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Frank Reicher (1875–1965)


Though most famous as Capt. Englehorn, the ship captain who carried the expedition to Skull Island to capture the great ape in King Kong--and its sequel, The Son of Kong--Frank Reicher had a long history as a stage actor and director, and film director, prior to his "Kong" appearances, and in fact has more than 200 film roles to his credit... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (228 titles)
1951 Superman and the Mole-Men
Hospital Superintendent
 
1951 The Lady and the Bandit
Count Eckhardt
 
1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
'Doc' Darius Green
 
1950 Cargo to Capetown
Judge Van Meeger (uncredited)
 
1950 The Arizona Cowboy
Major Sheridan
 
1949 Samson and Delilah
Village Barber
 
1949 Barbary Pirate
Cathcart (uncredited)
 
1949 Your Show Time (TV series)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1949)
 
1948 The Gallant Blade
Major (uncredited)
 
1948 I, Jane Doe
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1948 Carson City Raiders
Razor the Barber
 
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Dr. MacKenzie
 
1947 Escape Me Never
The Minister
 
1947 Song of Love
Mr. Fuerbach (uncredited)
 
1947 Violence
Pop - Elevator Operator/Apartment Concierge
 
1947 Monsieur Verdoux
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1947 Yankee Fakir
Banker H.W. Randall
 
1947 Mr. District Attorney
Peter Lantz (uncredited)
 
1946 Home in Oklahoma
Jason Cragmyle
 
1946 Sister Kenny
Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
 
1946 My Pal Trigger
Judge J.E. Ellis (uncredited)
 
1946 Song of Arizona
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1946 The Shadow Returns
Michael Hasdon
 
1946 A Guy Could Change
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1945 The Strange Mr. Gregory
Riker, the Butler
 
1945 The Tiger Woman
Coroner
 
1945 Voice of the Whistler
Dr. Rose (uncredited)
 
1945 Rhapsody in Blue
Guest (uncredited)
 
1945 Phantoms, Inc. (short)
Philip Murray Kenneson, Sr. (uncredited)
 
1945 Blonde Ransom
Judge
 
1945 A Medal for Benny
Father Bly (uncredited)
 
1945 Hotel Berlin
Fritz (uncredited)
 
1945 The Jade Mask
Harper
 
1944 The Big Bonanza
Dr. Ballou
 
1944 House of Frankenstein
Ullman
 
1944 The Conspirators
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
 
1944 The Mummy's Ghost
Prof. Matthew Norman
 
1944 Gildersleeve's Ghost
Dr. John Wells
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
Doctor in Elmira (uncredited)
 
1944 The Hitler Gang
The Justizminister (uncredited)
 
1944 Address Unknown
Professor Schmidt
 
1944 In Our Time
Baron Jarski (uncredited)
 
1944 Captain America
Prof. Lyman [Ch. 1]
 
1943 The Song of Bernadette
Dr. St. Cyr (uncredited)
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine
Admiral (uncredited)
 
1943 Bomber's Moon
Dr. Hartman
 
1943 Background to Danger
Rudick - the Assasin (uncredited)
 
1943 Yanks Ahoy
German (uncredited)
 
1943 Above Suspicion
Colonel Gerold (uncredited)
 
1943 Mission to Moscow
General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
 
1943 Hangmen Also Die!
Interpreter (uncredited)
 
1943 The Purple V
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1943 Tornado
Old Man Linden (uncredited)
 
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
Thaddeus Quentin
 
1942 The Mummy's Tomb
Professor Matthew Norman
 
1942 Night Monster
Dr. Timmons
 
1942 Secret Enemies
Henry Bremmer
 
1942 The Gay Sisters
Dr. Thomas Bigelow
 
1942 I Married an Angel
Driver (uncredited)
 
1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon
Sneath
 
1942 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 Father Takes a Wife
Captain of the 'SS Leslie C.' (uncredited)
 
1941 Underground
Prof. Hugo Baumer
 
1941 Shining Victory
Dr. Esterhazy
 
1941 The Nurse's Secret
Mr. Henderson
 
1941 They Dare Not Love
Captain (uncredited)
 
1941 Flight from Destiny
Edvaard Kreindling
 
1941 The Face Behind the Mask
Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
 
1941 Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1940 Sky Murder
Dr. Crattan
 
1940 South to Karanga
Dr. Greenleaf
 
1940 The Man I Married
Friehof
 
1940 The Lady in Question
President
 
1940 All This, and Heaven Too
Police Official (uncredited)
 
1940 Typhoon
Doctor
 
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Old Man (uncredited)
 
1939 South of the Border
Don Diego Mendoza
 
1939 Everything Happens at Night
Pharmacist
 
1939 Our Neighbors - The Carters
Dr. Proser
 
1939 Sabotage
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
 
1939 Ninotchka
Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1939 The Escape
Dr. Shumaker
 
1939 Rio
Paris Banker (uncredited)
 
1939 Nurse Edith Cavell
Baron von Bissing (uncredited)
 
1939 The Magnificent Fraud
Mendietta Garcia
 
1939 Unexpected Father
Adoption Hearing Referee (uncredited)
 
1939 Sons of Liberty (short)
Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
 
1939 Juarez
Duc de Morny (uncredited)
 
1939 Never Say Die
Man in Charge of Duel (uncredited)
 
1939 Mystery of the White Room
Dr. Amos Thornton
 
1939 Society Smugglers
Jones
 
1939 Woman Doctor
Dr. Mathews
 
1939 Devil's Island
President of Assize Court
 
1938 The Girl Downstairs
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1938 Torchy Gets Her Man
The Professor - Henchman
 
1938 The Storm
Officer (uncredited)
 
1938 Suez
General Changarnier
 
1938 Letter of Introduction
2nd Doctor - Midtown Hospital (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 Three Comrades
Major - Young Soldier's Father (uncredited)
 
1938 Rascals
Dr. Garvey
 
1938 Prison Nurse
Doctor Hartman
 
1937 Prescription for Romance
Jozsef
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal
Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
 
1937 45 Fathers
Prentiss (uncredited)
 
1937 Heidi
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
 
1937 Lancer Spy
Admiral
 
1937 Stage Door
Stage Director
 
1937 Fit for a King
Kurtz
 
1937 On Such a Night
Horace Darwin
 
1937 The Life of Emile Zola
M. Perrenx (uncredited)
 
1937 West Bound Limited
Pop Martin
 
1937 Midnight Madonna
Vincent Long II
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
Pavloff
 
1937 The Devil Is Driving
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1937 The Road Back
Ernst's Father
 
1937 King of Gamblers
Temple's Valet (uncredited)
 
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 - Geologist (uncredited)
 
1937 The Mighty Treve
Eben McClelland
 
1937 Under Cover of Night
Rudolph Brehmer
 
1936 Sinner Take All
Theo Drukker (uncredited)
 
1936 Camille
Creditor Agent (uncredited)
 
1936 Laughing at Trouble
Dr. Larson
 
1936 Along Came Love
Planetarium Lecturer
 
1936 Old Hutch
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1936 Star for a Night
Doctor Heimkin
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
 
1936 Second Wife
Headmaster
 
1936 The Devil-Doll
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1936 Nobody's Fool
Chairman (uncredited)
 
1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Henry Strand - Summers' Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1936 Under Two Flags
French General
 
1936 Murder on a Bridle Path
Dr. Peters (Gregg's)
 
1936 Till We Meet Again
Colonel Von Diegel
 
1936 The Country Doctor
Dr. Paul Luke
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
Governor Felipe Vega (uncredited)
 
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Pfeiffer
 
1936 The Invisible Ray
Professor Meiklejohn
 
1936 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Dr. Coate
 
1935 The Lone Wolf Returns
Coleman (scenes deleted)
 
1935 Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Rochard (uncredited)
 
1935 The Great Impersonation
Dr. Trenk
 
1935 Kind Lady
Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
 
1935 The Fighting Marines
Wheeler, M-70 (uncredited)
 
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
2nd Assistant Director
 
1935 Remember Last Night?
Coroner (uncredited)
 
1935 Rendezvous
Dr. Jackson
 
1935 Born to Gamble
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
 
1935 Charlie Chan in Egypt
Dr. Jaipur
 
1935 Star of Midnight
Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
 
1935 The Florentine Dagger
Von Stein - Stage Manager
 
1935 Straight from the Heart
Coroner (uncredited)
 
1935 A Dog of Flanders
Herr Vanderkloot
 
1935 The Casino Murder Case
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
 
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
Reinhardt
 
1934 The World Moves On
Herr Robess (uncredited)
 
1934 Let's Talk It Over
Richards
 
1934 Little Man, What Now?
Lehmann (uncredited)
 
1934 The Line-Up
Abraham Schultz (uncredited)
 
1934 Men in White
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1934 The Countess of Monte Cristo
Police Commissioner
 
1934 No Greater Glory
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Herr Winterstein
 
1934 Hi, Nellie!
Danny
 
1934 Eight Girls in a Boat
The Examiner (uncredited)
 
1933 Ever in My Heart
Dr. Hoffman (uncredited)
 
1933 After Tonight
Major-Medical Officer (uncredited)
 
1933 Captured!
Herr Hauptman, the Adjutant
 
1933 Before Dawn
Joe Valerie
 
1933 Jennie Gerhardt
Old Weaver (uncredited)
 
1933 A Bedtime Story
Aristide
 
1933/I Topaze
Dr. Stegg
 
1933 Employees' Entrance
Garfinkle
 
1932 Rasputin and the Empress
German-Language Teacher (uncredited)
 
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 Military Hospital Chief
 
1931 Gentleman's Fate
Papa Francesco Tomasulo
 
1930 A Lady's Morals
Italian Theater Manager (uncredited)
 
1930 Billy the Kid
General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
 
1930 Die Sehnsucht jeder Frau
Der Doktor
 
1930 Strictly Unconventional
Duke of Brocklehurst (uncredited)
 
1930 Girl of the Port (uncredited)
 
1929 Mister Antonio
Milton Jorny
 
1929 Her Private Affair
State's Attorney
 
1929 Paris Bound (uncredited)
 
1929 Black Waters
Randall
 
1929 Strange Cargo
Dr. Stecker
 
1929 His Captive Woman
District Attorney
 
1928 Sins of the Fathers
The Eye Specialist
 
1928 Someone to Love
Simmons
 
1928 Napoleon's Barber (short)
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
Prof. Krantz
 
1921 Wise Husbands
 
1915 The Case of Becky
One of Dr. Emerson's Patients (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (43 titles)
1929 Mister Antonio
 
1921 Out of the Depths (unconfirmed)
 
1921 Wise Husbands
 
1921 Behind Masks
 
1921 Idle Hands
 
1920 Empty Arms
 
1919 The Battler
 
1919 The Trap
 
1919 Suspense
 
1918 The Sea Waif
 
1918 The Only Road
 
1918 The Claim
 
1917 Unconquered
 
1917 Sacrifice
 
1917 Castles for Two
 
1917 The Black Wolf
 
1917 Lost and Won
 
1916 Witchcraft
 
1916 The Storm
 
1916 Public Opinion
 
1916/II The Dupe
 
1916 Alien Souls
 
1916 The Love Mask
 
1916 The Sowers
 
1916 For the Defense
 
1915 The Secret Sin
 
1915 The Chorus Lady
 
1915 The Clue (as Frank Reichert)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (6 titles)
1930 Girl of the Port (dialogue director)
 
1930 The Grand Parade (dialogue director)
 
1929 Big News (dialogue director)
 
1929 Black Waters (dialogue director)
 
1920 Empty Arms (supervisor)
 
1916 Witchcraft (presenter)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1931 Anna Christie (German screenplay)
 
1930 Girl of the Port (dialogue)
 
1929 Big News (writer)
 
1929 Paris Bound (dialogue)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1921 Idle Hands (supervising producer)
 
1919 Suspense (producer)
 
1917 Betty to the Rescue (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1943 Plan for Destruction (documentary short)
Karl Ernst Haushofer
 
1943 Divide and Conquer (documentary)
French Radio Speaker (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010 Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr. (video documentary short)
 
1951 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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(1903) Stage: Appeared in "The Little Princess" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. Directed by Francis Neilson. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Savoy Theatre from 16 Feb 1903 to close): 14 Jan 1903-Feb 1903 (closing date unknown/34 performances). Cast: Adelaide Alexander, Maise Bancker... See more »

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Alternate Names:

George H. Lloyd | Frank Reichert | Frank Reigher

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

Son of actor Emanuel Reicher. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius