Frank Reicher
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
217
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-12-02 (149 years old)
Place of Birth
Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
Acting

1952

Adventures of Superman as Not available

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

Violence as Pop, apartment concierge

1947

Yankee Fakir as H.W. Randall

1947

Escape Me Never as The Minister

1946

Sister Kenny as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)

1946

A Guy Could Change as Doctor

1946

The Shadow Returns as Michael Hasdon

1946

Home in Oklahoma as Jason Cragmyle

1945

Voice of the Whistler as Dr. Rose (uncredited)

1945

A Medal for Benny as Father Bly (uncredited)

1945

The Jade Mask as Harper

1945

Phantoms, Inc. as Philip Kenneson, Sr.

1945

The Strange Mr. Gregory as William Riker, the Butler

1945

The Tiger Woman as Coroner

1944

House of Frankenstein as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)

1944

The Mummy's Ghost as Prof. Matthew Norman

1944

Captain America as Lyman

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

Above Suspicion as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)

1943

Background to Danger as Rudick - the Assasin

1943

Tornado as Linden, Sr.

1943

Bomber's Moon as Dr. Hartman

1943

Plan for Destruction as Karl Ernst Haushofer

1942

The Mummy's Tomb as Professor Matthew Norman

1942

Night Monster as Dr. Timmons

1942

Nazi Agent as Fritz

1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget as Magistrate

1942

To Be or Not to Be as Polish Official (uncredited)

1942

The Gay Sisters as Dr. Thomas Bigelow

1942

Secret Enemies as Henry Bremmer

1942

Scattergood Survives a Murder as Thaddeus Quentin

1941

One Foot in Heaven as Board Member (uncredited)

1941

Four Mothers as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)

1941

Dangerously They Live as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler

1941

Flight from Destiny as Edvaard Kreindling

1941

Underground as Professor Baumer

1941

They Dare Not Love as Captain

1941

The Face Behind the Mask as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)

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. Cyclops as Prof. Kendall

1940

Sky Murder as Dr. Crattan

1940

The Lady in Question as President

1940

The Man I Married as Friehof

1940

Typhoon as Doctor

1940

South to Karanga as Dr. Greenleaf

1939

Devil's Island as President of Assize Court

1939

Juarez as Duc de Morny (uncredited)

1939

Never Say Die as Man in Charge of Duel

1939

Ninotchka as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

1939

South of the Border as Don Diego Mendoza

1939

Everything Happens at Night as Pharmacist

1939

Sabotage as (uncredited)

1939

Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Amos Thornton

1939

Nurse Edith Cavell as Baron von Bissing

1939

The Escape as Dr. Shumaker

1939

Society Smugglers as Jones

1939

The Magnificent Fraud as Mendietta Garcia

1939

Our Neighbors - The Carters as Dr. Proser

1939

Woman Doctor as Dr. Mathews

1939

Sons of Liberty as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)

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

The Girl Downstairs as Police Official (uncredited)

1938

Prison Nurse as Doctor Hartman

1938

Torchy Gets Her Man as The Professor - Henchman

1938

City Streets as Dr. Ferenc Waller

1938

Rascals as Dr. C.M. Garvey

1938

Suez as General Changarnier

1937

Stage Door as Stage Director

1937

Espionage as Von Cram

1937

Man Of The People as Robinson

1937

Night Key as Carl - gang engineer

1937

The Road Back as Ernst's Father

1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)

1937

Stolen Holiday as Rainer

1937

The Great O'Malley as Dr. Larson

1937

Under Cover of Night as Rudolph Brehmer

1937

Midnight Madonna as Vincent Long II

1937

On Such a Night as Horace Darwin

1937

West Bound Limited as Pop Martin

1937

Fit for a King as Kurtz

1937

The Mighty Treve as Eben McClelland

1936

Camille as Creditor Agent (uncredited)

1936

Anthony Adverse as Coachman to Paris

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Henry Strand (uncredited)

1936

Sutter's Gold as Governor Felipe Vega

1936

Sinner Take All as Theo Drukker (uncredited)

1936

The Country Doctor as Dr. Paul Luke

1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Pfeiffer

1936

The Gorgeous Hussy as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)

1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan as Dr. Coate

1936

The Invisible Ray as Professor Meiklejohn

1936

Under Two Flags as French General

1936

The Devil-Doll as Doctor (uncredited)

1936

Murder on a Bridle Path as Dr. Peters (Gregg's)

1936

Girls Dormitory as Dr. Hoffenreich

1936

Laughing at Trouble as Dr. Larson

1936

Star for a Night as Doctor Heimkin

1936

Till We Meet Again as Colonel Von Diegel

1936

Second Wife as Headmaster

1936

Along Came Love as Planetarium Lecturer

1935

Magnificent Obsession as Dr. Rochard

1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt as Dr. Jaipur

1935

Rendezvous as Dr. R.A. Jackson

1935

A Dog of Flanders as Herr Vanderkloot

1935

Star of Midnight as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)

1935

The Florentine Dagger as Von Stein

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

1935

Kind Lady as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

1935

Life Returns as Dr. James

1934

Hi, Nellie! as Danny

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog as Dr. Carl Cooper

1934

Journal of a Crime as Herr Winterstein

1934

Mills of the Gods as Barrett

1934

Men in White as Doctor (uncredited)

1934

British Agent as Mr. X

1934

Return of the Terror as Franz Reinhardt

1934

Let's Talk It Over as Richards

1934

No Greater Glory as Doctor

1934

The Fountain as Doctor

1934

The Countess of Monte Cristo as Police Commissioner

1934

Secret of the Chateau as Auctioneer

1934

I Am a Thief as Max Bolen

1933

King Kong as Captain Englehorn

1933

Employees' Entrance as Garfinkle

1933

The Son of Kong as Captain Englehorn

1933

Topaze as Dr. Stegg

1933

Captured! as Herr Hauptman

1933

Before Dawn as Joe Valerie

1933

A Bedtime Story as Aristide

1933

Jennie Gerhardt as Old Weaver (uncredited)

1932

Scarlet Dawn as Plotsky (Uncredited)

1932

A Woman Commands as The General

1932

The Crooked Circle as Rankin

1932

Flesh as Warden in Germany (uncredited)

1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Arresting Detective (uncredited)

1931

Mata Hari as The Cook - Spy

1931

Suicide Fleet as Holtzmann

1931

Beyond Victory as German Hospital Chief

1931

Gentleman's Fate as Francesco Tomasulo

1930

Billy the Kid as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)

1930

Girl of the Port as Not available

1930

Strictly Unconventional as Duke of Brocklehurst

1930

Every Woman's Longing as Not available

1930

The Grand Parade as Not available

1929

Black Waters as Randall

1929

Her Private Affair as State's Attorney

1929

Strange Cargo as Dr. Stecker

1929

Paris Bound as Not available

1929

Mister Antonio as Milton Jorny

1929

His Captive Woman as Not available

1928

Four Sons as The Schoolmaster

1928

Someone to Love as Simmons

1928

Beau Sabreur as Gen. de Beaujolais

1928

Sins of the Fathers as The Eye Specialist

1928

The Masks of the Devil as Count Zellner

1928

Napoleon's Barber as Napoleon's Barber

1928

The Blue Danube as Baron

1926

Her Man o' War as Professor Krantz
Crew

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

1919

The American Way Director

1919

Suspense Producer

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

1917

Betty to the Rescue Producer

1916

The Love Mask Director

1916

For the Defense Director

1916

Pudd'nhead Wilson Director

1916

Witchcraft Director

1916

Witchcraft Presenter

1915

The Chorus Lady Director

1915

The Case of Becky Director

1915

The Clue Director

1915

The Secret Sin Director