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.

Фільмографія

• Adventures of Superman
• 1951Superman and the Mole Men — Hospital Superintendent
• 1951The Lady and the Bandit — Count Eckhardt
• 1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Darius 'Doc' Green
• 1949Barbary Pirate — Cathcart
• 1949Samson and Delilah — Village Barber
• 1948Carson City Raiders — Razor the Barber
• 1948I, Jane Doe — Doctor
• 1948Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad — Dr. MacKenzie
• 1948The Gallant Blade — Major
• 1947Escape Me Never — The Minister
• 1947Monsieur Verdoux — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — Maasdam
• 1947Violence — Pop, apartment concierge
• 1947Yankee Fakir — H.W. Randall
• 1946A Guy Could Change — Doctor
• 1946Home in Oklahoma — Jason Cragmyle
• 1946Sister Kenny — Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
• 1946The Shadow Returns — Michael Hasdon
• 1945A Medal for Benny — Father Bly (uncredited)
• 1945Blonde Ransom — Judge
• 1945Phantoms, Inc. — Philip Kenneson, Sr.
• 1945The Jade Mask — Harper
• 1945The Strange Mr. Gregory — William Riker, the Butler
• 1945The Tiger Woman — Coroner
• 1945Voice of the Whistler — Dr. Rose (uncredited)
• 1944Address Unknown — Professor Schmidt
• 1944Captain America — Lyman
• 1944Gildersleeve's Ghost — Dr. Wells
• 1944House of Frankenstein — Frederick Ullman
• 1944The Big Bonanza — Dr. Ballou
• 1944The Conspirators — Casino Attendant (uncredited)
• 1944The Mummy's Ghost — Prof. Matthew Norman
• 1943Above Suspicion — Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
• 1943Background to Danger — Rudick (uncredited)
• 1943Bomber's Moon — Dr. Hartman
• 1943Mission to Moscow — General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
• 1943Plan for Destruction — Karl Ernst Haushofer
• 1943Tornado — Linden, Sr.
• 1943Watch on the Rhine — Admiral (uncredited)
• 1943Yanks Ahoy — German Soldier (uncredited)
• 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon — Sneath
• 1942Nazi Agent — Fritz
• 1942Night Monster — Dr. Timmons
• 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder — Thaddeus Quentin
• 1942Secret Enemies — Henry Bremmer
• 1942The Gay Sisters — Dr. Thomas Bigelow
• 1942The Mummy's Tomb — Professor Matthew Norman
• 1942The Mystery of Marie Roget — Magistrate
• 1942Бути чи не бути — Polish Official (uncredited)
• 1941Dangerously They Live — Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
• 1941Flight from Destiny — Edvaard Kreindling
• 1941Four Mothers — Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Board Member (uncredited)
• 1941Shining Victory — Dr. Esterhazy
• 1941The Face Behind the Mask — Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
• 1941The Nurse's Secret — Wiley Henderson
• 1941They Dare Not Love — Captain
• 1941Underground — Professor Baumer
• 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Police Official (uncredited)
• 1940Dr. Cyclops — Prof. Kendall
• 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Old Man
• 1940Sky Murder — Dr. Crattan
• 1940South to Karanga — Dr. Greenleaf
• 1940The Lady in Question — President
• 1940The Man I Married — Friehof
• 1940Typhoon — Doctor
• 1939Devil's Island — President of Assize Court
• 1939Everything Happens at Night — Pharmacist
• 1939Juarez — Duc de Morny (uncredited)
• 1939Mystery of the White Room — Dr. Amos Thornton
• 1939Never Say Die — Man in Charge of Duel
• 1939Nurse Edith Cavell — Baron von Bissing
• 1939Our Neighbors - The Carters — Dr. Proser
• 1939Sabotage — (uncredited)
• 1939Society Smugglers — Jones
• 1939Sons of Liberty — Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
• 1939South of the Border — Don Diego Mendoza
• 1939The Escape — Dr. Shumaker
• 1939The Magnificent Fraud — Mendietta Garcia
• 1939Woman Doctor — Dr. Mathews
• 1939Ніночка — Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
• 1938City Streets — Dr. Ferenc Waller
• 1938I'll Give a Million — Prefect of Police
• 1938Letter of Introduction — Second Doctor (uncredited)
• 1938Prison Nurse — Doctor Hartman
• 1938Rascals — Dr. C.M. Garvey
• 1938Suez — General Changarnier
• 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse — Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
• 1938The Girl Downstairs — Police Official (uncredited)
• 1938Torchy Gets Her Man — The Professor - Henchman
• 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal — Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
• 1937Espionage — Von Cram
• 1937Fit for a King — Kurtz
• 1937Man Of The People — Robinson
• 1937Midnight Madonna — Vincent Long II
• 1937Night Key — Carl - gang engineer
• 1937On Such a Night — Horace Darwin
• 1937Prescription for Romance — Jozsef
• 1937Stage Door — Stage Director
• 1937Stolen Holiday — Rainer
• 1937The Emperor's Candlesticks — Pavloff
• 1937The Great O'Malley — Dr. Larson
• 1937The Mighty Treve — Eben McClelland
• 1937The Road Back — Ernst's Father
• 1937Under Cover of Night — Rudolph Brehmer
• 1937West Bound Limited — Pop Martin
• 1936Along Came Love — Planetarium Lecturer
• 1936Anthony Adverse — Coachman to Paris
• 1936Camille — Creditor Agent (uncredited)
• 1936Girls' Dormitory — Dr. Hoffenreich
• 1936Laughing at Trouble — Dr. Larson
• 1936Murder on a Bridle Path — Dr. Peters
• 1936Second Wife — Headmaster
• 1936Sinner Take All — Theo Drukker (uncredited)
• 1936Star for a Night — Doctor Heimkin
• 1936Sutter's Gold — Governor Felipe Vega
• 1936The Country Doctor — Dr. Paul Luke
• 1936The Devil-Doll — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford — Henry Strand (uncredited)
• 1936The Gorgeous Hussy — Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
• 1936The Invisible Ray — Professor Meiklejohn
• 1936The Murder of Dr. Harrigan — Dr. Coate
• 1936The Story of Louis Pasteur — Dr. Pfeiffer
• 1936Till We Meet Again — Colonel Von Diegel
• 1936Under Two Flags — French General
• 1935A Dog of Flanders — Herr Vanderkloot
• 1935Charlie Chan in Egypt — Dr. Jaipur
• 1935Kind Lady — Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
• 1935Life Returns — Dr. James
• 1935Magnificent Obsession — Dr. Rochard
• 1935Rendezvous — Dr. R.A. Jackson
• 1935Star of Midnight — Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
• 1935Straight from the Heart — Coroner
• 1935The Casino Murder Case — Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
• 1935The Florentine Dagger — Von Stein
• 1935The Great Impersonation — Dr. Trenk
• 1935The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo — 2nd Assistant Director
• 1934British Agent — Mr. X
• 1934Hi, Nellie! — Danny
• 1934I Am a Thief — Max Bolen
• 1934Journal of a Crime — Herr Winterstein
• 1934Let's Talk It Over — Richards
• 1934Men in White — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1934Mills of the Gods — Barrett
• 1934No Greater Glory — Doctor
• 1934Return of the Terror — Franz Reinhardt
• 1934Secret of the Chateau — Auctioneer
• 1934The Case of the Howling Dog — Dr. Carl Cooper
• 1934The Countess of Monte Cristo — Police Commissioner
• 1934The Fountain — Doctor
• 1934The Line-Up — Abraham Schultz (uncredited)
• 1933A Bedtime Story — Aristide
• 1933Before Dawn — Joe Valerie
• 1933Captured! — Herr Hauptman
• 1933Employees' Entrance — Garfinkle
• 1933Jennie Gerhardt — Old Weaver (uncredited)
• 1933The Son of Kong — Captain Englehorn
• 1933Topaze — Dr. Stegg
• 1933Кінґ-Конґ — Captain Englehorn
• 1932A Woman Commands — The General
• 1932Flesh — Warden in Germany (uncredited)
• 1932Scarlet Dawn — Plotsky (Uncredited)
• 1932The Crooked Circle — Rankin
• 1931Beyond Victory — German Hospital Chief
• 1931Gentleman's Fate — Francesco Tomasulo
• 1931Mata Hari — The Cook - Spy
• 1931Suicide Fleet — Holtzmann
• 1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet — Arresting Detective (uncredited)
• 1931We’re Switching to Hollywood — Director
• 1930Anna Christie — Screenplay
• 1930Billy the Kid — General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
• 1930Every Woman's Longing
• 1930Girl of the Port — Dialogue
• 1930Strictly Unconventional — Duke of Brocklehurst
• 1930The Grand Parade
• 1929Black Waters — Randall
• 1929Her Private Affair — State's Attorney
• 1929His Captive Woman
• 1929Mister Antonio — Milton Jorny, Director
• 1929Paris Bound — Writer
• 1929Strange Cargo — Dr. Stecker
• 1928Beau Sabreur — Gen. de Beaujolais
• 1928Four Sons — The Schoolmaster
• 1928Napoleon's Barber — Napoleon's Barber
• 1928Sins of the Fathers — The Eye Specialist
• 1928Someone to Love — Simmons
• 1928The Blue Danube — Baron
• 1928The Masks of the Devil — Count Zellner
• 1926Her Man o' War — Professor Krantz
• 1921Behind Masks — Director
• 1921Idle Hands — Director, Producer
• 1919Suspense — Director, Producer
• 1919The American Way — Director
• 1919The Battler — Director
• 1919The Black Circle — Director
• 1919The Trap — Director
• 1918The Only Road — Director
• 1918The Prodigal Wife — Director
• 1918The Sea Waif — Director
• 1917An American Widow — Director
• 1917Betty to the Rescue — Director, Producer
• 1917Castles for Two — Director
• 1917Lost and Won — Director
• 1917The Black Wolf — Director
• 1917The Eternal Mother — Director
• 1917The Inner Shrine — Director
• 1917The Sacrifice — Director
• 1917The Trouble Buster — Director
• 1917Unconquered — Director
• 1916Alien Souls — Director
• 1916For the Defense — Director
• 1916Public Opinion — Director
• 1916Pudd'nhead Wilson — Director
• 1916The Love Mask — Director
• 1916The Sowers — Director
• 1916The Storm — Director
• 1916Witchcraft — Director, Presenter
• 1915Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo — Director
• 1915The Case of Becky — Director
• 1915The Chorus Lady — Director
• 1915The Clue — Director
• 1915The Secret Orchard — Director
• 1915The Secret Sin — Director

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (2)

• 2021Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies — Self - (archive footage)
• 1914The Lambs' All-Star Gambol — Self