
Frank Reicher
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.
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Films
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TV Shows
32
Crew Credits
Known For
186 Credits
Adventures of Superman
1952

Juarez
as Duc de Morny (uncredited)
1939

Ninotchka
as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
1939

King Kong
as Captain Englehorn
1933

Girls' Dormitory
as Dr. Hoffenreich
1936

Samson and Delilah
as Village Barber
1949

City Streets
as Dr. Ferenc Waller
1938

To Be or Not to Be
as Polish Official (uncredited)
1942

Mata Hari
as The Cook - Spy
1931

Sister Kenny
as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
1946

Before Dawn
as Joe Valerie
1933

Hi, Nellie!
as Danny
1934
Behind the Camera
32 Credits
The Trap
Director
1919

The Sowers
Director
1916

The Sacrifice
Director
1917

Suspense
Director, Producer
1919

Alien Souls
Director
1916

Witchcraft
Director
1916

Castles for Two
Director
1917

The Chorus Lady
Director
1915

We’re Switching to Hollywood
Director
1931

Idle Hands
Director, Producer
1921

An American Widow
Director
1917

Behind Masks
Director
1921