---
name: "Frank Reicher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-reicher"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 December 1875"
died: "19 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:13:56.032096+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frank Reicher

Actor. Born 2 December 1875 in Munich, German Empire [now Germany]. Died 19 January 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 December 1875, Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
- **Died:** 19 January 1965
- **Also known as:** George H. Lloyd, Frank Reichert, Franz Reicher
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 88 (1), 1940s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3245

## Biography

Frank Reicher (born Franz Reichert) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. Born in Munich on 2 December 1875, he died in Playa del Rey, California, on 19 January 1965. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film *King Kong* and its sequel *The Son of Kong* (1933).

Reicher made his Broadway debut in 1899 and remained active on the New York stage into the 1920s as an actor, director or producer. He began his film career with an uncredited role in the 1915 film *The Case for Becky* and went on to appear in over two hundred motion pictures, often in supporting roles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *King Kong* (1933), Fi1m 88, as Captain Englehorn — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, as Polish Official (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)

## Also known for

- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), Doctor (uncredited)
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Soviet Lawyer (uncredited)
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), Village Barber
- *House of Frankenstein* (1944), Frederick Ullman
- *Camille* (1936), Creditor Agent (uncredited)
- *Stage Door* (1937), Stage Director
- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (1947), Maasdam
- *The Son of Kong* (1933), Captain Englehorn

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