Frank Reicher
Acting
Born December 2, 1875 · Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
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 Brooklyn Stock Company when Jacob P. Adler performed The Merchant of Venice in Yiddish while the rest…
Known For · 40 titles
Adventures of Superman
King Kong
Samson and Delilah
Ninotchka
To Be or Not to Be
Camille
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Monsieur Verdoux
Mata Hari
Juarez
British Agent
House of Frankenstein
The Son of Kong
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Hi, Nellie!
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
All This, and Heaven Too
Captain America
Before Dawn
Nurse Edith Cavell
Stage Door
Superman and the Mole Men
Above Suspicion
The Mummy's Tomb
Sister Kenny
Phantoms, Inc.
Girls' Dormitory
The Gorgeous Hussy
The Girl Downstairs
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
The Face Behind the Mask
Woman Doctor
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Under Two Flags
Mystery of the White Room
No Greater Glory
Dangerously They Live
Someone to Love
The Case of the Howling Dog