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.
Acted in
Adventures of Superman
1952
Superman and the Mole-Men
1951
as Hospital Superintendent
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Count Eckhardt
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Darius 'Doc' Green
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Village Barber
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Cathcart
The Gallant Blade
1948
as Major
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Doctor
Carson City Raiders
1948
as Razor the Barber
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
as Dr. MacKenzie
Escape Me Never
1947
as The Minister
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Maasdam
Violence
1947
as Pop, apartment concierge
Yankee Fakir
1947
as H.W. Randall
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Jason Cragmyle
Sister Kenny
1946
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Michael Hasdon
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Doctor
The Tiger Woman
1945
as Coroner
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Father Bly (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask
1945
as Harper
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as William Riker, the Butler
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Dr. Ballou
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
The Conspirators
1944
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Prof. Matthew Norman
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
as Dr. Wells
Address Unknown
1944
as Professor Schmidt
Captain America
1944
as Lyman
Tornado
1943
as Linden, Sr.
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Dr. Hartman
Background to Danger
1943
as Rudick - the Assasin
Above Suspicion
1943
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
Plan for Destruction
1943
as Karl Ernst Haushofer
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Professor Matthew Norman
Night Monster
1942
as Dr. Timmons
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Thaddeus Quentin
Secret Enemies
1942
as Henry Bremmer
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Sneath
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Magistrate
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Polish Official (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
1942
as Fritz
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Board Member (uncredited)
Underground
1941
as Professor Baumer
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Esterhazy
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Wiley Henderson
They Dare Not Love
1941
as Captain
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Edvaard Kreindling
Four Mothers
1941
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
Sky Murder
1940
as Dr. Crattan
The Man I Married
1940
as Friehof
The Lady in Question
1940
as President
South to Karanga
1940
as Dr. Greenleaf
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Police Official (uncredited)
Typhoon
1940
as Doctor
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Prof. Kendall
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Old Man
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Pharmacist
South of the Border
1939
as Don Diego Mendoza
Ninotchka
1939
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
The Escape
1939
as Dr. Shumaker
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Baron von Bissing
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Mendietta Garcia
Juarez
1939
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room
1939
as Dr. Amos Thornton
Never Say Die
1939
as Man in Charge of Duel
Society Smugglers
1939
as Jones
Woman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Mathews
Devil's Island
1939
as President of Assize Court
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Police Official (uncredited)
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as The Professor - Henchman
Suez
1938
as General Changarnier
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Prefect of Police
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
City Streets
1938
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
Rascals
1938
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
Prison Nurse
1938
as Doctor Hartman
Prescription for Romance
1937
as Jozsef
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Stage Door
1937
as Stage Director
Fit for a King
1937
as Kurtz
On Such a Night
1937
as Horace Darwin
West Bound Limited
1937
as Pop Martin
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Pavloff
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Vincent Long II
The Road Back
1937
as Ernst's Father
Night Key
1937
as Carl - gang engineer
Espionage
1937
as Von Cram
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Dr. Larson
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Rainer
Man Of The People
1937
as Robinson
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Eben McClelland
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Rudolph Brehmer
Camille
1936
as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
1936
as Theo Drukker (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Dr. Larson
Along Came Love
1936
as Planetarium Lecturer
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Star for a Night
1936
as Doctor Heimkin
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Coachman to Paris
Second Wife
1936
as Headmaster
Girls Dormitory
1936
as Dr. Hoffenreich
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
Under Two Flags
1936
as French General
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
Till We Meet Again
1936
as Colonel Von Diegel
The Country Doctor
1936
as Dr. Paul Luke
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Governor Felipe Vega
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Pfeiffer
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Professor Meiklejohn
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Dr. Coate
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Rochard
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Trenk
Kind Lady
1935
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as 2nd Assistant Director
Rendezvous
1935
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935
as Dr. Jaipur
Star of Midnight
1935
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Von Stein
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Herr Vanderkloot
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. James
Mills of the Gods
1934
as Barrett
Secret of the Chateau
1934
as Auctioneer
I Am a Thief
1934
as Max Bolen
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Dr. Carl Cooper
British Agent
1934
as Mr. X
The Fountain
1934
as Doctor
Return of the Terror
1934
as Franz Reinhardt
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Richards
Men in White
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
No Greater Glory
1934
as Doctor
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as Police Commissioner
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Herr Winterstein
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Danny
The Son of Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Captured!
1933
as Herr Hauptman
Before Dawn
1933
as Joe Valerie
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Aristide
King Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Topaze
1933
as Dr. Stegg
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Garfinkle
Flesh
1932
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn
1932
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Rankin
A Woman Commands
1932
as The General
Mata Hari
1931
as The Cook - Spy
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Holtzmann
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
Beyond Victory
1931
as German Hospital Chief
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Francesco Tomasulo
Billy the Kid
1930
as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Every woman's longing
1930
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Duke of Brocklehurst
The Grand Parade
1930
Girl of the Port
1930
Mister Antonio
1929
as Milton Jorny
Her Private Affair
1929
as State's Attorney
Paris Bound
1929
Black Waters
1929
as Randall
Strange Cargo
1929
as Dr. Stecker
His Captive Woman
1929
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as The Eye Specialist
Napoleon's Barber
1928
as Napoleon's Barber
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Count Zellner
The Blue Danube
1928
as Baron
Four Sons
1928
as The Schoolmaster
Beau Sabreur
1928
as Gen. de Beaujolais
Her Man o' War
1926
as Professor Krantz