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 Fiskes 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 Kaisers From Morning to Midnight (as the cashier), and the original production of Percy MacKayes 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.

Movies unavailable from Frank Reicher

Dr. Cyclops

Prof. Kendall

Movie 1940

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Thaddeus Quentin

Movie 1942

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Dr. Jaipur

Movie 1935

Night Key

Carl - gang engineer

Movie 1937

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Maasdam

Movie 1947

To Be or Not to Be

Polish Official (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Superman and the Mole-Men

Hospital Superintendent

Movie 1951

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Second Wife

Headmaster

Movie 1936

The Florentine Dagger

Von Stein

Movie 1935

The Strange Mr. Gregory

William Riker, the Butler

Movie 1945

The Son of Kong

Captain Englehorn

Movie 1933

Violence

Pop, apartment concierge

Movie 1947

Employees' Entrance

Garfinkle

Movie 1933

Stage Door

Stage Director

Movie 1937

Return of the Terror

Franz Reinhardt

Movie 1934

Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

Harper

Movie 1945

Nazi Agent

Fritz

Movie 1942

Sky Murder

Dr. Crattan

Movie 1940

Every woman's longing

Movie 1930

Dangerously They Live

Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler

Movie 1941

Home in Oklahoma

Jason Cragmyle

Movie 1946

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Pavloff

Movie 1937

Rendezvous

Dr. R.A. Jackson

Movie 1935

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Pfeiffer

Movie 1936

South of the Border

Don Diego Mendoza

Movie 1939

The Lady in Question

President

Movie 1940

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

Dr. Coate

Movie 1936

Plan for Destruction

Karl Ernst Haushofer

Movie 1943

Letter of Introduction

Second Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Escape Me Never

The Minister

Movie 1947

Men in White

Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1934

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Henry Strand (uncredited)

Movie 1936

The Grand Parade

Movie 1930

The Gorgeous Hussy

Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)

Movie 1936

The Conspirators

Casino Attendant (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Flesh

Warden in Germany (uncredited)

Movie 1932

Under Cover of Night

Rudolph Brehmer

Movie 1937

The Big Bonanza

Dr. Ballou

Movie 1944

Life Returns

Dr. James

Movie 1935

Before Dawn

Joe Valerie

Movie 1933

The Shadow Returns

Michael Hasdon

Movie 1946

Secret Enemies

Henry Bremmer

Movie 1942

The Magnificent Fraud

Mendietta Garcia

Movie 1939

Topaze

Dr. Stegg

Movie 1933

Billy the Kid

General Lew Wallace (uncredited)

Movie 1930

The Tiger Woman

Coroner

Movie 1945

Girls Dormitory

Dr. Hoffenreich

Movie 1936

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

2nd Assistant Director

Movie 1935

Carson City Raiders

Razor the Barber

Movie 1948

Along Came Love

Planetarium Lecturer

Movie 1936

Captured!

Herr Hauptman

Movie 1933

Typhoon

Doctor

Movie 1940

Journal of a Crime

Herr Winterstein

Movie 1934

Stolen Holiday

Rainer

Movie 1937

Gentleman's Fate

Francesco Tomasulo

Movie 1931

Tornado

Linden, Sr.

Movie 1943

The Girl Downstairs

Police Official (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Suicide Fleet

Holtzmann

Movie 1931

Gildersleeve's Ghost

Dr. Wells

Movie 1944

Till We Meet Again

Colonel Von Diegel

Movie 1936

Fit for a King

Kurtz

Movie 1937

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Magistrate

Movie 1942

Shining Victory

Dr. Esterhazy

Movie 1941

Sons of Liberty

Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Fountain

Doctor

Movie 1934

The Masks of the Devil

Count Zellner

Movie 1928

The Man I Married

Friehof

Movie 1940

The Case of the Howling Dog

Dr. Carl Cooper

Movie 1934

Prison Nurse

Doctor Hartman

Movie 1938

City Streets

Dr. Ferenc Waller

Movie 1938

Girl of the Port

Movie 1930

A Bedtime Story

Aristide

Movie 1933

I Am a Thief

Max Bolen

Movie 1934

British Agent

Mr. X

Movie 1934

Beyond Victory

German Hospital Chief

Movie 1931

Mister Antonio

Milton Jorny

Movie 1929

The Country Doctor

Dr. Paul Luke

Movie 1936

Four Sons

The Schoolmaster

Movie 1928

I'll Give a Million

Prefect of Police

Movie 1938

Strictly Unconventional

Duke of Brocklehurst

Movie 1930

His Captive Woman

Movie 1929

Kind Lady

Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)

Movie 1935

The Blue Danube

Baron

Movie 1928

Under Two Flags

French General

Movie 1936

Paris Bound

Movie 1929

Her Private Affair

State's Attorney

Movie 1929

A Dog of Flanders

Herr Vanderkloot

Movie 1935

Man Of The People

Robinson

Movie 1937

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Arresting Detective (uncredited)

Movie 1931

The Escape

Dr. Shumaker

Movie 1939

Mills of the Gods

Barrett

Movie 1934

The Devil-Doll

Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Sutter's Gold

Governor Felipe Vega

Movie 1936

Hi, Nellie!

Danny

Movie 1934

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)

Movie 1937

Laughing at Trouble

Dr. Larson

Movie 1936

Jennie Gerhardt

Old Weaver (uncredited)

Movie 1933

The Nurse's Secret

Wiley Henderson

Movie 1941

Devil's Island

President of Assize Court

Movie 1939

Secret of the Chateau

Auctioneer

Movie 1934

Juarez

Duc de Morny (uncredited)

Movie 1939

King Kong

Captain Englehorn

Movie 1933

Everything Happens at Night

Pharmacist

Movie 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Baron von Bissing

Movie 1939

Ninotchka

Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)

Movie 1939

On Such a Night

Horace Darwin

Movie 1937

Star of Midnight

Abe Ohlman (uncredited)

Movie 1935

House of Frankenstein

Frederick Ullman (uncredited)

Movie 1944

No Greater Glory

Doctor

Movie 1934

The Great O'Malley

Dr. Larson

Movie 1937

Sister Kenny

Dr. Chuter (uncredited)

Movie 1946

The Gallant Blade

Major

Movie 1948

All This, and Heaven Too

Police Official (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Sneath

Movie 1942

Yankee Fakir

H.W. Randall

Movie 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

Doctor (uncredited)

Movie 1947

Society Smugglers

Jones

Movie 1939

Prescription for Romance

Jozsef

Movie 1937

West Bound Limited

Pop Martin

Movie 1937

Voice of the Whistler

Dr. Rose (uncredited)

Movie 1945

A Woman Commands

The General

Movie 1932

Underground

Professor Baumer

Movie 1941

The Gay Sisters

Dr. Thomas Bigelow

Movie 1942

Scarlet Dawn

Plotsky (Uncredited)

Movie 1932

Rascals

Dr. C.M. Garvey

Movie 1938

The Mummy's Tomb

Professor Matthew Norman

Movie 1942

I, Jane Doe

Doctor

Movie 1948

A Guy Could Change

Doctor

Movie 1946

Sinner Take All

Theo Drukker (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Sabotage

(uncredited)

Movie 1939

Four Mothers

Festival Committee Member (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Napoleon's Barber

Napoleon's Barber

Movie 1928

Black Waters

Randall

Movie 1929

They Dare Not Love

Captain

Movie 1941

Star for a Night

Doctor Heimkin

Movie 1936

The Countess of Monte Cristo

Police Commissioner

Movie 1934

Woman Doctor

Dr. Mathews

Movie 1939

Mata Hari

The Cook - Spy

Movie 1931

Mystery of the White Room

Dr. Amos Thornton

Movie 1939

Suez

General Changarnier

Movie 1938

Beau Sabreur

Gen. de Beaujolais

Movie 1928

The Lady and the Bandit

Count Eckhardt

Movie 1951

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Darius 'Doc' Green

Movie 1950

Midnight Madonna

Vincent Long II

Movie 1937

Her Man o' War

Professor Krantz

Movie 1926

Anthony Adverse

Coachman to Paris

Movie 1936

Magnificent Obsession

Dr. Rochard

Movie 1935

Strange Cargo

Dr. Stecker

Movie 1929

Samson and Delilah

Village Barber

Movie 1949

Above Suspicion

Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)

Movie 1943

Background to Danger

Rudick - the Assasin

Movie 1943

Mission to Moscow

General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Great Impersonation

Dr. Trenk

Movie 1935

Let's Talk It Over

Richards

Movie 1934

Flight from Destiny

Edvaard Kreindling

Movie 1941

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Dr. MacKenzie

Movie 1948

Address Unknown

Professor Schmidt

Movie 1944

Barbary Pirate

Cathcart

Movie 1949

A Medal for Benny

Father Bly (uncredited)

Movie 1945

South to Karanga

Dr. Greenleaf

Movie 1940

Bomber's Moon

Dr. Hartman

Movie 1943

Camille

Creditor Agent (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Sins of the Fathers

The Eye Specialist

Movie 1928

Captain America

Lyman

Movie 1944

The Invisible Ray

Professor Meiklejohn

Movie 1936

One Foot in Heaven

Board Member (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Road Back

Ernst's Father

Movie 1937

Tv series unavailable from Frank Reicher

Adventures of Superman

Tv 1952