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Frank Reicher(1875-1965)

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Frank Reicher
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Son of Kong (1933)
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Though most famous as Capt. Englehorn, the ship captain who carried the expedition to an island to capture the great ape in King Kong (1933)--and its sequel, Son of Kong (1933)--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.

Born in Munich, Germany, in 1875, he trained in Europe and then moved to New York in 1899 to act on the stage. His success there got him called to Hollywood in 1915, where he not only acted in films but also directed them. He took a few years off from his film career in 1921 to return to the New York stage, but then came back to Hollywood in 1926 and stayed there. He had a prolific career, acting and directing for most of the major studios, and was highly regarded in Hollywood not only as a filmmaker but as an acting teacher. In the World War II era he often played Nazi officials, or anti-Nazi partisans, and even turned up as a professor in The Mummy's Tomb (1942), a role he repeated in its sequel, The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and he played a succession of mad doctors, or their assistants, in several other Univeral horror films.

He made his final film in 1951, and died in 1965.
BornDecember 2, 1875
DiedJanuary 19, 1965(89)
BornDecember 2, 1875
DiedJanuary 19, 1965(89)
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Known for

Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)
King Kong
7.9
  • Capt. Englehorn
  • 1933
Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)
Son of Kong
5.6
  • Capt. Englehorn
  • 1933
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Dr. Cyclops
6.4
  • Professor Kendall
  • 1940
Lorna Gray and Dick Purcell in Captain America (1944)
Captain America
5.2
  • Lyman [Ch. 1]
  • 1944

Credits

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  • George Reeves, John T. Bambury, Phyllis Coates, Billy Curtis, Jerry Maren, and Johnny Roventini in Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
    Superman and the Mole-Men
    5.5
    • Hospital Superintendent
    • 1951
  • 1 sheet
    The Lady and the Bandit
    6.2
    • Count Eckhardt (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • James Cagney in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
    Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
    7.1
    • 'Doc' Darius Green
    • 1950
  • Rex Allen in The Arizona Cowboy (1950)
    The Arizona Cowboy
    6.0
    • Major Sheridan
    • 1950
  • Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, and John Ireland in Cargo to Capetown (1950)
    Cargo to Capetown
    6.0
    • Judge Van Meeger (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Life of St. Paul Series (1949)
    Life of St. Paul Series
    9.0
    • Ananias
    • 1949
  • Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949)
    Samson and Delilah
    6.8
    • Village Barber
    • 1949
  • Lenore Aubert, Trudy Marshall, Stefan Schnabel, and Donald Woods in Barbary Pirate (1949)
    Barbary Pirate
    5.7
    • Cathcart
    • 1949
  • Your Show Time (1949)
    Your Show Time
    7.1
    TV Series
    • 1949
  • Marguerite Chapman and Larry Parks in The Gallant Blade (1948)
    The Gallant Blade
    5.6
    • Major (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, and Vera Ralston in I, Jane Doe (1948)
    I, Jane Doe
    6.8
    • Doctor (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Allan Lane and Black Jack in Carson City Raiders (1948)
    Carson City Raiders
    7.3
    • Razor Pool
    • 1948
  • Leon Errol, John Hubbard, Joe Kirkwood Jr., and Elyse Knox in Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
    Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
    6.2
    • Dr. MacKenzie
    • 1948
  • Errol Flynn, Ida Lupino, and Eleanor Parker in Escape Me Never (1947)
    Escape Me Never
    5.9
    • The Minister
    • 1947
  • Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, and Robert Walker in Song of Love (1947)
    Song of Love
    6.7
    • Mr. Fuerbach (uncredited)
    • 1947

Director



  • Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931)
    Wir schalten um auf Hollywood
    3.0
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Mister Antonio (1929)
    Mister Antonio
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Out of the Depths
    • Director (unconfirmed)
    • 1921
  • Wise Husbands
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Behind Masks (1921)
    Behind Masks
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Idle Hands (1921)
    Idle Hands
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Irene Blackwell, J. Herbert Frank, Thurston Hall, and Gail Kane in Empty Arms (1920)
    Empty Arms
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Creighton Hale in The Black Circle (1919)
    The Black Circle
    • Director
    • 1919
  • Virginia Hammond and Earl Metcalfe in The Battler (1919)
    The Battler
    • Director
    • 1919
  • The Trap (1919)
    The Trap
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1919
  • Arthur Ashley and Dorothy Green in The American Way (1919)
    The American Way
    • Director
    • 1919
  • Suspense (1919)
    Suspense
    • Director
    • 1919
  • The Prodigal Wife
    • Director
    • 1918
  • The Sea Waif
    • Director
    • 1918
  • Viola Dana and Gertrude Short in The Only Road (1918)
    The Only Road
    • Director
    • 1918

Additional Crew



  • Marie Astaire, Fred Scott, and Helen Twelvetrees in The Grand Parade (1930)
    The Grand Parade
    5.6
    • staged by
    • 1930
  • Mitchell Lewis, Sally O'Neil, and Reginald Sharland in Girl of the Port (1930)
    Girl of the Port
    5.8
    • dialogue director
    • 1930
  • Carole Lombard and Robert Armstrong in Big News (1929)
    Big News
    5.4
    • dialogue director (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Paris Bound (1929)
    Paris Bound
    5.4
    • dialogue co-director
    • 1929
  • Robert Ames, Hallam Cooley, Ben Hendricks Sr., and James Kirkwood in Black Waters (1929)
    Black Waters
    • dialogue director
    • 1929
  • Irene Blackwell, J. Herbert Frank, Thurston Hall, and Gail Kane in Empty Arms (1920)
    Empty Arms
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • Witchcraft (1916)
    Witchcraft
    • presenter
    • 1916

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  • Alternative names
    • George H. Lloyd
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • December 2, 1875
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Died
    • January 19, 1965
    • Playa del Rey, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Ella? - 1948 (her death)
  • Parents
    • Emanuel Reicher
  • Relatives
    • Hedwiga Reicher(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Fritz" / "Lord Tarquin"; Broadway debut) in "Becky Sharp" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Langdon Mitchell. Based on "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Directed (with Fred Williams) / produced by Minnie Maddern Fiske (credited as Mrs. Fiske; also in cast as "Becky Sharp"). Fifth Avenue Theatre: 12 Sep 1899-Dec 1899 (closing date unknown/116 performances). Cast: Gloria Alonzo, H.F. Anderson, Maurice Barrymore (as "Rawdon Crawley"), B.B. Belcher (as "The Duke Brunswick"), George P. Bonn, William L. (W.L.) Branscombe, William W. Brown, Agnes Bruce, Jean Chamblin, Robert V. Ferguson, Neil Grey, Helen Henry, Olive Hoff, Ethelwyn Holt, Cortland Hopkins, R.B. Keggerais, Frederick Kingstone, Francesca Lincoln, Mary MacNamara, Mary Maddern, Arthur Maitland, Sydney Mather, Frank McCormack (as "Lord Southdown"; Broadway debut), R.F. McCoy, Otto Meyer, Gertrude Norman, Wilfrid North, William F. Owen, Walter Pleugh, Charles Plunkett, Tyrone Power Sr. (as "The Marquis of Steyne"), Albert Reed, Stanley Rignold, Josephine Roberts, Arthur W. Row, Dirce St. Cyr, Henry Stokes, Leonora Stonehill, E.L. Walton, Ida Waterman (as "Miss Crawley"; Broadway debut), Paul Weigel, Alma Whitsell, Zenaidee Williams. Produced by Minnie Maddern Fiske [credited as Mrs. Fiske].
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    Solid German character actor in the 1930s who specialized in anti-Nazi war dramas and standard horrors playing unsmiling professional types--professors, doctors, scientists, politicians. Best known for his role as Capt. Engelhorn in the classic ape movies King Kong (1933) and Son of Kong (1933).

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