Actor
Frank Reicher
Born 2 December 1875 · Munich, German Empire [now Germany] — died 19 January 1965
Frank Reicher (1875–1965) was a Munich-born American actor, director and producer who worked on Broadway before moving into film. A prolific character actor in over two hundred films, he is best remembered as Captain Englehorn in King Kong and its sequel, The Son of Kong.
Key films
King Kong (1933)
His signature role as Captain Englehorn, the ship captain who carries the expedition to Skull Island.
The Son of Kong (1933)
He reprised Captain Englehorn in the quick-turnaround sequel to King Kong.
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
An example of his steady supporting work in Hollywood prestige dramas of the 1930s.
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
A supporting part in Ernst Lubitsch's celebrated wartime comedy.
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
A supporting role in Charlie Chaplin's dark comedy of the late 1940s.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 225
- 1914The Lambs' All-Star Gambol · as SelfActor
- 1915The ClueDirector
- 1915Mr. Grex of Monte CarloDirector
- 1915The Secret SinDirector
- 1915The Secret OrchardDirector
- 1915The Chorus LadyDirector
- 1915The Case of BeckyDirector
- 1916The SowersDirector
- 1916Public OpinionDirector
- 1916Pudd'nhead WilsonDirector
- 1916WitchcraftDirector
- 1916Alien SoulsDirector
- 1916The StormDirector
- 1916The Love MaskDirector
- 1916For the DefenseDirector
- 1917Castles for TwoDirector
- 1917Lost and WonDirector
- 1917An American WidowDirector
- 1917The Eternal MotherDirector
- 1917The SacrificeDirector
- 1917The Inner ShrineDirector
- 1917The Trouble BusterDirector
- 1917UnconqueredDirector
- 1917Betty to the RescueDirector
- 1917The Black WolfDirector
- 1918The Only RoadDirector
- 1918The Sea WaifDirector
- 1918The Prodigal WifeDirector
- 1919The TrapDirector
- 1919SuspenseDirector
- 1919The BattlerDirector
- 1919The American WayDirector
- 1919The Black CircleDirector
- 1921Behind MasksDirector
- 1921Idle HandsDirector
- 1926Her Man o' War · as Professor KrantzActor
- 1928Four Sons · as The SchoolmasterActor
- 1928Sins of the Fathers · as The Eye SpecialistActor
- 1928Napoleon's Barber · as Napoleon's BarberActor
- 1928Beau Sabreur · as Gen. de BeaujolaisActor
- 1928The Blue Danube · as BaronActor
- 1928The Masks of the Devil · as Count ZellnerActor
- 1928Someone to Love · as SimmonsActor
- 1929Her Private Affair · as State's AttorneyActor
- 1929Paris BoundActor
- 1929Mister AntonioDirector
- 1929Strange Cargo · as Dr. SteckerActor
- 1929His Captive WomanActor
- 1929Mister Antonio · as Milton JornyActor
- 1929Black Waters · as RandallActor
- 1930Billy the Kid · as General Lew Wallace (uncredited)Actor
- 1930Girl of the PortActor
- 1930Strictly Unconventional · as Duke of BrocklehurstActor
- 1930The Grand ParadeActor
- 1930Every Woman's LongingActor
- 1931Mata Hari · as The Cook - SpyActor
- 1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet · as Arresting Detective (uncredited)Actor
- 1931Suicide Fleet · as HoltzmannActor
- 1931Gentleman's Fate · as Francesco TomasuloActor
- 1931We’re Switching to HollywoodDirector
- 1931Beyond Victory · as German Hospital ChiefActor
- 1932Flesh · as Warden in Germany (uncredited)Actor
- 1932The Crooked Circle · as RankinActor
- 1932Scarlet Dawn · as Plotsky (Uncredited)Actor
- 1932A Woman Commands · as The GeneralActor
- 1933King Kong · as Captain EnglehornActor
- 1933The Son of Kong · as Captain EnglehornActor
- 1933Employees' Entrance · as GarfinkleActor
- 1933Topaze · as Dr. SteggActor
- 1933Captured! · as Herr HauptmanActor
- 1933Before Dawn · as Joe ValerieActor
- 1933Jennie Gerhardt · as Old Weaver (uncredited)Actor
- 1933A Bedtime Story · as AristideActor
- 1934British Agent · as Mr. XActor
- 1934No Greater Glory · as DoctorActor
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog · as Dr. Carl CooperActor
- 1934Men in White · as Doctor (uncredited)Actor
- 1934Journal of a Crime · as Herr WintersteinActor
- 1934Hi, Nellie! · as DannyActor
- 1934I Am a Thief · as Max BolenActor
- 1934The Fountain · as DoctorActor
- 1934The Line-Up · as Abraham Schultz (uncredited)Actor
- 1934The Countess of Monte Cristo · as Police CommissionerActor
- 1934Secret of the Chateau · as AuctioneerActor
- 1934Return of the Terror · as Franz ReinhardtActor
- 1934Mills of the Gods · as BarrettActor
- 1934Let's Talk It Over · as RichardsActor
- 1935Charlie Chan in Egypt · as Dr. JaipurActor
- 1935Star of Midnight · as Abe Ohlman (uncredited)Actor
- 1935Magnificent Obsession · as Dr. RochardActor
- 1935Kind Lady · as Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)Actor
- 1935Rendezvous · as Dr. R.A. JacksonActor
- 1935The Casino Murder Case · as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)Actor
- 1935Life Returns · as Dr. JamesActor
- 1935The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo · as 2nd Assistant DirectorActor
- 1935The Florentine Dagger · as Von SteinActor
- 1935A Dog of Flanders · as Herr VanderklootActor
- 1935The Great Impersonation · as Dr. TrenkActor
- 1935Straight from the Heart · as CoronerActor
- 1936Camille · as Creditor Agent (uncredited)Actor
- 1936The Devil-Doll · as Doctor (uncredited)Actor
- 1936The Invisible Ray · as Professor MeiklejohnActor
- 1936The Story of Louis Pasteur · as Dr. PfeifferActor
- 1936Anthony Adverse · as Coachman to ParisActor
- 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · as Henry Strand (uncredited)Actor
- 1936The Gorgeous Hussy · as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)Actor
- 1936Murder on a Bridle Path · as Dr. PetersActor
- 1936Sinner Take All · as Theo Drukker (uncredited)Actor
- 1936The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · as Dr. CoateActor
- 1936Girls' Dormitory · as Dr. HoffenreichActor
- 1936Till We Meet Again · as Colonel Von DiegelActor
- 1936The Country Doctor · as Dr. Paul LukeActor
- 1936Under Two Flags · as French GeneralActor
- 1936Along Came Love · as Planetarium LecturerActor
- 1936Laughing at Trouble · as Dr. LarsonActor
- 1936Star for a Night · as Doctor HeimkinActor
- 1936Sutter's Gold · as Governor Felipe VegaActor
- 1936Second Wife · as HeadmasterActor
- 1937Stage Door · as Stage DirectorActor
- 1937Night Key · as Carl - gang engineerActor
- 1937The Great O'Malley · as Dr. LarsonActor
- 1937The Road Back · as Ernst's FatherActor
- 1937The Emperor's Candlesticks · as PavloffActor
- 1937Stolen Holiday · as RainerActor
- 1937Espionage · as Von CramActor
- 1937Under Cover of Night · as Rudolph BrehmerActor
- 1937Man Of The People · as RobinsonActor
- 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal · as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)Actor
- 1937Fit for a King · as KurtzActor
- 1937The Mighty Treve · as Eben McClellandActor
- 1937West Bound Limited · as Pop MartinActor
- 1937On Such a Night · as Horace DarwinActor
- 1937Midnight Madonna · as Vincent Long IIActor
- 1937Prescription for Romance · as JozsefActor
- 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse · as Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)Actor
- 1938Suez · as General ChangarnierActor
- 1938Letter of Introduction · as Second Doctor (uncredited)Actor
- 1938The Girl Downstairs · as Police Official (uncredited)Actor
- 1938Torchy Gets Her Man · as The Professor - HenchmanActor
- 1938I'll Give a Million · as Prefect of PoliceActor
- 1938Prison Nurse · as Doctor HartmanActor
- 1938City Streets · as Dr. Ferenc WallerActor
- 1938Rascals · as Dr. C.M. GarveyActor
- 1939Ninotchka · as Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Juarez · as Duc de Morny (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Devil's Island · as President of Assize CourtActor
- 1939Sons of Liberty · as Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Nurse Edith Cavell · as Baron von BissingActor
- 1939Never Say Die · as Man in Charge of DuelActor
- 1939Society Smugglers · as JonesActor
- 1939Everything Happens at Night · as PharmacistActor
- 1939Sabotage · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1939Woman Doctor · as Dr. MathewsActor
- 1939The Escape · as Dr. ShumakerActor
- 1939South of the Border · as Don Diego MendozaActor
- 1939Our Neighbors - The Carters · as Dr. ProserActor
- 1939Mystery of the White Room · as Dr. Amos ThorntonActor
- 1939The Magnificent Fraud · as Mendietta GarciaActor
- 1940Dr. Cyclops · as Prof. KendallActor
- 1940All This, and Heaven Too · as Police Official (uncredited)Actor
- 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · as Old ManActor
- 1940The Lady in Question · as PresidentActor
- 1940The Man I Married · as FriehofActor
- 1940Sky Murder · as Dr. CrattanActor
- 1940Typhoon · as DoctorActor
- 1940South to Karanga · as Dr. GreenleafActor
- 1941The Face Behind the Mask · as Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)Actor
- 1941One Foot in Heaven · as Board Member (uncredited)Actor
- 1941Dangerously They Live · as Jarvis, Goodwin's ButlerActor
- 1941Underground · as Professor BaumerActor
- 1941Shining Victory · as Dr. EsterhazyActor
- 1941Flight from Destiny · as Edvaard KreindlingActor
- 1941Four Mothers · as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)Actor
- 1941The Nurse's Secret · as Wiley HendersonActor
- 1941They Dare Not Love · as CaptainActor
- 1942To Be or Not to Be · as Polish Official (uncredited)Actor
- 1942The Mummy's Tomb · as Professor Matthew NormanActor
- 1942Night Monster · as Dr. TimmonsActor
- 1942Nazi Agent · as FritzActor
- 1942The Mystery of Marie Roget · as MagistrateActor
- 1942The Gay Sisters · as Dr. Thomas BigelowActor
- 1942Secret Enemies · as Henry BremmerActor
- 1942Scattergood Survives a Murder · as Thaddeus QuentinActor
- 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon · as SneathActor
- 1943Watch on the Rhine · as Admiral (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Above Suspicion · as Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)Actor
- 1943Background to Danger · as Rudick (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Mission to Moscow · as General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Plan for Destruction · as Karl Ernst HaushoferActor
- 1943Tornado · as Linden, Sr.Actor
- 1943Yanks Ahoy · as German Soldier (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Bomber's Moon · as Dr. HartmanActor
- 1944House of Frankenstein · as Frederick UllmanActor
- 1944The Mummy's Ghost · as Prof. Matthew NormanActor
- 1944Captain America · as LymanActor
- 1944Address Unknown · as Professor SchmidtActor
- 1944The Conspirators · as Casino Attendant (uncredited)Actor
- 1944Gildersleeve's Ghost · as Dr. WellsActor
- 1944The Big Bonanza · as Dr. BallouActor
- 1945The Jade Mask · as HarperActor
- 1945Voice of the Whistler · as Dr. Rose (uncredited)Actor
- 1945The Strange Mr. Gregory · as William Riker, the ButlerActor
- 1945Phantoms, Inc. · as Philip Kenneson, Sr.Actor
- 1945A Medal for Benny · as Father Bly (uncredited)Actor
- 1945The Tiger Woman · as CoronerActor
- 1945Blonde Ransom · as JudgeActor
- 1946Sister Kenny · as Dr. Chuter (uncredited)Actor
- 1946The Shadow Returns · as Michael HasdonActor
- 1946Home in Oklahoma · as Jason CragmyleActor
- 1946A Guy Could Change · as DoctorActor
- 1947Monsieur Verdoux · as Doctor (uncredited)Actor
- 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as MaasdamActor
- 1947Violence · as Pop, apartment conciergeActor
- 1947Escape Me Never · as The MinisterActor
- 1947Yankee Fakir · as H.W. RandallActor
- 1948I, Jane Doe · as DoctorActor
- 1948The Gallant Blade · as MajorActor
- 1948Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad · as Dr. MacKenzieActor
- 1948Carson City Raiders · as Razor the BarberActor
- 1949Samson and Delilah · as Village BarberActor
- 1949Barbary Pirate · as CathcartActor
- 1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye · as Darius 'Doc' GreenActor
- 1951Superman and the Mole Men · as Hospital SuperintendentActor
- 1951The Lady and the Bandit · as Count EckhardtActor
- 2021Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies · as Self - (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.