Personal Info
Known Credits
178
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1875-12-02 (150 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
Also Known For
George H. LloydFrank ReichertFranz Reicher
Frank Reicher
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
Acting
1951 --
Superman and the Mole-Men
| Hospital Superintendent
1951 --
The Lady and the Bandit
| Count Eckhardt
1950 --
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
| Darius 'Doc' Green
1949 --
Samson and Delilah
| Village Barber
1949 --
Barbary Pirate
| Cathcart
1948 --
The Gallant Blade
| Major
1948 --
I, Jane Doe
| Doctor
1948 --
Carson City Raiders
| Razor the Barber
1948 --
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
| Dr. MacKenzie
1947 --
Escape Me Never
| The Minister
1947 --
Monsieur Verdoux
| Doctor (uncredited)
1947 --
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
| Maasdam
1947 --
Violence
| Pop, apartment concierge
1947 --
Yankee Fakir
| H.W. Randall
1946 --
Home in Oklahoma
| Jason Cragmyle
1946 --
Sister Kenny
| Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
1946 --
The Shadow Returns
| Michael Hasdon
1946 --
A Guy Could Change
| Doctor
1945 --
The Tiger Woman
| Coroner
1945 --
Voice of the Whistler
| Dr. Rose (uncredited)
1945 --
Phantoms, Inc.
| Philip Kenneson, Sr.
1945 --
A Medal for Benny
| Father Bly (uncredited)
1945 --
The Jade Mask
| Harper
1945 --
The Strange Mr. Gregory
| William Riker, the Butler
1944 --
The Big Bonanza
| Dr. Ballou
1944 --
House of Frankenstein
| Frederick Ullman (uncredited)
1944 --
The Conspirators
| Casino Attendant (uncredited)
1944 --
The Mummy's Ghost
| Prof. Matthew Norman
1944 --
Address Unknown
| Professor Schmidt
1944 --
Gildersleeve's Ghost
| Dr. Wells
1944 --
Captain America
| Lyman
1943 --
Tornado
| Linden, Sr.
1943 --
Bomber's Moon
| Dr. Hartman
1943 --
Background to Danger
| Rudick - the Assasin
1943 --
Above Suspicion
| Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
1943 --
Mission to Moscow
| General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
1943 --
Plan for Destruction
| Karl Ernst Haushofer
1942 --
The Mummy's Tomb
| Professor Matthew Norman
1942 --
Night Monster
| Dr. Timmons
1942 --
Scattergood Survives a Murder
| Thaddeus Quentin
1942 --
Secret Enemies
| Henry Bremmer
1942 --
The Gay Sisters
| Dr. Thomas Bigelow
1942 --
Beyond the Blue Horizon
| Sneath
1942 --
The Mystery of Marie Roget
| Magistrate
1942 --
To Be or Not to Be
| Polish Official (uncredited)
1942 --
Nazi Agent
| Fritz
1941 --
Dangerously They Live
| Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
1941 --
One Foot in Heaven
| Board Member (uncredited)
1941 --
Underground
| Professor Baumer
1941 --
Shining Victory
| Dr. Esterhazy
1941 --
The Nurse's Secret
| Wiley Henderson
1941 --
They Dare Not Love
| Captain
1941 --
Flight from Destiny
| Edvaard Kreindling
1941 --
Four Mothers
| Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
1940 --
Sky Murder
| Dr. Crattan
1940 --
The Man I Married
| Friehof
1940 --
The Lady in Question
| President
1940 --
South to Karanga
| Dr. Greenleaf
1940 --
All This, and Heaven Too
| Police Official (uncredited)
1940 --
Typhoon
| Doctor
1940 --
Dr. Cyclops
| Prof. Kendall
1940 --
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
| Old Man
1939 --
Everything Happens at Night
| Pharmacist
1939 --
South of the Border
| Don Diego Mendoza
1939 --
Ninotchka
| Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
1939 --
Sabotage
| (uncredited)
1939 --
The Escape
| Dr. Shumaker
1939 --
Nurse Edith Cavell
| Baron von Bissing
1939 --
The Magnificent Fraud
| Mendietta Garcia
1939 --
Juarez
| Duc de Morny (uncredited)
1939 --
Sons of Liberty
| Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
1939 --
Mystery of the White Room
| Dr. Amos Thornton
1939 --
Never Say Die
| Man in Charge of Duel
1939 --
Society Smugglers
| Jones
1939 --
Woman Doctor
| Dr. Mathews
1939 --
Devil's Island
| President of Assize Court
1938 --
The Girl Downstairs
| Police Official (uncredited)
1938 --
Torchy Gets Her Man
| The Professor - Henchman
1938 --
Suez
| General Changarnier
1938 --
Letter of Introduction
| Second Doctor (uncredited)
1938 --
I'll Give a Million
| Prefect of Police
1938 --
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
| Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
1938 --
City Streets
| Dr. Ferenc Waller
1938 --
Rascals
| Dr. C.M. Garvey
1938 --
Prison Nurse
| Doctor Hartman
1937 --
Prescription for Romance
| Jozsef
1937 --
Beg, Borrow or Steal
| Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
1937 --
Stage Door
| Stage Director
1937 --
Fit for a King
| Kurtz
1937 --
On Such a Night
| Horace Darwin
1937 --
West Bound Limited
| Pop Martin
1937 --
The Emperor's Candlesticks
| Pavloff
1937 --
Midnight Madonna
| Vincent Long II
1937 --
The Road Back
| Ernst's Father
1937 --
Night Key
| Carl - gang engineer
1937 --
Espionage
| Von Cram
1937 --
The Great O'Malley
| Dr. Larson
1937 --
Stolen Holiday
| Rainer
1937 --
Man Of The People
| Robinson
1937 --
The Mighty Treve
| Eben McClelland
1937 --
Under Cover of Night
| Rudolph Brehmer
1936 --
Camille
| Creditor Agent (uncredited)
1936 --
Sinner Take All
| Theo Drukker (uncredited)
1936 --
Laughing at Trouble
| Dr. Larson
1936 --
Along Came Love
| Planetarium Lecturer
1936 --
Star for a Night
| Doctor Heimkin
1936 --
The Gorgeous Hussy
| Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
1936 --
Anthony Adverse
| Coachman to Paris
1936 --
Second Wife
| Headmaster
1936 --
Girls Dormitory
| Dr. Hoffenreich
1936 --
The Devil-Doll
| Doctor (uncredited)
1936 --
Under Two Flags
| French General
1936 --
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
| Henry Strand (uncredited)
1936 --
Till We Meet Again
| Colonel Von Diegel
1936 --
The Country Doctor
| Dr. Paul Luke
1936 --
Sutter's Gold
| Governor Felipe Vega
1936 --
The Story of Louis Pasteur
| Dr. Pfeiffer
1936 --
The Invisible Ray
| Professor Meiklejohn
1936 --
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
| Dr. Coate
1935 --
Magnificent Obsession
| Dr. Rochard
1935 --
The Great Impersonation
| Dr. Trenk
1935 --
Kind Lady
| Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
1935 --
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
| 2nd Assistant Director
1935 --
Rendezvous
| Dr. R.A. Jackson
1935 --
Charlie Chan in Egypt
| Dr. Jaipur
1935 --
Star of Midnight
| Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
1935 --
The Florentine Dagger
| Von Stein
1935 --
A Dog of Flanders
| Herr Vanderkloot
1935 --
Life Returns
| Dr. James
1934 --
Mills of the Gods
| Barrett
1934 --
Secret of the Chateau
| Auctioneer
1934 --
I Am a Thief
| Max Bolen
1934 --
The Case of the Howling Dog
| Dr. Carl Cooper
1934 --
British Agent
| Mr. X
1934 --
The Fountain
| Doctor
1934 --
Return of the Terror
| Franz Reinhardt
1934 --
Let's Talk It Over
| Richards
1934 --
Men in White
| Doctor (uncredited)
1934 --
No Greater Glory
| Doctor
1934 --
The Countess of Monte Cristo
| Police Commissioner
1934 --
Journal of a Crime
| Herr Winterstein
1934 --
Hi, Nellie!
| Danny
1933 --
The Son of Kong
| Captain Englehorn
1933 --
Captured!
| Herr Hauptman
1933 --
Before Dawn
| Joe Valerie
1933 --
Jennie Gerhardt
| Old Weaver (uncredited)
1933 --
A Bedtime Story
| Aristide
1933 --
King Kong
| Captain Englehorn
1933 --
Topaze
| Dr. Stegg
1933 --
Employees' Entrance
| Garfinkle
1932 --
Flesh
| Warden in Germany (uncredited)
1932 --
Scarlet Dawn
| Plotsky (Uncredited)
1932 --
The Crooked Circle
| Rankin
1932 --
A Woman Commands
| The General
1931 --
Mata Hari
| The Cook - Spy
1931 --
Suicide Fleet
| Holtzmann
1931 --
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
| Arresting Detective (uncredited)
1931 --
Beyond Victory
| German Hospital Chief
1931 --
Gentleman's Fate
| Francesco Tomasulo
1930 --
Billy the Kid
| General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
1930 --
Every woman's longing
|
1930 --
Strictly Unconventional
| Duke of Brocklehurst
1930 --
Girl of the Port
|
1930 --
The Grand Parade
|
1929 --
Mister Antonio
| Milton Jorny
1929 --
Her Private Affair
| State's Attorney
1929 --
Paris Bound
|
1929 --
Black Waters
| Randall
1929 --
Strange Cargo
| Dr. Stecker
1929 --
His Captive Woman
|
1928 --
Sins of the Fathers
| The Eye Specialist
1928 --
Someone to Love
| Simmons
1928 --
Napoleon's Barber
| Napoleon's Barber
1928 --
The Masks of the Devil
| Count Zellner
1928 --
The Blue Danube
| Baron
1928 --
Four Sons
| The Schoolmaster
1928 --
Beau Sabreur
| Gen. de Beaujolais
1926 --
Her Man o' War
| Professor Krantz