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