Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher

Known for
Acting
Born
December 2, 1875
Died
January 19, 1965 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Munich, German Empire [now Germany]

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.

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Filmography

2021
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies poster

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1952
Adventures of Superman poster

Adventures of Superman

TV · 1 ep

1951
Superman and the Mole Men poster

Superman and the Mole Men

Movie · as Hospital Superintendent

1951
The Lady and the Bandit poster

The Lady and the Bandit

Movie · as Count Eckhardt

1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye poster

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Movie · as Darius 'Doc' Green

1949
Samson and Delilah poster

Samson and Delilah

Movie · as Village Barber

1949
Barbary Pirate poster

Barbary Pirate

Movie · as Cathcart

1948
Carson City Raiders poster

Carson City Raiders

Movie · as Razor the Barber

1948
The Gallant Blade poster

The Gallant Blade

Movie · as Major

1948
I, Jane Doe poster

I, Jane Doe

Movie · as Doctor

1948
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad poster

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Movie · as Dr. MacKenzie

1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Movie · as Maasdam

1947
Violence poster

Violence

Movie · as Pop, apartment concierge

1947
Escape Me Never poster

Escape Me Never

Movie · as The Minister

1947
Yankee Fakir poster

Yankee Fakir

Movie · as H.W. Randall

1947
Monsieur Verdoux poster

Monsieur Verdoux

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

1946
Home in Oklahoma poster

Home in Oklahoma

Movie · as Jason Cragmyle

1946
The Shadow Returns poster

The Shadow Returns

Movie · as Michael Hasdon

1946
Sister Kenny poster

Sister Kenny

Movie · as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)

1946
A Guy Could Change poster

A Guy Could Change

Movie · as Doctor

1946
My Pal Trigger poster

My Pal Trigger

Movie · as Ellis (uncredited)

1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory poster

The Strange Mr. Gregory

Movie · as William Riker, the Butler

1945
The Jade Mask poster

The Jade Mask

Movie · as Harper

1945
The Tiger Woman poster

The Tiger Woman

Movie · as Coroner

1945
Voice of the Whistler poster

Voice of the Whistler

Movie · as Dr. Rose (uncredited)

1945
Phantoms, Inc. poster

Phantoms, Inc.

Movie · as Philip Kenneson, Sr.

1945
A Medal for Benny poster

A Medal for Benny

Movie · as Father Bly (uncredited)

1945
Blonde Ransom

Blonde Ransom

Movie · as Judge

1944
The Mummy's Ghost poster

The Mummy's Ghost

Movie · as Prof. Matthew Norman

1944
The Big Bonanza poster

The Big Bonanza

Movie · as Dr. Ballou

1944
Gildersleeve's Ghost poster

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Movie · as Dr. Wells

1944
House of Frankenstein poster

House of Frankenstein

Movie · as Frederick Ullman

1944
Address Unknown poster

Address Unknown

Movie · as Professor Schmidt

1944
Captain America poster

Captain America

Movie · as Lyman

1944
The Conspirators poster

The Conspirators

Movie · as Casino Attendant (uncredited)

1943
Plan for Destruction poster

Plan for Destruction

Movie · as Karl Ernst Haushofer

1943
Tornado poster

Tornado

Movie · as Linden, Sr.

1943
Above Suspicion poster

Above Suspicion

Movie · as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)

1943
Background to Danger poster

Background to Danger

Movie · as Rudick (uncredited)

1943
Mission to Moscow poster

Mission to Moscow

Movie · as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)

1943
Bomber's Moon poster

Bomber's Moon

Movie · as Dr. Hartman

1943
Yanks Ahoy poster

Yanks Ahoy

Movie · as German Soldier (uncredited)

1943
Watch on the Rhine poster

Watch on the Rhine

Movie · as Admiral (uncredited)

1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder poster

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Movie · as Thaddeus Quentin

1942
To Be or Not to Be poster

To Be or Not to Be

Movie · as Polish Official (uncredited)

1942
Nazi Agent poster

Nazi Agent

Movie · as Fritz

1942
Night Monster poster

Night Monster

Movie · as Dr. Timmons

1942
Secret Enemies poster

Secret Enemies

Movie · as Henry Bremmer

1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget poster

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Movie · as Magistrate

1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon poster

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Movie · as Sneath

1942
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

Movie · as Dr. Thomas Bigelow

1942
The Mummy's Tomb poster

The Mummy's Tomb

Movie · as Professor Matthew Norman

1941
Dangerously They Live poster

Dangerously They Live

Movie · as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler

1941
Shining Victory poster

Shining Victory

Movie · as Dr. Esterhazy

1941
The Nurse's Secret poster

The Nurse's Secret

Movie · as Wiley Henderson

1941
Underground poster

Underground

Movie · as Professor Baumer

1941
Four Mothers poster

Four Mothers

Movie · as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)

1941
They Dare Not Love poster

They Dare Not Love

Movie · as Captain

1941
Flight from Destiny poster

Flight from Destiny

Movie · as Edvaard Kreindling

1941
One Foot in Heaven poster

One Foot in Heaven

Movie · as Board Member (uncredited)

1941
The Face Behind the Mask poster

The Face Behind the Mask

Movie · as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)

1940
Dr. Cyclops poster

Dr. Cyclops

Movie · as Prof. Kendall

1940
Sky Murder poster

Sky Murder

Movie · as Dr. Crattan

1940
The Lady in Question poster

The Lady in Question

Movie · as President

1940
Typhoon poster

Typhoon

Movie · as Doctor

1940
The Man I Married poster

The Man I Married

Movie · as Friehof

1940
All This, and Heaven Too poster

All This, and Heaven Too

Movie · as Police Official (uncredited)

1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet poster

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Movie · as Old Man

1940
South to Karanga poster

South to Karanga

Movie · as Dr. Greenleaf

1939
South of the Border poster

South of the Border

Movie · as Don Diego Mendoza

1939
The Magnificent Fraud poster

The Magnificent Fraud

Movie · as Mendietta Garcia

1939
Sons of Liberty poster

Sons of Liberty

Movie · as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)

1939
The Escape poster

The Escape

Movie · as Dr. Shumaker

1939
Devil's Island poster

Devil's Island

Movie · as President of Assize Court

1939
Never Say Die poster

Never Say Die

Movie · as Man in Charge of Duel

1939
Juarez poster

Juarez

Movie · as Duc de Morny (uncredited)

1939
Everything Happens at Night poster

Everything Happens at Night

Movie · as Pharmacist

1939
Nurse Edith Cavell poster

Nurse Edith Cavell

Movie · as Baron von Bissing

1939
Ninotchka poster

Ninotchka

Movie · as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

1939
Society Smugglers poster

Society Smugglers

Movie · as Jones

1939
Sabotage poster

Sabotage

Movie · as (uncredited)

1939
Woman Doctor poster

Woman Doctor

Movie · as Dr. Mathews

1939
Mystery of the White Room poster

Mystery of the White Room

Movie · as Dr. Amos Thornton

1939
Our Neighbors - The Carters poster

Our Neighbors - The Carters

Movie · as Dr. Proser

1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse poster

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Movie · as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)

1938
Letter of Introduction poster

Letter of Introduction

Movie · as Second Doctor (uncredited)

1938
Torchy Gets Her Man poster

Torchy Gets Her Man

Movie · as The Professor - Henchman

1938
The Girl Downstairs poster

The Girl Downstairs

Movie · as Police Official (uncredited)

1938
Prison Nurse poster

Prison Nurse

Movie · as Doctor Hartman

1938
City Streets poster

City Streets

Movie · as Dr. Ferenc Waller

1938
I'll Give a Million poster

I'll Give a Million

Movie · as Prefect of Police

1938
Rascals poster

Rascals

Movie · as Dr. C.M. Garvey

1938
Suez poster

Suez

Movie · as General Changarnier

1937
Night Key poster

Night Key

Movie · as Carl - gang engineer

1937
Stage Door poster

Stage Door

Movie · as Stage Director

1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks poster

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Movie · as Pavloff

1937
Under Cover of Night poster

Under Cover of Night

Movie · as Rudolph Brehmer

1937
Stolen Holiday poster

Stolen Holiday

Movie · as Rainer

1937
Espionage poster

Espionage

Movie · as Von Cram

1937
Fit for a King poster

Fit for a King

Movie · as Kurtz

1937
Man Of The People poster

Man Of The People

Movie · as Robinson

1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal poster

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Movie · as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)

1937
On Such a Night poster

On Such a Night

Movie · as Horace Darwin

1937
The Great O'Malley poster

The Great O'Malley

Movie · as Dr. Larson

1937
Prescription for Romance poster

Prescription for Romance

Movie · as Jozsef

1937
West Bound Limited poster

West Bound Limited

Movie · as Pop Martin

1937
Midnight Madonna poster

Midnight Madonna

Movie · as Vincent Long II

1937
The Mighty Treve poster

The Mighty Treve

Movie · as Eben McClelland

1937
The Road Back poster

The Road Back

Movie · as Ernst's Father

1936
Second Wife poster

Second Wife

Movie · as Headmaster

1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur poster

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Movie · as Dr. Pfeiffer

1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan poster

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Movie · as Dr. Coate

1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford poster

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Movie · as Henry Strand (uncredited)

1936
The Gorgeous Hussy poster

The Gorgeous Hussy

Movie · as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)

1936
Girls' Dormitory poster

Girls' Dormitory

Movie · as Dr. Hoffenreich

1936
Along Came Love poster

Along Came Love

Movie · as Planetarium Lecturer

1936
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Colonel Von Diegel

1936
The Country Doctor poster

The Country Doctor

Movie · as Dr. Paul Luke

1936
Under Two Flags poster

Under Two Flags

Movie · as French General

1936
The Devil-Doll poster

The Devil-Doll

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

1936
Sutter's Gold poster

Sutter's Gold

Movie · as Governor Felipe Vega

1936
Laughing at Trouble poster

Laughing at Trouble

Movie · as Dr. Larson

1936
Sinner Take All poster

Sinner Take All

Movie · as Theo Drukker (uncredited)

1936
Star for a Night poster

Star for a Night

Movie · as Doctor Heimkin

1936
Anthony Adverse poster

Anthony Adverse

Movie · as Coachman to Paris

1936
Camille poster

Camille

Movie · as Creditor Agent (uncredited)

1936
The Invisible Ray poster

The Invisible Ray

Movie · as Professor Meiklejohn

1936
Murder on a Bridle Path poster

Murder on a Bridle Path

Movie · as Dr. Peters

1935
Charlie Chan in Egypt poster

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Movie · as Dr. Jaipur

1935
The Florentine Dagger poster

The Florentine Dagger

Movie · as Von Stein

1935
Rendezvous poster

Rendezvous

Movie · as Dr. R.A. Jackson

1935
Life Returns poster

Life Returns

Movie · as Dr. James

1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo poster

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Movie · as 2nd Assistant Director

1935
Kind Lady poster

Kind Lady

Movie · as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

1935
A Dog of Flanders poster

A Dog of Flanders

Movie · as Herr Vanderkloot

1935
Star of Midnight poster

Star of Midnight

Movie · as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)

1935
Magnificent Obsession poster

Magnificent Obsession

Movie · as Dr. Rochard

1935
The Great Impersonation poster

The Great Impersonation

Movie · as Dr. Trenk

1935
Straight from the Heart poster

Straight from the Heart

Movie · as Coroner

1935
The Casino Murder Case poster

The Casino Murder Case

Movie · as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

1934
Return of the Terror poster

Return of the Terror

Movie · as Franz Reinhardt

1934
Men in White poster

Men in White

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

1934
Journal of a Crime poster

Journal of a Crime

Movie · as Herr Winterstein

1934
The Fountain poster

The Fountain

Movie · as Doctor

1934
The Case of the Howling Dog poster

The Case of the Howling Dog

Movie · as Dr. Carl Cooper

1934
I Am a Thief poster

I Am a Thief

Movie · as Max Bolen

1934
British Agent poster

British Agent

Movie · as Mr. X

1934
Mills of the Gods poster

Mills of the Gods

Movie · as Barrett

1934
Hi, Nellie! poster

Hi, Nellie!

Movie · as Danny

1934
Secret of the Chateau poster

Secret of the Chateau

Movie · as Auctioneer

1934
No Greater Glory poster

No Greater Glory

Movie · as Doctor

1934
The Countess of Monte Cristo poster

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1934
Let's Talk It Over poster

Let's Talk It Over

Movie · as Richards

1934
The Line-Up poster

The Line-Up

Movie · as Abraham Schultz (uncredited)

1933
The Son of Kong poster

The Son of Kong

Movie · as Captain Englehorn

1933
Employees' Entrance poster

Employees' Entrance

Movie · as Garfinkle

1933
Before Dawn poster

Before Dawn

Movie · as Joe Valerie

1933
Topaze poster

Topaze

Movie · as Dr. Stegg

1933
Captured! poster

Captured!

Movie · as Herr Hauptman

1933
A Bedtime Story poster

A Bedtime Story

Movie · as Aristide

1933
Jennie Gerhardt poster

Jennie Gerhardt

Movie · as Old Weaver (uncredited)

1933
King Kong poster

King Kong

Movie · as Captain Englehorn

1932
Flesh poster

Flesh

Movie · as Warden in Germany (uncredited)

1932
The Crooked Circle poster

The Crooked Circle

Movie · as Rankin

1932
A Woman Commands poster

A Woman Commands

Movie · as The General

1932
Scarlet Dawn poster

Scarlet Dawn

Movie · as Plotsky (Uncredited)

1931
Gentleman's Fate poster

Gentleman's Fate

Movie · as Francesco Tomasulo

1931
Suicide Fleet poster

Suicide Fleet

Movie · as Holtzmann

1931
Beyond Victory poster

Beyond Victory

Movie · as German Hospital Chief

1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet poster

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Movie · as Arresting Detective (uncredited)

1931
Mata Hari poster

Mata Hari

Movie · as The Cook - Spy

1930
Every Woman's Longing poster

Every Woman's Longing

Movie

1930
The Grand Parade poster

The Grand Parade

Movie

1930
Billy the Kid poster

Billy the Kid

Movie · as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)

1930
Girl of the Port poster

Girl of the Port

Movie

1930
Strictly Unconventional poster

Strictly Unconventional

Movie · as Duke of Brocklehurst

1929
Mister Antonio poster

Mister Antonio

Movie · as Milton Jorny

1929
His Captive Woman poster

His Captive Woman

Movie · as District Attorney

1929
Paris Bound poster

Paris Bound

Movie

1929
Her Private Affair poster

Her Private Affair

Movie · as State's Attorney

1929
Black Waters poster

Black Waters

Movie · as Randall

1929
Strange Cargo poster

Strange Cargo

Movie · as Dr. Stecker

1928
The Masks of the Devil poster

The Masks of the Devil

Movie · as Count Zellner

1928
Four Sons poster

Four Sons

Movie · as The Schoolmaster

1928
The Blue Danube poster

The Blue Danube

Movie · as Baron

1928
Napoleon's Barber poster

Napoleon's Barber

Movie · as Napoleon's Barber

1928
Beau Sabreur poster

Beau Sabreur

Movie · as Gen. de Beaujolais

1928
Sins of the Fathers poster

Sins of the Fathers

Movie · as The Eye Specialist

1928
Someone to Love poster

Someone to Love

Movie · as Simmons

1926
Her Man o' War poster

Her Man o' War

Movie · as Professor Krantz

1914
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol poster

The Lambs' All-Star Gambol

Movie · as Self