - Henchman |
| 1938 | Suez · as General Changarnier |
| 1938 | Letter of Introduction · as Second Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Professor O.j. Ludwig (uncredited) |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million · as Prefect Of Police |
| 1938 | Three Comrades · as Major - Young Soldier's Father |
| 1938 | Rascals · as Dr. C.m. Garvey |
| 1938 | Prison Nurse · as Doctor Hartman |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal · as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Heidi · as Police Lieutenant |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Stage Director |
| 1937 | Lancer Spy · as Admiral |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola · as M. Perrenx |
| 1937 | Fit for a King · as Kurtz |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks · as Pavloff |
| 1937 | The Road Back · as Ernst's Father |
| 1937 | Night Key · as Carl - Gang Engineer |
| 1937 | King of Gamblers · as Herman |
| 1937 | Espionage · as Von Cram |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley · as Dr. Larson |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday · as Rainer |
| 1937 | Man of the People · as Robinson |
| 1937 | Under Cover of Night · as Rudolph Brehmer |
| 1936 | Camille · as Creditor Agent (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All · as Theo Drukker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Along Came Love · as Planetarium Lecturer |
| 1936 | Old Hutch · as District Attorney |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse · as Coachman To Paris |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy · as Commander Of U.s.s. Constitution (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Girls' Dormitory · as Dr. Hoffenreich |
| 1936 | The Devil-Doll · as Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · as Henry Strand (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags · as French General |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path · as Dr. Peters (gregg's) |
| 1936 | Till We Meet Again · as Colonel Von Diegel |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor · as Dr. Paul Luke |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold · as Governor Felipe Vega |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur · as Dr. Pfeiffer |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · as Dr. Coate |
| 1935 | The Invisible Ray · as Professor Meiklejohn |
| 1935 | The Lone Wolf Returns · as Coleman |
| 1935 | Magnificent Obsession · as Dr. Rochard |
| 1935 | The Great Impersonation · as Dr. Trenk |
| 1935 | Kind Lady · as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher) |
| 1935 | The Fighting Marines · as Wheeler - M-70 |
| 1935 | The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo · as 2nd Assistant Director |
| 1935 | Remember Last Night? · as Coroner |
| 1935 | Rendezvous · as Dr. R.a. Jackson |
| 1935 | Born to Gamble · as Defense Attorney |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Egypt · as Dr. Jaipur |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight · as Abe Ohlman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Florentine Dagger · as Von Stein |
| 1935 | A Dog of Flanders · as Herr Vanderkloot |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case · as Assistant Coroner |
| 1934 | Life Returns · as Dr. James |
| 1934 | Mills of the Gods · as Barrett |
| 1934 | Secret of the Chateau · as Auctioneer |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief · as Max Bolen |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog · as Dr. Carl Cooper |
| 1934 | British Agent · as Mr. X |
| 1934 | The World Moves On · as Herr Robess |
| 1934 | The Fountain · as Doctor |
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? · as Lehmann |
| 1934 | Men in White · as Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | No Greater Glory · as Doctor |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime · as Herr Winterstein |
| 1934 | Hi, Nellie · as Danny |
| 1933 | Son of Kong · as Captain Englehorn |
| 1933 | After Tonight · as Major--Medical Officer |
| 1933 | Ever in My Heart · as Dr. Hoffman |
| 1933 | Captured! · as Herr Hauptman |
| 1933 | Before Dawn · as Joe Valerie |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt · as Old Weaver (uncredited) |
| 1933 | A Bedtime Story · as Aristide |
| 1933 | King Kong · as Captain Englehorn |
| 1933 | Topaze · as Dr. Stegg |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance · as Garfinkle |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as German-Language Teacher |
| 1932 | Flesh · as Warden In Germany (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn · as Plotsky (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Crooked Circle · as Rankin |
| 1932 | A Woman Commands · as The General |
| 1931 | Mata Hari · as The Cook - Spy |
| 1931 | Suicide Fleet · as Holtzmann |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet · as Arresting Detective (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory · as German Hospital Chief |
| 1931 | Gentleman's Fate · as Francesco Tomasulo |
| 1930 | A Lady's Morals · as Italian Theater Manager |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid · as General Lew Wallace (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Strictly Unconventional · as Duke Of Brocklehurst |
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| 1929 | Her Private Affair · as State's Attorney |
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| 1929 | Strange Cargo · as Dr. Stecker |
| 1928 | Someone to Love · as Simmons |
| 1928 | The Masks of the Devil · as Count Zellner |
| 1928 | Four Sons · as The Schoolmaster |
| 1928 | Beau Sabreur · as Gen. De Beaujolais |