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.
| Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | ★★★☆☆ | |
| 1951 | Superman y los Hombres Topo | Hospital Superintendent | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Count Eckhardt | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1950 | Corazón de hielo | Darius 'Doc' Green | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1949 | Sansón y Dalila | Village Barber | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1949 | Barbary Pirate | Cathcart | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1948 | Carson City Raiders | Razor the Barber | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1948 | I, Jane Doe | Doctor | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Dr. MacKenzie | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade | Major | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1947 | La vida secreta de Walter Mitty | Maasdam | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1947 | Violence | Pop, apartment concierge | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1947 | Nunca huyas de mí | The Minister | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | H.W. Randall | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Doctor (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1946 | Home in Oklahoma | Jason Cragmyle | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1946 | The Shadow Returns | Michael Hasdon | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1946 | A Guy Could Change | Doctor | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1946 | Amor sublime | Dr. Chuter (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | The Strange Mr. Gregory | William Riker, the Butler | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask | Harper | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | The Tiger Woman | Coroner | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | Voice of the Whistler | Dr. Rose (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Philip Kenneson, Sr. | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1945 | Donde nacen los héroes | Father Bly (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | El fantasma de la momia | Prof. Matthew Norman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza | Dr. Ballou | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | Gildersleeve's Ghost | Dr. Wells | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | La zíngara y los monstruos (La mansión de Frankenstein) | Frederick Ullman (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | Domicilio desconocido | Professor Schmidt | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | Capitán América | Lyman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1944 | The conspirators | Casino Attendant (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Plan for Destruction | Karl Ernst Haushofer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Tornado | Linden, Sr. | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Bajo sospecha | Colonel Gerold (Uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Background to Danger | Rudick - the Assasin | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Misión en Moscú | General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1943 | Bomber's Moon | Dr. Hartman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Fritz | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | Night Monster | Dr. Timmons | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | Secret Enemies | Henry Bremmer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | El misterio de María Roget | Magistrate | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | Horizontes salvajes | Sneath | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | Dr. Thomas Bigelow | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | La tumba de la momia | Professor Matthew Norman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Thaddeus Quentin | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1942 | Ser o no ser | Polish Official (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live | Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Dr. Esterhazy | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | The Nurse's Secret | Wiley Henderson | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | Lucha en la sombra | Professor Baumer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | Festival Committee Member (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love | Captain | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Edvaard Kreindling | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Board Member (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | Doctor Cíclope | Prof. Kendall | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Dr. Crattan | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | La dama en cuestión | President | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | Tifón | Doctor | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | The Man I Married | Friehof | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | El cielo y tú | Police Official (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1940 | La bala mágica | Old Man | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1940 | South to Karanga | Dr. Greenleaf | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1939 | South of the Border | Don Diego Mendoza | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | The Magnificent Fraud | Mendietta Garcia | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1939 | Sons of Liberty | Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | The Escape | Dr. Shumaker | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Nurse Edith Cavell | Baron von Bissing | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Devil's Island | President of Assize Court | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Never Say Die | Man in Charge of Duel | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Juárez | Duc de Morny (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night | Pharmacist | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1939 | Society Smugglers | Jones | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1939 | Sabotage | (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1939 | Woman Doctor | Dr. Mathews | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| 1939 | Mystery of the White Room | Dr. Amos Thornton | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man | The Professor - Henchman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1938 | The Girl Downstairs | Police Official (uncredited) | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1938 | Prison Nurse | Doctor Hartman | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1938 | City Streets | Dr. Ferenc Waller | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million | Prefect of Police | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1938 | Rascals | Dr. C.M. Garvey | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1938 | Suez | General Changarnier | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1938 | El sorprendente Dr. Clitterhouse | Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
| 1938 | Carta de presentación | Second Doctor (uncredited) | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Night Key | Carl - gang engineer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Damas del teatro | Stage Director | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | El secreto del candelabro | Pavloff | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Under Cover of Night | Rudolph Brehmer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Rainer | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Espionage | Von Cram | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Fit for a King | Kurtz | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | Robinson | ★★★★☆ |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Monsieur Debillon (uncredited) | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Dr. Larson | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Prescription for Romance | Jozsef | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1937 | West Bound Limited | Pop Martin | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1937 | Midnight Madonna | Vincent Long II | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1937 | The Mighty Treve | Eben McClelland | ★★★☆☆ |
| Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Director | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1930 | Anna Christie | Screenplay | ★★★★☆ |
| 1930 | Girl of the Port | Dialogue | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1929 | Paris Bound | Writer | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 1929 | Mister Antonio | Director | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1921 | Behind Masks | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1919 | The Trap | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1919 | Suspense | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1918 | The Only Road | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1918 | The Sea Waif | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1917 | Lost and Won | Director | ★★★★☆ |
| 1917 | Castles for Two | Director | ★★★☆☆ |
| 1917 | The Eternal Mother | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1917 | An American Widow | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1917 | The Sacrifice | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1917 | The Inner Shrine | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1917 | The Black Wolf | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1916 | For the Defense | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1916 | The Love Mask | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1915 | The Case of Becky | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1915 | The Secret Sin | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1915 | The Chorus Lady | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1915 | The Clue | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| 1915 | Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Películas destacadas de Frank Reicher
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
Charles Trowbridge
Frank Reicher y Charles Trowbridge han colaborado 12 veces (la última el 01 de septiembre de 1947) en las películas: La vida secreta de Walter Mitty, Capitán América, Misión en Moscú, La tumba de la momia, The Nurse's Secret, Four Mothers, Fit for a King, Espionage, Man Of The People, Sinner Take All, La espléndida descarada, Rendezvous.
Sig Ruman
Frank Reicher y Sig Ruman han colaborado 8 veces (la última el 01 de diciembre de 1944) en las películas: La zíngara y los monstruos (La mansión de Frankenstein), Ser o no ser, Shining Victory, La bala mágica, Ninotchka, Never Say Die, Suez, I'll Give a Million.
Claire Du Brey
Frank Reicher y Claire Du Brey han colaborado 7 veces (la última el 21 de diciembre de 1949) en las películas: Sansón y Dalila, El cielo y tú, South of the Border, Juárez, Never Say Die, Man Of The People, Muñecos infernales.
Lionel Atwill
Frank Reicher y Lionel Atwill han colaborado 7 veces (la última el 01 de diciembre de 1944) en las películas: La zíngara y los monstruos (La mansión de Frankenstein), Capitán América, Night Monster, Ser o no ser, The Road Back, Till We Meet Again, Rendezvous.
Robert Barrat
Frank Reicher y Robert Barrat han colaborado 7 veces (la última el 05 de agosto de 1943) en las películas: Bomber's Moon, The Country Doctor, The Florentine Dagger, I Am a Thief, Return of the Terror, ¿Qué hay, Nellie?, Captured!.
Henry Victor
Frank Reicher y Henry Victor han colaborado 7 veces (la última el 31 de mayo de 1943) en las películas: Bajo sospecha, Misión en Moscú, Ser o no ser, Dangerously They Live, Lucha en la sombra, Nurse Edith Cavell, Suicide Fleet.
Spencer Charters
Frank Reicher y Spencer Charters han colaborado 7 veces (la última el 01 de octubre de 1942) en las películas: Scattergood Survives a Murder, El secreto del candelabro, The Mighty Treve, Mi Ex, Mi Mujer y Yo, Till We Meet Again, Star of Midnight, The Crooked Circle.
