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person_profile-Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Frank Reicher

Date of Birth:

Dec 02, 1875

Country of birth:

German Empire [now Germany]

Died:

Jan 19, 1965

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Frank Reicher

Found 175 Movies in total

Superman and the Mole Men

Hospital Superintendent ( Actor )

... 1951

The Lady and the Bandit

Count Eckhardt ( Actor )

... 1951

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Darius 'Doc' Green ( Actor )

... 1950

Samson and Delilah

Village Barber ( Actor )

... 1949

Barbary Pirate

Cathcart ( Actor )

... 1949

The Gallant Blade

Major ( Actor )

... 1948

I, Jane Doe

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1948

Carson City Raiders

Razor the Barber ( Actor )

... 1948

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Dr. MacKenzie ( Actor )

... 1948

Escape Me Never

The Minister ( Actor )

... 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1947

Violence

Pop, apartment concierge ( Actor )

... 1947

Yankee Fakir

H.W. Randall ( Actor )

... 1947

Home in Oklahoma

Jason Cragmyle ( Actor )

... 1946

Sister Kenny

Dr. Chuter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Shadow Returns

Michael Hasdon ( Actor )

... 1946

A Guy Could Change

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1946

The Tiger Woman

Coroner ( Actor )

... 1945

Voice of the Whistler

Dr. Rose (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

A Medal for Benny

Father Bly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Jade Mask

Harper ( Actor )

... 1945

The Strange Mr. Gregory

William Riker, the Butler ( Actor )

... 1945

The Big Bonanza

Dr. Ballou ( Actor )

... 1944

House of Frankenstein

Frederick Ullman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Conspirators

Casino Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Mummy's Ghost

Prof. Matthew Norman ( Actor )

... 1944

Address Unknown

Professor Schmidt ( Actor )

... 1944

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Dr. Wells ( Actor )

... 1944

Captain America

Lyman ( Actor )

... 1944

Tornado

Linden, Sr. ( Actor )

... 1943

Bomber's Moon

Dr. Hartman ( Actor )

... 1943

Background to Danger

Rudick - the Assasin ( Actor )

... 1943

Above Suspicion

Colonel Gerold (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Mission to Moscow

General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Mummy's Tomb

Professor Matthew Norman ( Actor )

... 1942

Night Monster

Dr. Timmons ( Actor )

... 1942

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Thaddeus Quentin ( Actor )

... 1942

Secret Enemies

Henry Bremmer ( Actor )

... 1942

The Gay Sisters

Dr. Thomas Bigelow ( Actor )

... 1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Sneath ( Actor )

... 1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Magistrate ( Actor )

... 1942

To Be or Not to Be

Polish Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Nazi Agent

Fritz ( Actor )

... 1942

Dangerously They Live

Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler ( Actor )

... 1941

One Foot in Heaven

Board Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Underground

Professor Baumer ( Actor )

... 1941

Shining Victory

Dr. Esterhazy ( Actor )

... 1941

The Nurse's Secret

Wiley Henderson ( Actor )

... 1941

They Dare Not Love

Captain ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight from Destiny

Edvaard Kreindling ( Actor )

... 1941

The Face Behind the Mask

Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Four Mothers

Festival Committee Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Sky Murder

Dr. Crattan ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man I Married

Friehof ( Actor )

... 1940

The Lady in Question

President ( Actor )

... 1940

South to Karanga

Dr. Greenleaf ( Actor )

... 1940

All This, and Heaven Too

Police Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Typhoon

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1940

Dr. Cyclops

Prof. Kendall ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

Everything Happens at Night

Pharmacist ( Actor )

... 1939

South of the Border

Don Diego Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1939

Ninotchka

Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Sabotage

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Escape

Dr. Shumaker ( Actor )

... 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Baron von Bissing ( Actor )

... 1939

The Magnificent Fraud

Mendietta Garcia ( Actor )

... 1939

Juarez

Duc de Morny (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Mystery of the White Room

Dr. Amos Thornton ( Actor )

... 1939

Never Say Die

Man in Charge of Duel ( Actor )

... 1939

Society Smugglers

Jones ( Actor )

... 1939

Woman Doctor

Dr. Mathews ( Actor )

... 1939

Devil's Island

President of Assize Court ( Actor )

... 1939

The Girl Downstairs

Police Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Torchy Gets Her Man

The Professor - Henchman ( Actor )

... 1938

Suez

General Changarnier ( Actor )

... 1938

Letter of Introduction

Second Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

I'll Give a Million

Prefect of Police ( Actor )

... 1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

City Streets

Dr. Ferenc Waller ( Actor )

... 1938

Rascals

Dr. C.M. Garvey ( Actor )

... 1938

Prison Nurse

Doctor Hartman ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Monsieur Debillon (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Stage Door

Stage Director ( Actor )

... 1937

Fit for a King

Kurtz ( Actor )

... 1937

On Such a Night

Horace Darwin ( Actor )

... 1937

West Bound Limited

Pop Martin ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

The Road Back

Ernst's Father ( Actor )

... 1937

Night Key

Carl - gang engineer ( Actor )

... 1937

Espionage

Von Cram ( Actor )

... 1937

The Great O'Malley

Dr. Larson ( Actor )

... 1937

Stolen Holiday

Rainer ( Actor )

... 1937

Man Of The People

Robinson ( Actor )

... 1937

The Mighty Treve

Eben McClelland ( Actor )

... 1937

Under Cover of Night

Rudolph Brehmer ( Actor )

... 1937

Camille

Creditor Agent (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Sinner Take All

Theo Drukker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Laughing at Trouble

Dr. Larson ( Actor )

... 1936

The Gorgeous Hussy

Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Star for a Night

Doctor Heimkin ( Actor )

... 1936

Anthony Adverse

Coachman to Paris ( Actor )

... 1936

Second Wife

Headmaster ( Actor )

... 1936

Girls' Dormitory

Dr. Hoffenreich ( Actor )

... 1936

The Devil-Doll

Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Under Two Flags

French General ( Actor )

... 1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Henry Strand (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Murder on a Bridle Path

Dr. Peters (Gregg's) ( Actor )

... 1936

Till We Meet Again

Colonel Von Diegel ( Actor )

... 1936

The Country Doctor

Dr. Paul Luke ( Actor )

... 1936

Sutter's Gold

Governor Felipe Vega ( Actor )

... 1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Pfeiffer ( Actor )

... 1936

The Invisible Ray

Professor Meiklejohn ( Actor )

... 1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Dr. Coate ( Actor )

... 1936

Magnificent Obsession

Dr. Rochard ( Actor )

... 1935

The Great Impersonation

Dr. Trenk ( Actor )

... 1935

Kind Lady

Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

2nd Assistant Director ( Actor )

... 1935

Rendezvous

Dr. R.A. Jackson ( Actor )

... 1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Dr. Jaipur ( Actor )

... 1935

Star of Midnight

Abe Ohlman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Florentine Dagger

Von Stein ( Actor )

... 1935

A Dog of Flanders

Herr Vanderkloot ( Actor )

... 1935

Straight from the Heart

Coroner ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Returns

Dr. James ( Actor )

... 1935

Mills of the Gods

Barrett ( Actor )

... 1934

Secret of the Chateau

Auctioneer ( Actor )

... 1934

I Am a Thief

Max Bolen ( Actor )

... 1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

Dr. Carl Cooper ( Actor )

... 1934

British Agent

Mr. X ( Actor )

... 1934

The Fountain

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1934

Return of the Terror

Franz Reinhardt ( Actor )

... 1934

Let's Talk It Over

Richards ( Actor )

... 1934

Men in White

Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

No Greater Glory

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1934

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Police Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1934

Journal of a Crime

Herr Winterstein ( Actor )

... 1934

Hi, Nellie!

Danny ( Actor )

... 1934

The Son of Kong

Captain Englehorn ( Actor )

... 1933

Captured!

Herr Hauptman ( Actor )

... 1933

Before Dawn

Joe Valerie ( Actor )

... 1933

Jennie Gerhardt

Old Weaver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

A Bedtime Story

Aristide ( Actor )

... 1933

King Kong

Captain Englehorn ( Actor )

... 1933

Topaze

Dr. Stegg ( Actor )

... 1933

Employees' Entrance

Garfinkle ( Actor )

... 1933

Flesh

Warden in Germany (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Scarlet Dawn

Plotsky (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Crooked Circle

Rankin ( Actor )

... 1932

A Woman Commands

The General ( Actor )

... 1932

Mata Hari

The Cook - Spy ( Actor )

... 1931

Suicide Fleet

Holtzmann ( Actor )

... 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Arresting Detective (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Beyond Victory

German Hospital Chief ( Actor )

... 1931

Gentleman's Fate

Francesco Tomasulo ( Actor )

... 1931

Billy the Kid

General Lew Wallace (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Strictly Unconventional

Duke of Brocklehurst ( Actor )

... 1930

... 1930

... 1930

Mister Antonio

Milton Jorny ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

Her Private Affair

State's Attorney ( Actor )

... 1929

... 1929

Black Waters

Randall ( Actor )

... 1929

Strange Cargo

Dr. Stecker ( Actor )

... 1929

... 1929

Sins of the Fathers

The Eye Specialist ( Actor )

... 1928

Someone to Love

Simmons ( Actor )

... 1928

The Masks of the Devil

Count Zellner ( Actor )

... 1928

The Blue Danube

Baron ( Actor )

... 1928

Four Sons

The Schoolmaster ( Actor )

... 1928

Beau Sabreur

Gen. de Beaujolais ( Actor )

... 1928

Her Man o' War

Professor Krantz ( Actor )

... 1926