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.
Acting
2021
Self - (archive footage)
1952
Unknown
1951
Hospital Superintendent
1950
Darius 'Doc' Green
1949
Village Barber
1948
Major
1948
Doctor
1948
Razor the Barber
1947
The Minister
1947
Doctor (uncredited)
1947
1947
H.W. Randall
1946
Jason Cragmyle
1946
Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
1945
Father Bly (uncredited)
1945
Harper
1945
William Riker, the Butler
1944
Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
1944
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
1944
Prof. Matthew Norman
1944
Professor Schmidt
1944
Lyman
1943
Dr. Hartman
1943
Rudick - the Assasin
1943
Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
1943
General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
1943
Karl Ernst Haushofer
1942
Professor Matthew Norman
1942
Dr. Timmons
1942
Henry Bremmer
1942
Dr. Thomas Bigelow
1942
Magistrate
1942
Polish Official (uncredited)
1942
Fritz
1941
Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
1941
Board Member (uncredited)
1941
Professor Baumer
1941
Dr. Esterhazy
1941
Wiley Henderson
1941
Edvaard Kreindling
1941
Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
1941
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
1940
President
1940
Police Official (uncredited)
1940
Doctor
1940
Prof. Kendall
1940
Old Man
1939
Don Diego Mendoza
1939
Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
1939
(uncredited)
1939
Baron von Bissing
1939
Duc de Morny (uncredited)
1939
Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
1939
Man in Charge of Duel
1939
Jones
1939
President of Assize Court
1938
Police Official (uncredited)
1938
The Professor - Henchman
1938
General Changarnier
1938
Prefect of Police
1938
Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
1938
Doctor Hartman
1937
Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
1937
Stage Director
1937
Ernst's Father
1937
Carl - gang engineer
1937
Dr. Larson
1937
Rainer
1937
Rudolph Brehmer
1936
Creditor Agent (uncredited)
1936
Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
1936
Coachman to Paris
1936
Doctor (uncredited)
1936
Dr. Peters
1936
Dr. Pfeiffer
1936
Professor Meiklejohn
1936
Dr. Coate
1935
Dr. Rochard
1935
Dr. R.A. Jackson
1935
Dr. Jaipur
1935
Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
1935
Von Stein
1935
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
1935
Dr. James
1934
Barrett
1934
Max Bolen
1934
Dr. Carl Cooper
1934
Mr. X
1934
Franz Reinhardt
1934
Doctor (uncredited)
1934
Doctor
1934
Police Commissioner
1934
Danny
1933
Captain Englehorn
1933
Herr Hauptman
1933
Captain Englehorn
1933
Dr. Stegg
1933
Garfinkle
1932
Plotsky (Uncredited)
1932
Rankin
1932
The General
1931
The Cook - Spy
1931
Arresting Detective (uncredited)
1929
Unknown
1928
Simmons
Directing
1921
Director
1917
Director
1917
Director
1916
Director
1916
Director
1916
Director
Writing
1929
Writer
Production
1921
Producer
Infos
Frank Reicher
Male
12/2/1875
1/19/1965
George H. Lloyd
Frank Reichert
Franz Reicher