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