Frank Reicher
Born in Munich, German Empire [now Germany] — Dec 02 1875• Died Jan 19 1965
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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 Merch…
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Adventures of Superman
King Kong
Captain Englehorn
Samson and Delilah
Village Barber
Ninotchka
Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Camille
Creditor Agent (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
Polish Official (uncredited)
Strange Cargo
Dr. Stecker
I'll Give a Million
Prefect of Police
The Gay Sisters
Dr. Thomas Bigelow
Kind Lady
Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Darius 'Doc' Green
Stage Door
Stage Director
Laughing at Trouble
Dr. Larson
Monsieur Verdoux
Doctor (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
Hospital Superintendent
One Foot in Heaven
Board Member (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Old Man
Dr. Cyclops
Prof. Kendall
Nazi Agent
Fritz
I, Jane Doe
Doctor
Sister Kenny
Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
Nurse Edith Cavell
Baron von Bissing
Bomber's Moon
Dr. Hartman
Night Key
Carl - gang engineer
Night Monster
Dr. Timmons
The Face Behind the Mask
Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
Mata Hari
The Cook - Spy
House of Frankenstein
Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction
Second Doctor (uncredited)
Captain America
Lyman
The Son of Kong
Captain Englehorn
The Great O'Malley
Dr. Larson
Underground
Professor Baumer
Captured!
Herr Hauptman
Juarez
Duc de Morny (uncredited)
The Lady and the Bandit
Count Eckhardt
Stolen Holiday
Rainer
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Karel Maasdam
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Pavloff
Mission to Moscow
General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
Flesh
Warden in Germany (uncredited)
Star of Midnight
Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
Flight from Destiny
Edvaard Kreindling
The Mummy's Ghost
Prof. Matthew Norman
All This, and Heaven Too
Police Official (uncredited)
Return of the Terror
Franz Reinhardt
The Girl Downstairs
Police Official (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
The Gorgeous Hussy
Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
The Road Back
Ernst's Father
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Arresting Detective (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
Professor Matthew Norman
The Big Bonanza
Dr. Ballou
The Invisible Ray
Professor Meiklejohn
Murder on a Bridle Path
Dr. Peters
They Dare Not Love
Captain
Scarlet Dawn
Plotsky (Uncredited)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Henry Strand (uncredited)
Men in White
Doctor (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
Dr. Carl Cooper
Tornado
Linden, Sr.
Voice of the Whistler
Dr. Rose (uncredited)
The Mighty Treve
Eben McClelland
No Greater Glory
Doctor
Suicide Fleet
Holtzmann
The Fountain
Doctor
City Streets
Dr. Ferenc Waller
The Country Doctor
Dr. Paul Luke
Second Wife
Headmaster
The Devil-Doll
Doctor (uncredited)
Background to Danger
Rudick - the Assasin
Sons of Liberty
Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Lady in Question
President
Never Say Die
Man in Charge of Duel
Above Suspicion
Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Home in Oklahoma
Jason Cragmyle
A Woman Commands
The General
Prescription for Romance
Jozsef
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Sneath
Sabotage
(uncredited)
Carson City Raiders
Razor the Barber
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Dr. MacKenzie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Pfeiffer
Suez
General Changarnier
Anthony Adverse
Coachman to Paris
Dangerously They Live
Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
A Guy Could Change
Doctor
South of the Border
Don Diego Mendoza
Espionage
Von Cram
Yankee Fakir
H.W. Randall
Before Dawn
Joe Valerie
The Casino Murder Case
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
The Escape
Dr. Shumaker
Barbary Pirate
Cathcart
Typhoon
Doctor
Let's Talk It Over
Richards
Man Of The People
Robinson
Rendezvous
Dr. R.A. Jackson
Address Unknown
Professor Schmidt
Along Came Love
Planetarium Lecturer
Someone to Love
Simmons
The Sowers
Directing
Prison Nurse
Doctor Hartman
Every Woman's Longing
Secret Enemies
Henry Bremmer
Mister Antonio
Milton Jorny
Sky Murder
Dr. Crattan
A Medal for Benny
Father Bly (uncredited)
Fit for a King
Kurtz
Anna Christie
Writing
The Gallant Blade
Major
Beau Sabreur
Gen. de Beaujolais
Torchy Gets Her Man
The Professor - Henchman
Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
Devil's Island
President of Assize Court
British Agent
Mr. X
Billy the Kid
General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Hi, Nellie!
Danny
On Such a Night
Horace Darwin
Rascals
Dr. C.M. Garvey
Life Returns
Dr. James
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Magistrate
I Am a Thief
Max Bolen
Shining Victory
Dr. Esterhazy
The Jade Mask
Harper
Black Waters
Randall
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Dr. Coate
The Line-Up
Abraham Schultz (uncredited)
For the Defense
Directing
Under Two Flags
French General
Sinner Take All
Theo Drukker (uncredited)
A Bedtime Story
Aristide
Escape Me Never
The Minister
Four Sons
The Schoolmaster
Journal of a Crime
Herr Winterstein
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Police Commissioner
The Great Impersonation
Dr. Trenk
The Secret Sin
Directing
Mystery of the White Room
Dr. Amos Thornton
Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Rochard
The Strange Mr. Gregory
William Riker, the Butler
Society Smugglers
Jones
The Trap
Directing
Star for a Night
Doctor Heimkin
An American Widow
Directing
The Florentine Dagger
Von Stein
Employees' Entrance
Garfinkle
The Grand Parade
The Shadow Returns
Michael Hasdon
Napoleon's Barber
Napoleon's Barber
Girls' Dormitory
Dr. Hoffenreich
The Magnificent Fraud
Mendietta Garcia
Strictly Unconventional
Duke of Brocklehurst
Topaze
Dr. Stegg
Her Man o' War
Professor Krantz
A Dog of Flanders
Herr Vanderkloot
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
2nd Assistant Director
Violence
Pop, apartment concierge
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Self - (archive footage)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Directing
Mills of the Gods
Barrett
Under Cover of Night
Rudolph Brehmer
The Masks of the Devil
Count Zellner
Sutter's Gold
Governor Felipe Vega
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Dr. Jaipur
The Man I Married
Friehof
The Conspirators
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
The Eternal Mother
Directing
Midnight Madonna
Vincent Long II
Her Private Affair
State's Attorney
The Tiger Woman
Coroner
Everything Happens at Night
Pharmacist
Plan for Destruction
Karl Ernst Haushofer
South to Karanga
Dr. Greenleaf
The Love Mask
Directing
Witchcraft
Directing
Lost and Won
Directing
The Battler
Directing
Sins of the Fathers
The Eye Specialist
The Clue
Directing
Jennie Gerhardt
Old Weaver (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Dr. Wells
The Only Road
Directing
Phantoms, Inc.
Philip Kenneson, Sr.
The Nurse's Secret
Wiley Henderson
Till We Meet Again
Colonel Von Diegel
The Sacrifice
Directing
Beyond Victory
German Hospital Chief
Paris Bound
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Thaddeus Quentin
Alien Souls
Directing
Gentleman's Fate
Francesco Tomasulo
Suspense
Directing
Unconquered
Directing
The Black Wolf
Directing
The Crooked Circle
Rankin
Straight from the Heart
Coroner
The Storm
Directing
His Captive Woman
Girl of the Port
Secret of the Chateau
Auctioneer
The Sea Waif
Directing
Woman Doctor
Dr. Mathews
Yanks Ahoy
German Soldier (uncredited)
Idle Hands
Directing
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Directing
West Bound Limited
Pop Martin
The Trouble Buster
Directing
Behind Masks
Directing
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Dr. Proser
Betty to the Rescue
Directing
Castles for Two
Directing
The Black Circle
Directing
The American Way
Directing
The Blue Danube
Baron
The Prodigal Wife
Directing
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
Directing
Public Opinion
Directing
The Case of Becky
Directing
The Inner Shrine
Directing
The Chorus Lady
Directing
The Secret Orchard
Directing