9.8
9.8
The Fountain
1934
as Doctor
Frank Reicher
Acting
Born:December 2, 1875
Died:January 19, 1965(aged 89)
Birthplace:Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (181 movies)
8.0
8.0
A Woman Commands
1932
as The General
8.0
8.0
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Trenk
7.6
7.6
King Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
7.5
7.5
Anna Christie
1930
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Rochard
7.2
7.2
Four Sons
1928
as The Schoolmaster
7.0
7.0
Man Of The People
1937
as Robinson
7.0
7.0
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Herr Vanderkloot
7.0
7.0
Lost and Won
1917
Director
7.0
7.0
Stage Door
1937
as Stage Director
6.8
6.8
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935
as Dr. Jaipur
6.8
6.8
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Darius 'Doc' Green
6.8
6.8
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Pfeiffer
6.8
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Maasdam
6.7
6.7
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Dr. Larson
6.6
6.6
The Lady in Question
1940
as President
6.6
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
as Fritz
6.6
6.6
Kind Lady
1935
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
6.6
6.6
No Greater Glory
1934
as Doctor
6.5
6.5
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Danny
6.5
6.5
Scarlet Dawn
1932
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
6.5
6.5
Espionage
1937
as Von Cram
6.4
6.4
Address Unknown
1944
as Professor Schmidt
6.3
6.3
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as 2nd Assistant Director
6.3
6.3
Sky Murder
1940
as Dr. Crattan
6.3
6.3
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Professor Meiklejohn
6.2
6.2
Night Monster
1942
as Dr. Timmons
6.2
6.2
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Jason Cragmyle
6.2
6.2
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Prof. Kendall
6.2
6.2
Mata Hari
1931
as The Cook - Spy
6.2
6.2
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Dr. Carl Cooper
6.1
6.1
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Rainer
6.1
6.1
Night Key
1937
as Carl - gang engineer
6.1
6.1
Underground
1941
as Professor Baumer
6.1
6.1
The Jade Mask
1945
as Harper
6.1
6.1
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Garfinkle
6.0
6.0
Plan for Destruction
1943
as Karl Ernst Haushofer
6.0
6.0
Under Two Flags
1936
as French General
6.0
6.0
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as Police Commissioner
6.0
6.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as The Eye Specialist
6.0
6.0
Strange Cargo
1929
as Dr. Stecker
6.0
6.0
Star for a Night
1936
as Doctor Heimkin
6.0
6.0
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Rascals
1938
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
6.0
6.0
Men in White
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Conspirators
1944
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
West Bound Limited
1937
as Pop Martin
6.0
6.0
Return of the Terror
1934
as Franz Reinhardt
6.0
6.0
The Gallant Blade
1948
as Major
6.0
6.0
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Eben McClelland
6.0
6.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Dr. Larson
6.0
6.0
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
as Dr. MacKenzie
6.0
6.0
His Captive Woman
1929
6.0
6.0
I Am a Thief
1934
as Max Bolen
6.0
6.0
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Cathcart
6.0
6.0
The Country Doctor
1936
as Dr. Paul Luke
6.0
6.0
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Count Eckhardt
6.0
6.0
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Francesco Tomasulo
6.0
6.0
Castles for Two
1917
Director
6.0
6.0
The Man I Married
1940
as Friehof
5.9
5.9
Topaze
1933
as Dr. Stegg
5.9
5.9
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
5.9
5.9
Girls' Dormitory
1936
as Dr. Hoffenreich
5.9
5.9
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Esterhazy
5.8
5.8
Star of Midnight
1935
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Dr. Hartman
5.7
5.7
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Von Stein
5.7
5.7
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Rudolph Brehmer
5.7
5.7
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Prefect of Police
5.7
5.7
Girl of the Port
1930
5.7
5.7
The Road Back
1937
as Ernst's Father
5.7
5.7
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Herr Winterstein
5.7
5.7
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Prof. Matthew Norman
5.6
5.6
Society Smugglers
1939
as Jones
5.6
5.6
Before Dawn
1933
as Joe Valerie
5.6
5.6
Flesh
1932
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Dr. Coate
5.6
5.6
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as The Professor - Henchman
5.6
5.6
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Professor Matthew Norman
5.5
5.5
The Tiger Woman
1945
as Coroner
5.5
5.5
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Sneath
5.5
5.5
British Agent
1934
as Mr. X
5.5
5.5
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
5.5
5.5
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Magistrate
5.5
5.5
The Escape
1939
as Dr. Shumaker
5.5
5.5
Tornado
1943
as Linden, Sr.
5.5
5.5
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Dr. Ballou
5.4
5.4
Devil's Island
1939
as President of Assize Court
5.4
5.4
The Son of Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
5.4
5.4
Captain America
1944
as Lyman
5.3
5.3
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Hospital Superintendent
5.3
5.3
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Michael Hasdon
5.2
5.2
Captured!
1933
as Herr Hauptman
5.2
5.2
Secret Enemies
1942
as Henry Bremmer
5.2
5.2
Suez
1938
as General Changarnier
5.2
5.2
Violence
1947
as Pop, apartment concierge
5.1
5.1
Prison Nurse
1938
as Doctor Hartman
5.1
5.1
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as William Riker, the Butler
5.0
5.0
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Wiley Henderson
5.0
5.0
Yankee Fakir
1947
as H.W. Randall
5.0
5.0
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
as Dr. Wells
5.0
5.0
Typhoon
1940
as Doctor
5.0
5.0
Mister Antonio
1929
Director
5.0
5.0
Along Came Love
1936
as Planetarium Lecturer
5.0
5.0
Napoleon's Barber
1928
as Napoleon's Barber
5.0
5.0
Fit for a King
1937
as Kurtz
5.0
5.0
Secret of the Chateau
1934
as Auctioneer
5.0
5.0
South of the Border
1939
as Don Diego Mendoza
4.9
4.9
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
as Dr. Peters
4.8
4.8
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Rankin
4.8
4.8
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
Director
4.7
4.7
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Pavloff
4.5
4.5
Till We Meet Again
1936
as Colonel Von Diegel
4.5
4.5
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Thaddeus Quentin
4.5
4.5
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Edvaard Kreindling
4.5
4.5
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Aristide
4.4
4.4
Paris Bound
1929
Writer
4.3
4.3
Escape Me Never
1947
as The Minister
4.3
4.3
Rendezvous
1935
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
4.3
4.3
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Holtzmann
4.2
4.2
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. James
4.1
4.1
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Police Official (uncredited)
4.1
4.1
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Pharmacist
4.0
4.0
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
3.6
3.6
Her Private Affair
1929
as State's Attorney
2.7
2.7
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Duke of Brocklehurst
1.0
1.0
Woman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Mathews
Her Man o' War
1926
as Professor Krantz
Beau Sabreur
1928
as Gen. de Beaujolais
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Mendietta Garcia
Black Waters
1929
as Randall
Beyond Victory
1931
as German Hospital Chief
Mystery of the White Room
1939
as Dr. Amos Thornton
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Count Zellner
On Such a Night
1937
as Horace Darwin
South to Karanga
1940
as Dr. Greenleaf
Every Woman's Longing
1930
Second Wife
1936
as Headmaster
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Dr. Proser
Someone to Love
1928
as Simmons
Mills of the Gods
1934
as Barrett
The Blue Danube
1928
as Baron
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Richards
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Vincent Long II
Prescription for Romance
1937
as Jozsef
City Streets
1938
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
The Grand Parade
1930
Carson City Raiders
1948
as Razor the Barber
Suspense
1919
Producer
The Secret Sin
1915
Director
The Only Road
1918
Director
The Sea Waif
1918
Director
The Eternal Mother
1917
Director
An American Widow
1917
Director
The Sacrifice
1917
Director
The Inner Shrine
1917
Director
The Prodigal Wife
1918
Director
The Love Mask
1916
Director
The Chorus Lady
1915
Director
The Clue
1915
Director
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1915
Director
Witchcraft
1916
Director
The American Way
1919
Director
Unconquered
1917
Director
Betty to the Rescue
1917
Producer
The Black Circle
1919
Director
Alien Souls
1916
Director
The Storm
1916
Director
Idle Hands
1921
Producer
The Black Wolf
1917
Director
The Case of Becky
1915
Director
For the Defense
1916
Director
The Trap
1919
Director
Behind Masks
1921
Director
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916
Director
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