Frank Reicher
Age: 89 | From: München, Germany
Person Details
Birthday: 1875-12-02 22:42:51
Death: 1965-01-19 22:42:51
Aliases: George H. Lloyd , Frank Reichert
Gender: Male
Place of birth: München, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 159
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
King Kong
(1933) Captain Englehorn
Samson and Delilah
(1949) Village Barber
The Son of Kong
(1933) Captain Englehorn
House of Frankenstein
(1944) Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
Camille
(1936) Creditor Agent (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
(1944) Prof. Matthew Norman
Mata Hari
(1931) The Cook - Spy
Dr. Cyclops
(1940) Prof. KendallActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Hospital Superintendent | |
| Count Eckhardt | ||
| 1950 | Darius 'Doc' Green | |
| 1949 | Village Barber | |
| Cathcart | ||
| 1948 | Doctor | |
| Razor the Barber | ||
| Dr. MacKenzie | ||
| 1947 | The Minister | |
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Maasdam | ||
| Pop, apartment concierge | ||
| H.W. Randall | ||
| 1946 | Jason Cragmyle | |
| Dr. Chuter (uncredited) | ||
| Michael Hasdon | ||
| Doctor | ||
| 1945 | Coroner | |
| Dr. Rose (uncredited) | ||
| Philip Kenneson, Sr. | ||
| Father Bly (uncredited) | ||
| Harper | ||
| William Riker, the Butler | ||
| 1944 | Dr. Ballou | |
| Frederick Ullman (uncredited) | ||
| Casino Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Prof. Matthew Norman | ||
| Dr. Wells | ||
| Professor Schmidt | ||
| Lyman | ||
| 1943 | Linden, Sr. | |
| Dr. Hartman | ||
| Rudick - the Assasin | ||
| Colonel Gerold (Uncredited) | ||
| General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited) | ||
| Karl Ernst Haushofer | ||
| 1942 | Professor Matthew Norman | |
| Dr. Timmons | ||
| Thaddeus Quentin | ||
| Henry Bremmer | ||
| Dr. Thomas Bigelow | ||
| Sneath | ||
| Magistrate | ||
| Polish Official (uncredited) | ||
| Fritz | ||
| 1941 | Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler | |
| Board Member (uncredited) | ||
| Professor Baumer | ||
| Dr. Esterhazy | ||
| Wiley Henderson | ||
| Captain | ||
| Edvaard Kreindling | ||
| Festival Committee Member (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Dr. Crattan | |
| Friehof | ||
| President | ||
| Dr. Greenleaf | ||
| Police Official (uncredited) | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Prof. Kendall | ||
| Old Man | ||
| 1939 | Pharmacist | |
| Don Diego Mendoza | ||
| Soviet Lawyer (uncredited) | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Shumaker | ||
| Baron von Bissing | ||
| Mendietta Garcia | ||
| Duc de Morny (uncredited) | ||
| Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Amos Thornton | ||
| Man in Charge of Duel | ||
| Jones | ||
| Dr. Mathews | ||
| President of Assize Court | ||
| 1938 | Police Official (uncredited) | |
| The Professor - Henchman | ||
| General Changarnier | ||
| Second Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Prefect of Police | ||
| Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Ferenc Waller | ||
| Dr. C.M. Garvey | ||
| Doctor Hartman | ||
| 1937 | Jozsef | |
| Monsieur Debillon (uncredited) | ||
| Stage Director | ||
| Kurtz | ||
| Pop Martin | ||
| Pavloff | ||
| Vincent Long II | ||
| Ernst's Father | ||
| Carl - gang engineer | ||
| Von Cram | ||
| Dr. Larson | ||
| Rainer | ||
| Robinson | ||
| Eben McClelland | ||
| Rudolph Brehmer | ||
| 1936 | Creditor Agent (uncredited) | |
| Theo Drukker (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Larson | ||
| Planetarium Lecturer | ||
| Coachman to Paris | ||
| Doctor Heimkin | ||
| Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited) | ||
| Headmaster | ||
| Dr. Hoffenreich | ||
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| French General | ||
| Henry Strand (uncredited) | ||
| Colonel Von Diegel | ||
| Dr. Paul Luke | ||
| Governor Felipe Vega | ||
| Dr. Pfeiffer | ||
| Professor Meiklejohn | ||
| Dr. Coate | ||
| 1935 | Dr. Rochard | |
| Dr. Trenk | ||
| Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher) | ||
| 2nd Assistant Director | ||
| Dr. R.A. Jackson | ||
| Dr. Jaipur | ||
| Abe Ohlman (uncredited) | ||
| Von Stein | ||
| Herr Vanderkloot | ||
| Dr. James | ||
| 1934 | Barrett | |
| Auctioneer | ||
| Max Bolen | ||
| Dr. Carl Cooper | ||
| Mr. X | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Franz Reinhardt | ||
| Richards | ||
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Police Commissioner | ||
| Herr Winterstein | ||
| Danny | ||
| 1933 | Captain Englehorn | |
| Herr Hauptman | ||
| Joe Valerie | ||
| Old Weaver (uncredited) | ||
| Aristide | ||
| Captain Englehorn | ||
| Dr. Stegg | ||
| Garfinkle | ||
| 1932 | Warden in Germany (uncredited) | |
| Plotsky (Uncredited) | ||
| Rankin | ||
| The General | ||
| 1931 | The Cook - Spy | |
| Holtzmann | ||
| Arresting Detective (uncredited) | ||
| German Hospital Chief | ||
| Francesco Tomasulo | ||
| 1930 | General Lew Wallace (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Duke of Brocklehurst | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1929 | Milton Jorny | |
| State's Attorney | ||
| N/A | ||
| Randall | ||
| Dr. Stecker | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1928 | The Eye Specialist | |
| Napoleon's Barber | ||
| Count Zellner | ||
| Baron | ||
| The Schoolmaster | ||
| Gen. de Beaujolais | ||
| 1926 | Professor Krantz | |
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Directing
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Writing
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