Frank Reicher
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
Credits
- 1952 · Adventures of Superman as
- 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 · The Gallant Blade as Major
- 1948 · I, Jane Doe as Doctor
- 1948 · Carson City Raiders as Razor the Barber
- 1948 · Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad as Dr. MacKenzie
- 1947 · Escape Me Never as The Minister
- 1947 · Monsieur Verdoux as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Maasdam
- 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 · The Tiger Woman as Coroner
- 1945 · Voice of the Whistler as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
- 1945 · Phantoms, Inc. as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
- 1945 · A Medal for Benny as Father Bly (uncredited)
- 1945 · Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask as Harper
- 1945 · The Strange Mr. Gregory as William Riker, the Butler
- 1944 · The Big Bonanza as Dr. Ballou
- 1944 · House of Frankenstein as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Conspirators as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Mummy's Ghost as Prof. Matthew Norman
- 1944 · Address Unknown as Professor Schmidt
- 1944 · Gildersleeve's Ghost as Dr. Wells
- 1944 · Captain America as Lyman
- 1943 · Tornado as Linden, Sr.
- 1943 · Bomber's Moon as Dr. Hartman
- 1943 · Background to Danger as Rudick - the Assasin
- 1943 · Above Suspicion as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
- 1943 · Mission to Moscow as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
- 1943 · Plan for Destruction as Karl Ernst Haushofer
- 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 · The Gay Sisters as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
- 1942 · Beyond the Blue Horizon as Sneath
- 1942 · The 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 · 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 · 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 · The Escape as Dr. Shumaker
- 1939 · Nurse Edith Cavell as Baron von Bissing
- 1939 · The Magnificent Fraud as Mendietta Garcia
- 1939 · Juarez as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
- 1939 · Sons of Liberty as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
- 1939 · Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Amos Thornton
- 1939 · Never Say Die as Man in Charge of Duel
- 1939 · Society Smugglers as Jones
- 1939 · Woman Doctor as Dr. Mathews
- 1939 · 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 · I'll Give a Million as Prefect of Police
- 1938 · The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
- 1938 · City Streets as Dr. Ferenc Waller
- 1938 · Rascals as Dr. C.M. Garvey
- 1938 · Prison Nurse as Doctor Hartman
- 1937 · Prescription for Romance as Jozsef
- 1937 · Beg, Borrow or Steal as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
- 1937 · Stage Door as Stage Director
- 1937 · Fit for a King as Kurtz
- 1937 · On Such a Night as Horace Darwin
- 1937 · West Bound Limited as Pop Martin
- 1937 · The Emperor's Candlesticks as Pavloff
- 1937 · Midnight Madonna as Vincent Long II
- 1937 · The Road Back as Ernst's Father
- 1937 · Night Key as Carl - gang engineer
- 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 · The Mighty Treve as Eben McClelland
- 1937 · Under Cover of Night as Rudolph Brehmer
- 1936 · Camille as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
- 1936 · Sinner Take All as Theo Drukker (uncredited)
- 1936 · Laughing at Trouble as Dr. Larson
- 1936 · Along Came Love as Planetarium Lecturer
- 1936 · The Gorgeous Hussy as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
- 1936 · Star for a Night as Doctor Heimkin
- 1936 · Anthony Adverse as Coachman to Paris
- 1936 · Second Wife as Headmaster
- 1936 · Girls Dormitory as Dr. Hoffenreich
- 1936 · The Devil-Doll as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1936 · Under Two Flags as French General
- 1936 · The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Henry Strand (uncredited)
- 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 Invisible Ray as Professor Meiklejohn
- 1936 · The Murder of Dr. Harrigan as Dr. Coate
- 1935 · Magnificent Obsession as Dr. Rochard
- 1935 · The Great Impersonation as Dr. Trenk
- 1935 · Kind Lady as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
- 1935 · The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as 2nd Assistant Director
- 1935 · Rendezvous as Dr. R.A. Jackson
- 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 · 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 Fountain as Doctor
- 1934 · Return of the Terror as Franz Reinhardt
- 1934 · Let's Talk It Over as Richards
- 1934 · Men in White as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1934 · No Greater Glory as Doctor
- 1934 · The Countess of Monte Cristo as Police Commissioner
- 1934 · Journal of a Crime as Herr Winterstein
- 1934 · Hi, Nellie! as Danny
- 1933 · The Son of Kong as Captain Englehorn
- 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 · 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 · Billy the Kid as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
- 1930 · Every woman's longing as
- 1930 · Strictly Unconventional as Duke of Brocklehurst
- 1930 · Girl of the Port as
- 1930 · The Grand Parade as
- 1929 · Mister Antonio as Milton Jorny
- 1929 · Her Private Affair as State's Attorney
- 1929 · Paris Bound as
- 1929 · Black Waters as Randall
- 1929 · Strange Cargo as Dr. Stecker
- 1929 · His Captive Woman as
- 1928 · Sins of the Fathers as The Eye Specialist
- 1928 · Napoleon's Barber as Napoleon's Barber
- 1928 · The Masks of the Devil as Count Zellner
- 1928 · The Blue Danube as Baron
- 1928 · Four Sons as The Schoolmaster
- 1928 · Beau Sabreur as Gen. de Beaujolais
- 1926 · Her Man o' War as Professor Krantz