Frank Reicher
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Biography
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 Br...
Known For
Filmography
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
as Self - (archive footage)
Adventures of Superman
1952
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Hospital Superintendent
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Count Eckhardt
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
as Darius 'Doc' Green
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Village Barber
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Cathcart
Carson City Raiders
1948
as Razor the Barber
The Gallant Blade
1948
as Major
I, Jane Doe
1948
as Doctor
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
as Dr. MacKenzie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Maasdam
Violence
1947
as Pop, apartment concierge
Escape Me Never
1947
as The Minister
Yankee Fakir
1947
as H.W. Randall
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Doctor (uncredited)
Home in Oklahoma
1946
as Jason Cragmyle
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Michael Hasdon
Sister Kenny
1946
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
A Guy Could Change
1946
as Doctor
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as William Riker, the Butler
The Jade Mask
1945
as Harper
The Tiger Woman
1945
as Coroner
Voice of the Whistler
1945
as Dr. Rose (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
as Philip Kenneson, Sr.
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Father Bly (uncredited)
Blonde Ransom
1945
as Judge
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Prof. Matthew Norman
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Dr. Ballou
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
as Dr. Wells
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Frederick Ullman
Address Unknown
1944
as Professor Schmidt
Captain America
1944
as Lyman
The Conspirators
1944
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Plan for Destruction
1943
as Karl Ernst Haushofer
Tornado
1943
as Linden, Sr.
Above Suspicion
1943
as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Background to Danger
1943
as Rudick (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Dr. Hartman
Yanks Ahoy
1943
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as Admiral (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Thaddeus Quentin
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Polish Official (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
1942
as Fritz
Night Monster
1942
as Dr. Timmons
Secret Enemies
1942
as Henry Bremmer
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Magistrate
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
as Sneath
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Dr. Thomas Bigelow
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Professor Matthew Norman
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Esterhazy
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Wiley Henderson
Underground
1941
as Professor Baumer
Four Mothers
1941
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love
1941
as Captain
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Edvaard Kreindling
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Board Member (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Prof. Kendall
Sky Murder
1940
as Dr. Crattan
The Lady in Question
1940
as President
Typhoon
1940
as Doctor
The Man I Married
1940
as Friehof
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Police Official (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Old Man
South to Karanga
1940
as Dr. Greenleaf
South of the Border
1939
as Don Diego Mendoza
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Mendietta Garcia
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Escape
1939
as Dr. Shumaker
Devil's Island
1939
as President of Assize Court
Never Say Die
1939
as Man in Charge of Duel
Juarez
1939
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Everything Happens at Night
1939
as Pharmacist
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as Baron von Bissing
Ninotchka
1939
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Society Smugglers
1939
as Jones
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
Woman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Mathews
Mystery of the White Room
1939
as Dr. Amos Thornton
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Dr. Proser
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938
as The Professor - Henchman
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Police Official (uncredited)
Prison Nurse
1938
as Doctor Hartman
City Streets
1938
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Prefect of Police
Rascals
1938
as Dr. C.M. Garvey
Suez
1938
as General Changarnier
Night Key
1937
as Carl - gang engineer
Stage Door
1937
as Stage Director
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Pavloff
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Rudolph Brehmer
Stolen Holiday
1937
as Rainer
Espionage
1937
as Von Cram
Fit for a King
1937
as Kurtz
Man Of The People
1937
as Robinson
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
On Such a Night
1937
as Horace Darwin
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Dr. Larson
Prescription for Romance
1937
as Jozsef
West Bound Limited
1937
as Pop Martin
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Vincent Long II
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Eben McClelland
The Road Back
1937
as Ernst's Father
Second Wife
1936
as Headmaster
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Pfeiffer
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936
as Dr. Coate
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Henry Strand (uncredited)
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Girls' Dormitory
1936
as Dr. Hoffenreich
Along Came Love
1936
as Planetarium Lecturer
Till We Meet Again
1936
as Colonel Von Diegel
The Country Doctor
1936
as Dr. Paul Luke
Under Two Flags
1936
as French General
The Devil-Doll
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
1936
as Governor Felipe Vega
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Dr. Larson
Sinner Take All
1936
as Theo Drukker (uncredited)
Star for a Night
1936
as Doctor Heimkin
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Coachman to Paris
Camille
1936
as Creditor Agent (uncredited)
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Professor Meiklejohn
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
as Dr. Peters
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935
as Dr. Jaipur
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Von Stein
Rendezvous
1935
as Dr. R.A. Jackson
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. James
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
as 2nd Assistant Director
Kind Lady
1935
as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Herr Vanderkloot
Star of Midnight
1935
as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Dr. Rochard
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Dr. Trenk
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Coroner
The Casino Murder Case
1935
as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Return of the Terror
1934
as Franz Reinhardt
Men in White
1934
as Doctor (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Herr Winterstein
The Fountain
1934
as Doctor
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Dr. Carl Cooper
I Am a Thief
1934
as Max Bolen
British Agent
1934
as Mr. X
Mills of the Gods
1934
as Barrett
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Danny
Secret of the Chateau
1934
as Auctioneer
No Greater Glory
1934
as Doctor
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as Police Commissioner
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Richards
The Line-Up
1934
as Abraham Schultz (uncredited)
The Son of Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Garfinkle
Before Dawn
1933
as Joe Valerie
Topaze
1933
as Dr. Stegg
Captured!
1933
as Herr Hauptman
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Aristide
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Old Weaver (uncredited)
King Kong
1933
as Captain Englehorn
Flesh
1932
as Warden in Germany (uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Rankin
A Woman Commands
1932
as The General
Scarlet Dawn
1932
as Plotsky (Uncredited)
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Francesco Tomasulo
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Holtzmann
Beyond Victory
1931
as German Hospital Chief
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Arresting Detective (uncredited)
Mata Hari
1931
as The Cook - Spy
Every Woman's Longing
1930
The Grand Parade
1930
Billy the Kid
1930
as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Girl of the Port
1930
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Duke of Brocklehurst
Mister Antonio
1929
as Milton Jorny
His Captive Woman
1929
Paris Bound
1929
Her Private Affair
1929
as State's Attorney
Black Waters
1929
as Randall
Strange Cargo
1929
as Dr. Stecker
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Count Zellner
Four Sons
1928
as The Schoolmaster
The Blue Danube
1928
as Baron
Napoleon's Barber
1928
as Napoleon's Barber
Beau Sabreur
1928
as Gen. de Beaujolais
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as The Eye Specialist
Someone to Love
1928
as Simmons
Her Man o' War
1926
as Professor Krantz
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
1914
as Self