Frank Reicher
Known for Acting · 188 credits
- Born
- 1875-12-02
- Died
- 1965-01-19
- Place of birth
- Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
- Also known as
- George H. Lloyd · Frank Reichert · Franz Reicher
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (187)
King Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Village Barber
Camille
1936
as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Polish Official (uncredited)
Ninotchka
1939
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Stage Door
1937
as Stage Director
Captain America
1944
as Lyman
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Maasdam
Night Monster
1942
as Dr. Timmons
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Fountain
1934
as Doctor
The Son of Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Hospital Superintendent
Sister Kenny
1946
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Pfeiffer
Strange Cargo
1929
as Dr. Stecker
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Police Official (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Night Key
1937
as Carl - gang engineer
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Prof. Kendall
Nazi Agent
1942
as Fritz
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Frederick Ullman
Juarez
1939
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Danny
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Eben McClelland
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Magistrate
Mission to Moscow
1943
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Dr. Carl Cooper
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Prof. Matthew Norman
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
Suez
1938
as General Changarnier
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Professor Matthew Norman
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Coachman to Paris
Rendezvous
1935
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
Paris Bound
1929
Mata Hari
1931
as The Cook - Spy
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as 2nd Assistant Director
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Professor Meiklejohn
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Darius 'Doc' Green
Four Mothers
1941
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Sneath
Never Say Die
1939
as Man in Charge of Duel
Underground
1941
as Professor Baumer
British Agent
1934
as Mr. X
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Old Man
The Conspirators
1944
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Pavloff
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
Tornado
1943
as Linden, Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Judge
Espionage
1937
as Von Cram
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Prefect of Police
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Doctor
Before Dawn
1933
as Joe Valerie
Under Two Flags
1936
as French General
Man Of The People
1937
as Robinson
The Road Back
1937
as Ernst's Father
A Woman Commands
1932
as The General
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
Rascals
1938
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
Background to Danger
1943
as Rudick - the Assasin
Men in White
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Edvaard Kreindling
The Country Doctor
1936
as Dr. Paul Luke
Someone to Love
1928
as Simmons
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Count Zellner
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Dr. Hartman
Typhoon
1940
as Doctor
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Esterhazy
Captured!
1933
as Herr Hauptman
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Lady in Question
1940
as President
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Holtzmann
Devil's Island
1939
as President of Assize Court
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love
1941
as Captain
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Dr. Larson
The Escape
1939
as Dr. Shumaker
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Von Stein
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as The Professor - Henchman
Escape Me Never
1947
as The Minister
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Richards
Sky Murder
1940
as Dr. Crattan
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935
as Dr. Jaipur
Kind Lady
1935
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
City Streets
1938
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
Scarlet Dawn
1932
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
Woman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Mathews
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Dr. Coate
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as William Riker, the Butler
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Baron von Bissing
Flesh
1932
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Rainer
Four Sons
1928
as The Schoolmaster
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Governor Felipe Vega
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as Police Commissioner
Fit for a King
1937
as Kurtz
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. James
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Jason Cragmyle
The Jade Mask
1945
as Harper
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Rochard
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Count Eckhardt
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Father Bly (uncredited)
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Dr. Proser
Star of Midnight
1935
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Mendietta Garcia
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Coroner
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Police Official (uncredited)
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Rudolph Brehmer
Society Smugglers
1939
as Jones
Girl of the Port
1930
Secret Enemies
1942
as Henry Bremmer
About 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… With 188 credits spanning from 1926 to 2021, Frank Reicher has appeared in 187 films and 1 TV show.
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- King Kong (1933) — as Captain Englehorn
- Samson and Delilah (1949) — as Village Barber
- Camille (1936) — as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942) — as Polish Official (uncredited)
- Ninotchka (1939) — as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
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