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)
Ninotchka
1939
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
Captain America
1944
as Lyman
Juarez
1939
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Polish Official (uncredited)
Stage Door
1937
as Stage Director
Night Monster
1942
as Dr. Timmons
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Maasdam
Sister Kenny
1946
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Danny
Mata Hari
1931
as The Cook - Spy
Captured!
1933
as Herr Hauptman
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Hospital Superintendent
Paris Bound
1929
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Coachman to Paris
The Fountain
1934
as Doctor
Tornado
1943
as Linden, Sr.
Strange Cargo
1929
as Dr. Stecker
The Son of Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Above Suspicion
1943
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Flesh
1932
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Eben McClelland
City Streets
1938
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
Night Key
1937
as Carl - gang engineer
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Magistrate
Rendezvous
1935
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Frederick Ullman
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Dr. Carl Cooper
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
Suez
1938
as General Changarnier
British Agent
1934
as Mr. X
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Police Official (uncredited)
Someone to Love
1928
as Simmons
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as Police Commissioner
Four Sons
1928
as The Schoolmaster
Nazi Agent
1942
as Fritz
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Pavloff
Topaze
1933
as Dr. Stegg
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Mendietta Garcia
Devil's Island
1939
as President of Assize Court
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Dr. Larson
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Trenk
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Father Bly (uncredited)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Pfeiffer
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Professor Matthew Norman
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Prof. Kendall
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. James
No Greater Glory
1934
as Doctor
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Prof. Matthew Norman
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Doctor
Mission to Moscow
1943
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
Men in White
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Conspirators
1944
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
Prison Nurse
1938
as Doctor Hartman
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Prefect of Police
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
Violence
1947
as Pop, apartment concierge
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Rochard
Girls' Dormitory
1936
as Dr. Hoffenreich
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Governor Felipe Vega
Background to Danger
1943
as Rudick - the Assasin
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Darius 'Doc' Green
Never Say Die
1939
as Man in Charge of Duel
The Blue Danube
1928
as Baron
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Esterhazy
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Old Man
Four Mothers
1941
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
The Escape
1939
as Dr. Shumaker
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Judge
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Rainer
Underground
1941
as Professor Baumer
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Count Eckhardt
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Professor Meiklejohn
I Am a Thief
1934
as Max Bolen
Napoleon's Barber
1928
as Napoleon's Barber
Rascals
1938
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Sneath
Address Unknown
1944
as Professor Schmidt
Kind Lady
1935
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
South of the Border
1939
as Don Diego Mendoza
Billy the Kid
1930
as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Escape Me Never
1947
as The Minister
The Lady in Question
1940
as President
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Police Official (uncredited)
Man Of The People
1937
as Robinson
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love
1941
as Captain
Typhoon
1940
as Doctor
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
as Dr. Peters
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
as Dr. MacKenzie
The Road Back
1937
as Ernst's Father
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as The Professor - Henchman
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as William Riker, the Butler
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
Star of Midnight
1935
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Duke of Brocklehurst
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Baron von Bissing
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as 2nd Assistant Director
Fit for a King
1937
as Kurtz
Espionage
1937
as Von Cram
Secret Enemies
1942
as Henry Bremmer
Yanks Ahoy
1943
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Sky Murder
1940
as Dr. Crattan
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Edvaard Kreindling
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room
1939
as Dr. Amos Thornton
The Country Doctor
1936
as Dr. Paul Luke
On Such a Night
1937
as Horace Darwin
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Pharmacist
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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Most Popular Frank Reicher Movies
- King Kong (1933) — as Captain Englehorn
- Samson and Delilah (1949) — as Village Barber
- Camille (1936) — as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
- Ninotchka (1939) — as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — as Doctor (uncredited)
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