
Actor
Frank Reicher
Born December 2, 1875 in Munich, German Empire [now Germany]Died January 19, 1965186 films
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.
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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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First watchTo Be or Not to Be19427.8as Polish Official (uncredited)During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.View filmEssential films
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186 films as actor- 1951Superman and the Mole MenHospital Superintendent
- 1951The Lady and the BanditCount Eckhardt
- 1950Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeDarius 'Doc' Green
- 1949Samson and DelilahVillage Barber
- 1949Barbary PirateCathcart
- 1948The Gallant BladeMajor
- 1948I, Jane DoeDoctor
- 1948Carson City RaidersRazor the Barber
- 1948Joe Palooka in Fighting MadDr. MacKenzie
- 1947Escape Me NeverThe Minister
- 1947The Secret Life of Walter MittyMaasdam
- 1947Monsieur VerdouxDoctor (uncredited)
- 1947ViolencePop, apartment concierge
- 1947Yankee FakirH.W. Randall
- 1946Home in OklahomaJason Cragmyle
- 1946Sister KennyDr. Chuter (uncredited)
- 1946The Shadow ReturnsMichael Hasdon
- 1946A Guy Could ChangeDoctor
- 1945The Tiger WomanCoroner
- 1945Voice of the WhistlerDr. Rose (uncredited)
- 1945Phantoms, Inc.Philip Kenneson, Sr.
- 1945Blonde RansomJudge
- 1945A Medal for BennyFather Bly (uncredited)
- 1945The Jade MaskHarper
- 1945The Strange Mr. GregoryWilliam Riker, the Butler
- 1944The Big BonanzaDr. Ballou
- 1944House of FrankensteinFrederick Ullman
- 1944The ConspiratorsCasino Attendant (uncredited)
- 1944The Mummy's GhostProf. Matthew Norman
- 1944Gildersleeve's GhostDr. Wells
- 1944Address UnknownProfessor Schmidt
- 1944Captain AmericaLyman
- 1943Watch on the RhineAdmiral (uncredited)
- 1943TornadoLinden, Sr.
- 1943Bomber's MoonDr. Hartman
- 1943Background to DangerRudick (uncredited)
- 1943Yanks AhoyGerman Soldier (uncredited)
- 1943Above SuspicionColonel Gerold (Uncredited)
- 1943Mission to MoscowGeneral von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
- 1942Night MonsterDr. Timmons
- 1942The Mummy's TombProfessor Matthew Norman
- 1942Scattergood Survives a MurderThaddeus Quentin
- 1942Secret EnemiesHenry Bremmer
- 1942The Gay SistersDr. Thomas Bigelow
- 1942Beyond the Blue HorizonSneath
- 1942The Mystery of Marie RogetMagistrate
- 1942To Be or Not to BePolish Official (uncredited)
- 1942Nazi AgentFritz
- 1941Dangerously They LiveJarvis, Goodwin's Butler
- 1941One Foot in HeavenBoard Member (uncredited)
- 1941UndergroundProfessor Baumer
- 1941Shining VictoryDr. Esterhazy
- 1941The Nurse's SecretWiley Henderson
- 1941They Dare Not LoveCaptain
- 1941Flight from DestinyEdvaard Kreindling
- 1941The Face Behind the MaskDr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
- 1941Four MothersFestival Committee Member (uncredited)
- 1940Sky MurderDr. Crattan
- 1940The Man I MarriedFriehof
- 1940The Lady in QuestionPresident
- 1940South to KarangaDr. Greenleaf
- 1940All This, and Heaven TooPolice Official (uncredited)
- 1940TyphoonDoctor
- 1940Dr. CyclopsProf. Kendall
- 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletOld Man
- 1939Everything Happens at NightPharmacist
- 1939South of the BorderDon Diego Mendoza
- 1939Our Neighbors - The CartersDr. Proser
- 1939NinotchkaSoviet Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1939Sabotage(uncredited)
- 1939The EscapeDr. Shumaker
- 1939Nurse Edith CavellBaron von Bissing
- 1939The Magnificent FraudMendietta Garcia
- 1939JuarezDuc de Morny (uncredited)
- 1939Sons of LibertyLyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
- 1939Mystery of the White RoomDr. Amos Thornton
- 1939Never Say DieMan in Charge of Duel
- 1939Society SmugglersJones
- 1939Woman DoctorDr. Mathews
- 1939Devil's IslandPresident of Assize Court
- 1938The Girl DownstairsPolice Official (uncredited)
- 1938Torchy Gets Her ManThe Professor - Henchman
- 1938SuezGeneral Changarnier
- 1938Letter of IntroductionSecond Doctor (uncredited)
- 1938I'll Give a MillionPrefect of Police
- 1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseProfessor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
- 1938City StreetsDr. Ferenc Waller
- 1938RascalsDr. C.M. Garvey
- 1938Prison NurseDoctor Hartman
- 1937Prescription for RomanceJozsef
- 1937Beg, Borrow or StealMonsieur Debillon (uncredited)
- 1937Stage DoorStage Director
- 1937Fit for a KingKurtz
- 1937On Such a NightHorace Darwin
- 1937West Bound LimitedPop Martin
- 1937The Emperor's CandlesticksPavloff
- 1937Midnight MadonnaVincent Long II
- 1937The Road BackErnst's Father
- 1937Night KeyCarl - gang engineer
- 1937EspionageVon Cram
- 1937The Great O'MalleyDr. Larson
- 1937Stolen HolidayRainer
- 1937Man Of The PeopleRobinson
- 1937The Mighty TreveEben McClelland
- 1937Under Cover of NightRudolph Brehmer
- 1936CamilleCreditor Agent (uncredited)
- 1936Sinner Take AllTheo Drukker (uncredited)
- 1936Laughing at TroubleDr. Larson
- 1936Along Came LovePlanetarium Lecturer
- 1936The Gorgeous HussyCommander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
- 1936Star for a NightDoctor Heimkin
- 1936Anthony AdverseCoachman to Paris
- 1936Second WifeHeadmaster
- 1936Girls' DormitoryDr. Hoffenreich
- 1936The Devil-DollDoctor (uncredited)
- 1936Under Two FlagsFrench General
- 1936The Ex-Mrs. BradfordHenry Strand (uncredited)
- 1936Murder on a Bridle PathDr. Peters
- 1936Till We Meet AgainColonel Von Diegel
- 1936The Country DoctorDr. Paul Luke







