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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 of the cast remained in English.
Reicher was for a number of years affiliated with the Little Theatre on West Forty-Fourth Street as an actor and manager and would remain active on Broadway as actor, director or producer well into the 1920s.
On stage, Reicher starred in such plays as the first Broadway production of Georg Kaiser's From Morning to Midnight (as the cashier), and the original production of Percy MacKaye's The Scarecrow (in the title role).
Frank Reicher is probably more familiar to modern audiences as a supporting character actor in films.
He began his cinema career with an uncredited role in the 1915 film The Case for Becky and would go on to work in over two hundred motion pictures.
He is probably best remembered for playing the character of Captain Englehorn in King Kong and The Son of Kong, and for his work in such films as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950).
His last Hollywood role was in the very first theatrical Superman movie, Superman and the Mole Men, in 1951.
Frank Reicher died at a hospital in Inglewood, California, aged 89.
He was survived by his sister and a brother.
His interment was at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
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Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane...Superman and the Mole Men 1951
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When strongman Samson rejects the love...Samson and Delilah 1949
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
The film is about an unemployed...Monsieur Verdoux 1947
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Walter Mitty a daydreaming writer with...The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
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In this Roy Rogers entry featuring...Home in Oklahoma 1946
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Lousiania's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying U ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery, much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway. After some attempts on Duke's life, Roy finally proves that Jan, Steve McClory and coroner Jim Judnick had Talbot killed and are conspiring to do the same for Duke, making Jan the last heir.
Deranged scientist Gustav Niemann escapes from...
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis...Above Suspicion 1943
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A high priest of Karnak travels...
During the Nazi occupation of Poland...To Be or Not to Be 1942
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A World War II Hollywood propaganda...Underground 1941
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When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette...All This, and Heaven Too 1940
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A stern Russian woman sent to...Ninotchka 1939
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An aging actor trying to make...Letter of Introduction 1938
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The ups and downs in the...Stage Door 1937
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Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited...Camille 1936
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Based on the novel by Hervey...Anthony Adverse 1936
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
A doctor who has spent his...Life Returns 1935
A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to...The Son of Kong 1933
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out...King Kong 1933
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
A semifictionalized account of the life...Mata Hari 1931
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
