Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher (2. Dezember 1875 – 19. Januar 1965) war ein in Deutschland geborener US-amerikanischer Bühnen- und Filmschauspieler, Regisseur und Produzent. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Rolle als Captain Englehorn in dem Film „King Kong“ von 1933.
Reicher gab sein Broadway-Debüt im Jahr seiner Ankunft in Amerika als Lord Tarquin in Harrison Fiskes Inszenierung von „Becky Sharp“, einer Komödie von Langdon Mitchell, die auf William Makepeace Thackerays „Vanity Fair“ basiert. Seine frühen Jahre verbrachte er am klassischen Theater, sowohl am Broadway als auch Off-Broadway. Er leitete die Brooklyn Stock Company, als Jacob P. Adler „Der Kaufmann von Venedig“ auf Jiddisch inszenierte, während die übrigen Darsteller auf Englisch blieben. Reicher war mehrere Jahre lang als Schauspieler und Manager mit dem Little Theatre in der West 44th Street verbunden und blieb bis weit in die 1920er-Jahre als Schauspieler, Regisseur und Produzent am Broadway aktiv. Auf der Bühne spielte Reicher unter anderem in der Broadway-Uraufführung von Georg Kaisers „Von Morgen bis Mitternacht“ (als Kassierer) und in der Originalproduktion von Percy MacKayes „Die Vogelscheuche“ (in der Titelrolle).
Dem heutigen Publikum ist Frank Reicher wahrscheinlich eher als Nebendarsteller im Film bekannt. Seine Filmkarriere begann 1915 mit einer nicht im Abspann erwähnten Rolle in dem Film „Der Fall Becky“ (Originaltitel: „The Case for Becky“). Insgesamt wirkte er in über zweihundert Filmen mit. Am bekanntesten ist er wohl für seine Darstellung des Captain Englehorn in „King Kong“ und „Der Sohn von Kong“ sowie für seine Mitwirkung in Filmen wie „Das erstaunliche Leben des Walter Mitty“ (1947) und „Küss den Morgen, gnädig sein“ (1950). Seine letzte Hollywood-Rolle hatte er 1951 in dem allerersten Superman-Kinofilm „Superman und die Maulwurfsmenschen“.
Frank Reicher starb im Alter von 89 Jahren in einem Krankenhaus in Inglewood, Kalifornien. Er hinterließ eine Schwester und einen Bruder. Seine Beisetzung fand auf dem Inglewood Park Cemetery statt.
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Filme (226)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Hospital Superintendent
The Lady and the Bandit
1951 · Count Eckhardt
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950 · Darius 'Doc' Green
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Village Barber
Barbary Pirate
1949 · Cathcart
The Gallant Blade
1948 · Major
I, Jane Doe
1948 · Doctor
Carson City Raiders
1948 · Razor the Barber
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 · Dr. MacKenzie
Escape Me Never
1947 · The Minister
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Maasdam
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Doctor (uncredited)
Violence
1947 · Pop, apartment concierge
Yankee Fakir
1947 · H.W. Randall
Home in Oklahoma
1946 · Jason Cragmyle
Sister Kenny
1946 · Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Ellis (uncredited)
The Shadow Returns
1946 · Michael Hasdon
A Guy Could Change
1946 · Doctor
The Tiger Woman
1945 · Coroner
Voice of the Whistler
1945 · Dr. Rose (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
1945 · Philip Kenneson, Sr.
Blonde Ransom
1945 · Judge
A Medal for Benny
1945 · Father Bly (uncredited)
The Jade Mask
1945 · Harper
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945 · William Riker, the Butler
The Big Bonanza
1944 · Dr. Ballou
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Frederick Ullman
The Conspirators
1944 · Casino Attendant (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Prof. Matthew Norman
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944 · Dr. Wells
Address Unknown
1944 · Professor Schmidt
Captain America
1944 · Lyman
Watch on the Rhine
1943 · Admiral (uncredited)
Tornado
1943 · Linden, Sr.
Bomber's Moon
1943 · Dr. Hartman
Background to Danger
1943 · Rudick (uncredited)
Yanks Ahoy
1943 · German Soldier (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943 · Colonel Gerold (Uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943 · General von Koestrich - German ambassador (uncredited)
Plan for Destruction
1943 · Karl Ernst Haushofer
Night Monster
1942 · Dr. Timmons
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Professor Matthew Norman
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 · Thaddeus Quentin
Secret Enemies
1942 · Henry Bremmer
The Gay Sisters
1942 · Dr. Thomas Bigelow
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 · Sneath
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · Magistrate
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Polish Official (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
1942 · Fritz
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Jarvis, Goodwin's Butler
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Board Member (uncredited)
Underground
1941 · Professor Baumer
Shining Victory
1941 · Dr. Esterhazy
The Nurse's Secret
1941 · Wiley Henderson
They Dare Not Love
1941 · Captain
Flight from Destiny
1941 · Edvaard Kreindling
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Dr. Ronald Cheever (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941 · Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
Sky Murder
1940 · Dr. Crattan
The Man I Married
1940 · Friehof
The Lady in Question
1940 · President
South to Karanga
1940 · Dr. Greenleaf
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Police Official (uncredited)
Typhoon
1940 · Doctor
Dr. Cyclops
1940 · Prof. Kendall
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · Old Man
Everything Happens at Night
1939 · Pharmacist
South of the Border
1939 · Don Diego Mendoza
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939 · Dr. Proser
Ninotchka
1939 · Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
Sabotage
1939 · (uncredited)
The Escape
1939 · Dr. Shumaker
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939 · Baron von Bissing
The Magnificent Fraud
1939 · Mendietta Garcia
Juarez
1939 · Duc de Morny (uncredited)
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Lyons the Storekeeper (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room
1939 · Dr. Amos Thornton
Never Say Die
1939 · Man in Charge of Duel
Society Smugglers
1939 · Jones
Woman Doctor
1939 · Dr. Mathews
Devil's Island
1939 · President of Assize Court
The Girl Downstairs
1938 · Police Official (uncredited)
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938 · The Professor - Henchman
Suez
1938 · General Changarnier
Letter of Introduction
1938 · Second Doctor (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million
1938 · Prefect of Police
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Professor O.J. Ludwig (uncredited)
City Streets
1938 · Dr. Ferenc Waller
Rascals
1938 · Dr. C.M. Garvey
Prison Nurse
1938 · Doctor Hartman
Prescription for Romance
1937 · Jozsef
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937 · Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Stage Door
1937 · Stage Director
Fit for a King
1937 · Kurtz
On Such a Night
1937 · Horace Darwin
West Bound Limited
1937 · Pop Martin
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Pavloff
Midnight Madonna
1937 · Vincent Long II
The Road Back
1937 · Ernst's Father
Night Key
1937 · Carl - gang engineer
Espionage
1937 · Von Cram
The Great O'Malley
1937 · Dr. Larson
Stolen Holiday
1937 · Rainer
Man Of The People
1937 · Robinson
The Mighty Treve
1937 · Eben McClelland
Under Cover of Night
1937 · Rudolph Brehmer
Camille
1936 · Creditor Agent (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
1936 · Theo Drukker (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936 · Dr. Larson
Along Came Love
1936 · Planetarium Lecturer
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Star for a Night
1936 · Doctor Heimkin
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Coachman to Paris
Second Wife
1936 · Headmaster
Girls' Dormitory
1936 · Dr. Hoffenreich
The Devil-Doll
1936 · Doctor (uncredited)
Under Two Flags
1936 · French General
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 · Henry Strand (uncredited)
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936 · Dr. Peters
Till We Meet Again
1936 · Colonel Von Diegel
The Country Doctor
1936 · Dr. Paul Luke
Sutter's Gold
1936 · Governor Felipe Vega
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Dr. Pfeiffer
The Invisible Ray
1936 · Professor Meiklejohn
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936 · Dr. Coate
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Dr. Rochard
The Great Impersonation
1935 · Dr. Trenk
Kind Lady
1935 · Gustave Roubet (as Frank Reigher)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935 · 2nd Assistant Director
Rendezvous
1935 · Dr. R.A. Jackson
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · Dr. Jaipur
Star of Midnight
1935 · Abe Ohlman (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
1935 · Von Stein
A Dog of Flanders
1935 · Herr Vanderkloot
Straight from the Heart
1935 · Coroner
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Life Returns
1935 · Dr. James
Mills of the Gods
1934 · Barrett
Secret of the Chateau
1934 · Auctioneer
I Am a Thief
1934 · Max Bolen
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 · Dr. Carl Cooper
British Agent
1934 · Mr. X
The Fountain
1934 · Doctor
Return of the Terror
1934 · Franz Reinhardt
Let's Talk It Over
1934 · Richards
The Line-Up
1934 · Abraham Schultz (uncredited)
Men in White
1934 · Doctor (uncredited)
No Greater Glory
1934 · Doctor
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934 · Police Commissioner
Journal of a Crime
1934 · Herr Winterstein
Hi, Nellie!
1934 · Danny
The Son of Kong
1933 · Captain Englehorn
Captured!
1933 · Herr Hauptman
Before Dawn
1933 · Joe Valerie
Jennie Gerhardt
1933 · Old Weaver (uncredited)
A Bedtime Story
1933 · Aristide
King Kong
1933 · Captain Englehorn
Topaze
1933 · Dr. Stegg
Employees' Entrance
1933 · Garfinkle
Flesh
1932 · Warden in Germany (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn
1932 · Plotsky (Uncredited)
The Crooked Circle
1932 · Rankin
A Woman Commands
1932 · The General
Mata Hari
1931 · The Cook - Spy
Suicide Fleet
1931 · Holtzmann
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 · Arresting Detective (uncredited)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 · Director
Beyond Victory
1931 · German Hospital Chief
Gentleman's Fate
1931 · Francesco Tomasulo
Anna Christie
1930 · Screenplay
Billy the Kid
1930 · General Lew Wallace (uncredited)
Every Woman's Longing
1930
Strictly Unconventional
1930 · Duke of Brocklehurst
The Grand Parade
1930
Girl of the Port
1930 · Dialogue
Mister Antonio
1929 · Milton Jorny, Director
Her Private Affair
1929 · State's Attorney
Paris Bound
1929 · Writer
Black Waters
1929 · Randall
Strange Cargo
1929 · Dr. Stecker
His Captive Woman
1929 · District Attorney
Sins of the Fathers
1928 · The Eye Specialist
Someone to Love
1928 · Simmons
Napoleon's Barber
1928 · Napoleon's Barber
The Masks of the Devil
1928 · Count Zellner
The Blue Danube
1928 · Baron
Four Sons
1928 · The Schoolmaster
Beau Sabreur
1928 · Gen. de Beaujolais
Her Man o' War
1926 · Professor Krantz
Behind Masks
1921 · Director
Idle Hands
1921 · Director, Producer
The Black Circle
1919 · Director
The Battler
1919 · Director
The Trap
1919 · Director
The American Way
1919 · Director
Suspense
1919 · Director, Producer
The Sea Waif
1918 · Director
The Prodigal Wife
1918 · Director
The Only Road
1918 · Director
An American Widow
1917 · Director
The Eternal Mother
1917 · Director
The Trouble Buster
1917 · Director
The Inner Shrine
1917 · Director
Unconquered
1917 · Director
Castles for Two
1917 · Director
The Sacrifice
1917 · Director
The Black Wolf
1917 · Director
Lost and Won
1917 · Director
Betty to the Rescue
1917 · Director, Producer
Witchcraft
1916 · Director, Presenter
The Storm
1916 · Director
Public Opinion
1916 · Director
Alien Souls
1916 · Director
The Love Mask
1916 · Director
The Sowers
1916 · Director
For the Defense
1916 · Director
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916 · Director
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1915 · Director
The Secret Sin
1915 · Director
The Chorus Lady
1915 · Director
The Case of Becky
1915 · Director
The Secret Orchard
1915 · Director
The Clue
1915 · Director
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
1914 · Self
