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.

Nacimiento: 1875-12-02, Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
Fallecimiento: 1965-01-19
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 2,8 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

The Mummy (Universal) como Prof. Matthew Norman

Conocido por

King Kong (1933) — Captain Englehorn
El hijo de Kong (1933) — Captain Englehorn
Ser o no ser (1942) — Polish Official (sin acreditar)
Ninotchka (1939) — Soviet Lawyer (sin acreditar)
Damas del teatro (1937) — Stage Director
El fantasma de la momia (1944) — Prof. Matthew Norman
La vida secreta de Walter Mitty (1947) — Maasdam
La zíngara y los monstruos (La mansión de Frankenstein) (1944) — Frederick Ullman

Filmografía

Las aventuras de Superman (1952)
Superman y los hombres topo (1951) — Hospital Superintendent
The Lady and the Bandit (1951) — Count Eckhardt
Corazón de hielo (1950) — Darius 'Doc' Green
Sansón y Dalila (1949) — Village Barber
Barbary Pirate (1949) — Cathcart
The Gallant Blade (1948) — Major
I, Jane Doe (1948) — Doctor
Carson City Raiders (1948) — Razor the Barber
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948) — Dr. MacKenzie
Nunca huyas de mí (1947) — The Minister
La vida secreta de Walter Mitty (1947) — Maasdam
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — Doctor (sin acreditar)
Violence (1947) — Pop, apartment concierge
Yankee Fakir (1947) — H.W. Randall
Home in Oklahoma (1946) — Jason Cragmyle
Amor sublime (1946) — Dr. Chuter (sin acreditar)
The Shadow Returns (1946) — Michael Hasdon
A Guy Could Change (1946) — Doctor
The Tiger Woman (1945) — Coroner
Voice of the Whistler (1945) — Dr. Rose (sin acreditar)
Phantoms, Inc. (1945) — Philip Kenneson, Sr.
Blonde Ransom (1945) — Judge
Donde nacen los héroes (1945) — Father Bly (sin acreditar)
The Jade Mask (1945) — Harper
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945) — William Riker, the Butler
The Big Bonanza (1944) — Dr. Ballou
La zíngara y los monstruos (La mansión de Frankenstein) (1944) — Frederick Ullman
The conspirators (1944) — Casino Attendant (sin acreditar)
El fantasma de la momia (1944) — Prof. Matthew Norman
Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) — Dr. Wells
Domicilio desconocido (1944) — Professor Schmidt
Capitán América (1944) — Lyman
Alarma en el Rhin (1943) — Admiral (sin acreditar)
Tornado (1943) — Linden, Sr.
Bomber's Moon (1943) — Dr. Hartman
Background to Danger (1943) — Rudick (sin acreditar)
Yanks Ahoy (1943) — German Soldier (sin acreditar)
Bajo sospecha (1943) — Colonel Gerold (sin acreditar)
Misión en Moscú (1943) — General von Koestrich - German ambassador (sin acreditar)
Night Monster (1942) — Dr. Timmons
La tumba de la momia (1942) — Professor Matthew Norman
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942) — Thaddeus Quentin
Secret Enemies (1942) — Henry Bremmer
The Gay Sisters (1942) — Dr. Thomas Bigelow
Horizontes salvajes (1942) — Sneath
El misterio de María Roget (1942) — Magistrate
Ser o no ser (1942) — Polish Official (sin acreditar)
Nazi Agent (1942) — Fritz
Dangerously They Live (1941) — Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
One Foot in Heaven (1941) — Board Member (sin acreditar)
Lucha en la sombra (1941) — Professor Baumer
Shining Victory (1941) — Dr. Esterhazy
The Nurse's Secret (1941) — Wiley Henderson
They Dare Not Love (1941) — Captain
Flight from Destiny (1941) — Edvaard Kreindling
La máscara de fuego (1941) — Dr. Ronald Cheever (sin acreditar)
Four Mothers (1941) — Festival Committee Member (sin acreditar)
Sky Murder (1940) — Dr. Crattan
The Man I Married (1940) — Friehof
La dama en cuestión (1940) — President
South to Karanga (1940) — Dr. Greenleaf
El cielo y tú (1940) — Police Official (sin acreditar)
Tifón (1940) — Doctor
Doctor Cíclope (1940) — Prof. Kendall
La bala mágica (1940) — Old Man
Everything Happens at Night (1939) — Pharmacist
South of the Border (1939) — Don Diego Mendoza
Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939) — Dr. Proser
Ninotchka (1939) — Soviet Lawyer (sin acreditar)
Sabotage (1939) — (sin acreditar)
The Escape (1939) — Dr. Shumaker
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) — Baron von Bissing
The Magnificent Fraud (1939) — Mendietta Garcia
Juárez (1939) — Duc de Morny (sin acreditar)
Sons of Liberty (1939) — Lyons the Storekeeper (sin acreditar)
Mystery of the White Room (1939) — Dr. Amos Thornton
Never Say Die (1939) — Man in Charge of Duel
Society Smugglers (1939) — Jones
Woman Doctor (1939) — Dr. Mathews
Devil's Island (1939) — President of Assize Court
The Girl Downstairs (1938) — Police Official (sin acreditar)
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938) — The Professor - Henchman
Suez (1938) — General Changarnier
Carta de presentación (1938) — Second Doctor (sin acreditar)
I'll Give a Million (1938) — Prefect of Police
El sorprendente Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) — Professor O.J. Ludwig (sin acreditar)
City Streets (1938) — Dr. Ferenc Waller
Rascals (1938) — Dr. C.M. Garvey
Prison Nurse (1938) — Doctor Hartman
Prescription for Romance (1937) — Jozsef
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) — Monsieur Debillon (sin acreditar)
Damas del teatro (1937) — Stage Director
Fit for a King (1937) — Kurtz
On Such a Night (1937) — Horace Darwin
West Bound Limited (1937) — Pop Martin
El secreto del candelabro (1937) — Pavloff
Midnight Madonna (1937) — Vincent Long II
The Road Back (1937) — Ernst's Father
Night Key (1937) — Carl - gang engineer
Espionage (1937) — Von Cram
The Great O'Malley (1937) — Dr. Larson
Stolen Holiday (1937) — Rainer
Man Of The People (1937) — Robinson
The Mighty Treve (1937) — Eben McClelland
Under Cover of Night (1937) — Rudolph Brehmer
La dama de las camelias (1936) — Creditor Agent (sin acreditar)
Sinner Take All (1936) — Theo Drukker (sin acreditar)
Laughing at Trouble (1936) — Dr. Larson
Along Came Love (1936) — Planetarium Lecturer
La espléndida descarada (1936) — Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (sin acreditar)
Star for a Night (1936) — Doctor Heimkin
El caballero Adverse (1936) — Coachman to Paris
Second Wife (1936) — Headmaster
Aula de señoritas (1936) — Dr. Hoffenreich
Muñecos infernales (1936) — Doctor (sin acreditar)
Bajo dos banderas (1936) — French General
Mi Ex, Mi Mujer y Yo (1936) — Henry Strand (sin acreditar)
Muerte en el sendero nupcial (1936) — Dr. Peters
Till We Meet Again (1936) — Colonel Von Diegel
The Country Doctor (1936) — Dr. Paul Luke
Sutter's Gold (1936) — Governor Felipe Vega
La tragedia de Louis Pasteur (1936) — Dr. Pfeiffer
El poder invisible (1936) — Professor Meiklejohn
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) — Dr. Coate
Sublime obsesión (1935) — Dr. Rochard
The Great Impersonation (1935) — Dr. Trenk
Kind Lady (1935) — Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) — 2nd Assistant Director
Rendezvous (1935) — Dr. R.A. Jackson
Charlie Chan en Egipto (1935) — Dr. Jaipur
Star of Midnight (1935) — Abe Ohlman (sin acreditar)
The Florentine Dagger (1935) — Von Stein
A Dog of Flanders (1935) — Herr Vanderkloot
Straight from the Heart (1935) — Coroner
The Casino Murder Case (1935) — Assistant Coroner (sin acreditar)
Life Returns (1935) — Dr. James
Mills of the Gods (1934) — Barrett
Secret of the Chateau (1934) — Auctioneer
I Am a Thief (1934) — Max Bolen
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) — Dr. Carl Cooper
El agente británico (1934) — Mr. X
Un amor prohibido (1934) — Doctor
Return of the Terror (1934) — Franz Reinhardt
Let's Talk It Over (1934) — Richards
The Line-Up (1934) — Abraham Schultz (sin acreditar)
Hombres de blanco (1934) — Doctor (sin acreditar)
No Greater Glory (1934) — Doctor
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) — Police Commissioner
Journal of a Crime (1934) — Herr Winterstein
¿Qué hay, Nellie? (1934) — Danny
El hijo de Kong (1933) — Captain Englehorn
Captured! (1933) — Herr Hauptman
Antes del amanecer (1933) — Joe Valerie
Jennie Gerhardt (1933) — Old Weaver (sin acreditar)
A Bedtime Story (1933) — Aristide
King Kong (1933) — Captain Englehorn
Topaze (1933) — Dr. Stegg
Employees' Entrance (1933) — Garfinkle
Carne (1932) — Warden in Germany (sin acreditar)
Scarlet Dawn (1932) — Plotsky (sin acreditar)
The Crooked Circle (1932) — Rankin
A Woman Commands (1932) — The General
Mata Hari (1931) — The Cook - Spy
Suicide Fleet (1931) — Holtzmann
El pecado de Madelon Claudet (1931) — Arresting Detective (sin acreditar)
Beyond Victory (1931) — German Hospital Chief
El destino de un caballero (1931) — Francesco Tomasulo
Billy el niño : El terror de la pradera (1930) — General Lew Wallace (sin acreditar)
Die Sehnsucht jeder Frau (1930)
Strictly Unconventional (1930) — Duke of Brocklehurst
The Grand Parade (1930)
Girl of the Port (1930)
Mister Antonio (1929) — Milton Jorny
Her Private Affair (1929) — State's Attorney
Paris Bound (1929)
Black Waters (1929) — Randall
Strange Cargo (1929) — Dr. Stecker
His Captive Woman (1929)
Sins of the Fathers (1928) — The Eye Specialist
Someone to Love (1928) — Simmons
El barbero de Napoleón (1928) — Napoleon's Barber
The Masks of the Devil (1928) — Count Zellner
The Blue Danube (1928) — Baron
Cuatro hijos (1928) — The Schoolmaster
Beau Sabreur (1928) — Gen. de Beaujolais
Her Man o' War (1926) — Professor Krantz