
Frank Reicher
Born
December 2, 1875
Died
January 19, 1965 (89 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
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.

Adventures of Superman
(1 episode)
1952

Superman and the Mole Men
Hospital Superintendent
1951

The Lady and the Bandit
Count Eckhardt
1951

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Darius 'Doc' Green
1950

Samson and Delilah
Village Barber
1949

Barbary Pirate
Cathcart
1949

The Gallant Blade
Major
1948

I, Jane Doe
Doctor
1948

Carson City Raiders
Razor the Barber
1948

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Dr. MacKenzie
1948

Escape Me Never
The Minister
1947

Monsieur Verdoux
Doctor (uncredited)
1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Maasdam
1947

Violence
Pop, apartment concierge
1947

Yankee Fakir
H.W. Randall
1947

Home in Oklahoma
Jason Cragmyle
1946

Sister Kenny
Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
1946

The Shadow Returns
Michael Hasdon
1946

A Guy Could Change
Doctor
1946

The Tiger Woman
Coroner
1945

Voice of the Whistler
Dr. Rose (uncredited)
1945

Phantoms, Inc.
Philip Kenneson, Sr.
1945

A Medal for Benny
Father Bly (uncredited)
1945

The Jade Mask
Harper
1945

The Strange Mr. Gregory
William Riker, the Butler
1945

The Big Bonanza
Dr. Ballou
1944

House of Frankenstein
Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
1944

The Conspirators
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
1944

The Mummy's Ghost
Prof. Matthew Norman
1944

Gildersleeve's Ghost
Dr. Wells
1944

Address Unknown
Professor Schmidt
1944

Captain America
Lyman
1944

Tornado
Linden, Sr.
1943

Bomber's Moon
Dr. Hartman
1943

Background to Danger
Rudick - the Assasin
1943

Above Suspicion
Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
1943

Mission to Moscow
General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
1943

Plan for Destruction
Karl Ernst Haushofer
1943

The Mummy's Tomb
Professor Matthew Norman
1942

Night Monster
Dr. Timmons
1942

Scattergood Survives a Murder
Thaddeus Quentin
1942

Secret Enemies
Henry Bremmer
1942

The Gay Sisters
Dr. Thomas Bigelow
1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon
Sneath
1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget
Magistrate
1942

To Be or Not to Be
Polish Official (uncredited)
1942

Nazi Agent
Fritz
1942

Dangerously They Live
Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
1941

One Foot in Heaven
Board Member (uncredited)
1941

Underground
Professor Baumer
1941

Shining Victory
Dr. Esterhazy
1941

The Nurse's Secret
Wiley Henderson
1941

They Dare Not Love
Captain
1941

Flight from Destiny
Edvaard Kreindling
1941

The Face Behind the Mask
Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
1941

Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
1941

Sky Murder
Dr. Crattan
1940

The Man I Married
Friehof
1940

The Lady in Question
President
1940

South to Karanga
Dr. Greenleaf
1940

All This, and Heaven Too
Police Official (uncredited)
1940

Typhoon
Doctor
1940

Dr. Cyclops
Prof. Kendall
1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Old Man
1940

Everything Happens at Night
Pharmacist
1939

South of the Border
Don Diego Mendoza
1939

Our Neighbors - The Carters
Dr. Proser
1939

Ninotchka
Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
1939

Sabotage
(uncredited)
1939

The Escape
Dr. Shumaker
1939

Nurse Edith Cavell
Baron von Bissing
1939

The Magnificent Fraud
Mendietta Garcia
1939

Juarez
Duc de Morny (uncredited)
1939

Sons of Liberty
Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
1939

Mystery of the White Room
Dr. Amos Thornton
1939

Never Say Die
Man in Charge of Duel
1939

Society Smugglers
Jones
1939

Woman Doctor
Dr. Mathews
1939

Devil's Island
President of Assize Court
1939

The Girl Downstairs
Police Official (uncredited)
1938

Torchy Gets Her Man
The Professor - Henchman
1938

Suez
General Changarnier
1938

Letter of Introduction
Second Doctor (uncredited)
1938

I'll Give a Million
Prefect of Police
1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
1938

City Streets
Dr. Ferenc Waller
1938

Rascals
Dr. C.M. Garvey
1938

Prison Nurse
Doctor Hartman
1938

Prescription for Romance
Jozsef
1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal
Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
1937

Stage Door
Stage Director
1937

Fit for a King
Kurtz
1937

On Such a Night
Horace Darwin
1937

West Bound Limited
Pop Martin
1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks
Pavloff
1937
Midnight Madonna
Vincent Long II
1937

The Road Back
Ernst's Father
1937

Night Key
Carl - gang engineer
1937

Espionage
Von Cram
1937

The Great O'Malley
Dr. Larson
1937

Stolen Holiday
Rainer
1937

Man Of The People
Robinson
1937

The Mighty Treve
Eben McClelland
1937

Under Cover of Night
Rudolph Brehmer
1937

Camille
Creditor Agent (uncredited)
1936

Sinner Take All
Theo Drukker (uncredited)
1936

Laughing at Trouble
Dr. Larson
1936

Along Came Love
Planetarium Lecturer
1936

The Gorgeous Hussy
Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
1936

Star for a Night
Doctor Heimkin
1936

Anthony Adverse
Coachman to Paris
1936

Second Wife
Headmaster
1936

Girls' Dormitory
Dr. Hoffenreich
1936

The Devil-Doll
Doctor (uncredited)
1936

Under Two Flags
French General
1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Henry Strand (uncredited)
1936

Murder on a Bridle Path
Dr. Peters (Gregg's)
1936

Till We Meet Again
Colonel Von Diegel
1936

The Country Doctor
Dr. Paul Luke
1936

Sutter's Gold
Governor Felipe Vega
1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Pfeiffer
1936

The Invisible Ray
Professor Meiklejohn
1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Dr. Coate
1936

Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Rochard
1935

The Great Impersonation
Dr. Trenk
1935

Kind Lady
Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
1935

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
2nd Assistant Director
1935

Rendezvous
Dr. R.A. Jackson
1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt
Dr. Jaipur
1935

Star of Midnight
Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
1935

The Florentine Dagger
Von Stein
1935

A Dog of Flanders
Herr Vanderkloot
1935

Straight from the Heart
Coroner
1935

Life Returns
Dr. James
1935

Mills of the Gods
Barrett
1934

Secret of the Chateau
Auctioneer
1934

I Am a Thief
Max Bolen
1934

The Case of the Howling Dog
Dr. Carl Cooper
1934

British Agent
Mr. X
1934

The Fountain
Doctor
1934

Return of the Terror
Franz Reinhardt
1934

Let's Talk It Over
Richards
1934

Men in White
Doctor (uncredited)
1934

No Greater Glory
Doctor
1934

The Countess of Monte Cristo
Police Commissioner
1934

Journal of a Crime
Herr Winterstein
1934

Hi, Nellie!
Danny
1934

The Son of Kong
Captain Englehorn
1933

Captured!
Herr Hauptman
1933

Before Dawn
Joe Valerie
1933

Jennie Gerhardt
Old Weaver (uncredited)
1933

A Bedtime Story
Aristide
1933

King Kong
Captain Englehorn
1933

Topaze
Dr. Stegg
1933

Employees' Entrance
Garfinkle
1933

Flesh
Warden in Germany (uncredited)
1932

Scarlet Dawn
Plotsky (Uncredited)
1932

The Crooked Circle
Rankin
1932

A Woman Commands
The General
1932

Mata Hari
The Cook - Spy
1931

Suicide Fleet
Holtzmann
1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Arresting Detective (uncredited)
1931

Beyond Victory
German Hospital Chief
1931

Gentleman's Fate
Francesco Tomasulo
1931

Billy the Kid
General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
1930

Every Woman's Longing
1930

Strictly Unconventional
Duke of Brocklehurst
1930

The Grand Parade
1930

Girl of the Port
1930

Mister Antonio
Milton Jorny
1929

Her Private Affair
State's Attorney
1929

Paris Bound
1929

Black Waters
Randall
1929

Strange Cargo
Dr. Stecker
1929

His Captive Woman
1929

Sins of the Fathers
The Eye Specialist
1928

Someone to Love
Simmons
1928

Napoleon's Barber
Napoleon's Barber
1928

The Masks of the Devil
Count Zellner
1928

The Blue Danube
Baron
1928

Four Sons
The Schoolmaster
1928

Beau Sabreur
Gen. de Beaujolais
1928

Her Man o' War
Professor Krantz
1926