Frank Reicher


Director
Frank Reicher

About

Also Known As
Franz Reicher
Birth Place
Germany
Born
December 02, 1875
Died
January 19, 1965

Biography

Frank Reicher was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Reicher worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Beau Sabreur" (1928), "Behind Masks" (1921) and "Big News" with Robert Armstrong (1929). He also contributed to "Sins of the Fathers" (1928), "Someone to Love" (1928) and "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" (1929). His passion for acting c...

Biography

Frank Reicher was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Reicher worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Beau Sabreur" (1928), "Behind Masks" (1921) and "Big News" with Robert Armstrong (1929). He also contributed to "Sins of the Fathers" (1928), "Someone to Love" (1928) and "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" (1929). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the dramatic comedy "The Rendezvous" (1935) with William Powell, the Edmund Lowe remake "The Great Impersonation" (1935) and the Donald Woods mystery "The Florentine Dagger" (1935). He also appeared in "The Invisible Ray" (1936) with Boris Karloff. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Underground" (1941), "Dangerously They Live" (1941) with John Garfield and the mystery "Mystery of Marie Roget" (1942) with Patric Knowles. He also appeared in the Craig Stevens drama "Secret Enemies" (1942) and the Dorothy Lamour drama "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (1942). Reicher last acted in "The Lady and the Bandit" (1951). Reicher passed away in January 1965 at the age of 90.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931)
Director
Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau (1930)
Deutscher Beirat [German Assistant]
The Grand Parade (1930)
Staged by
Big News (1929)
Dialogue Director
Paris Bound (1929)
Dialogue Director
Mister Antonio (1929)
Director
Wise Husbands (1921)
Director
Out of the Depths (1921)
Director
Behind Masks (1921)
Director
Empty Arms (1920)
Director
The Scarlet Dragon (1920)
Director
The Trap (1919)
Director
Suspense (1919)
Director
The American Way (1919)
Director
The Battler (1919)
Director
The Black Circle (1919)
Director
The Claim (1918)
Director
The Prodigal Wife (1918)
Director
The Only Road (1918)
Director
The Sea Waif (1918)
Director
Treasure of the Sea (1918)
Director
An American Widow (1917)
Director
The Black Wolf (1917)
Director
The Eternal Mother (1917)
Director
Betty to the Rescue (1917)
Director
The Inner Shrine (1917)
Director
Sacrifice (1917)
Director
The Trouble Buster (1917)
Director
Unconquered (1917)
Director
Castles for Two (1917)
Director
The Dupe (1916)
Director
Public Opinion (1916)
Director
For the Defense (1916)
Director
Pudd'nhead Wilson (1916)
Director
Witchcraft (1916)
Director
The Victory of Conscience (1916)
Director
The Storm (1916)
Director
The Love Mask (1916)
Director
Alien Souls (1916)
Director
The Secret Sin (1915)
Director
The Secret Orchard (1915)
Director
The Case of Becky (1915)
Director
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915)
Director
The Chorus Lady (1915)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Count Eckhardt
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Hospital superintendent
Cargo to Capetown (1950)
Judge Van Meeger
The Arizona Cowboy (1950)
Maj. Sheridan
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Doc Green
Samson and Delilah (1950)
Village barber
The Happy Years (1950)
Headmaster
Barbary Pirate (1949)
Cathcart
I, Jane Doe (1948)
Doctor
Carson City Raiders (1948)
"Razor" Pool
The Gallant Blade (1948)
Major
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Dr. Mackenzie
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
Peter Lantz
Violence (1947)
Pop
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
[Karl] Maarsdam
Yankee Fakir (1947)
H. W. Randall
Escape Me Never (1947)
The minister
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Doctor
Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Fuerbach
Home in Oklahoma (1946)
Lawyer Cragmyle
The Shadow Returns (1946)
Michael Hasdon
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946)
Riker
Sister Kenny (1946)
Chuter
My Pal Trigger (1946)
Ellis
A Guy Could Change (1946)
Doctor
Song of Arizona (1946)
Dr. Brown
Blonde Ransom (1945)
Judge [Powers]
The Tiger Woman (1945)
Coroner
The Jade Mask (1945)
Harper
Hotel Berlin (1945)
Fritz
A Medal for Benny (1945)
Father Bly
House of Frankenstein (1945)
Ullman
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Guest
The Song of Bernadette (1945)
Dr. St. Cyr
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Doctor
The Conspirators (1944)
Casino attendant
Address Unknown (1944)
Professor Schmidt
Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
Dr. John Wells
The Big Bonanza (1944)
Dr. Ballou
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Professor [Matthew] Norman
In Our Time (1944)
Count Jarsky
The Hitler Gang (1944)
Gurtner
Captain America (1944)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Col. Gerold
Mission to Moscow (1943)
General Von Koestrich
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
German
Background to Danger (1943)
Rudick
The Purple V (1943)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Admiral
I Married an Angel (1942)
Driver
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
Sneath
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Professor [Matthew] Norman
Night Monster (1942)
Dr. Timmons
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
Magistrate
Secret Enemies (1942)
Henry Bremmer
Nazi Agent (1942)
Fritz
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Polish official
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
Thaddeus Quentin
The Gay Sisters (1942)
Dr. Bigelow
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Board member
Father Takes a Wife (1941)
Captain
Shining Victory (1941)
Dr. Esterhazy
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
Mr. Henderson
Dangerously They Live (1941)
Jarvis
Underground (1941)
Professor [Hugo] Baumer
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Captain
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Dr. Cheever
Flight from Destiny (1941)
Edward Kreindling
The Lady in Question (1940)
President
South to Karanga (1940)
Dr. Greenleaf
Sky Murder (1940)
Dr. Crattan
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Professor Kendall
Typhoon (1940)
The doctor
The Man I Married (1940)
Friehof
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Old doctor
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Police official
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
[Señor Mendietta] Garcia
Mystery of the White Room (1939)
Dr. Thornton
Woman Doctor (1939)
Dr. Mathews
The Escape (1939)
Dr. Shumaker
South of the Border (1939)
Don Diego [Mendoza]
Society Smugglers (1939)
Mr. Jones
Ninotchka (1939)
Lawyer
Our Neighbors--the Carters (1939)
Dr. Proser
Devil's Island (1939)
President of Assize Court
Unexpected Father (1939)
Referee
Rio (1939)
Fechet
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Pharmacist
Unexpected Father (1939)
Reporter
Juarez (1939)
Duc de Morny
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Baron Von Bissing
The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)
Professor Ludwig
Rascals (1938)
Dr. Garvey
City Streets (1938)
Dr. Ferenc Waller
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Professor
Prison Nurse (1938)
Dr. Hartman
Life Returns (1938)
Dr. James
I'll Give a Million (1938)
Prefect of police
Suez (1938)
General Changarnier
The Storm (1938)
Dr. Striker
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
Police sergeant
Of Human Hearts (1938)
Officer
The Mighty Treve (1937)
McClelland
Night Key (1937)
Carl
Prescription for Romance (1937)
Josef
On Such a Night (1937)
Horace Darwin
Fit for a King (1937)
Kurtz
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Ranier
Under Cover of Night (1937)
Rudolph Brehmer
Espionage (1937)
Van Cram
Westbound Limited (1937)
"Pop" [Martin]
The Devil Is Driving (1937)
District Attorney
Stage Door (1937)
Stage director
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
Pavloff
The Road Back (1937)
Ernst's father
Man of the People (1937)
Distrist Attorney Robinson
The Great O'Malley (1937)
Dr. Larson
Midnight Madonna (1937)
Vincent Long II
Beg Borrow or Steal (1937)
Monsieur Debillon
Lancer Spy (1937)
Admiral
45 Fathers (1937)
Prentiss
King of Gamblers (1937)
Temple's valet
Magnificent Obsession (1936)
Dr. Rochard
Star for a Night (1936)
Dr. Hellmkin
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Dr. Pfeiffer
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
Dr. Larson
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
Dr. Hoffenreich
The Country Doctor (1936)
Dr. Paul Luke
Along Came Love (1936)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Professor Meiklejohn/Mendelson
Second Wife (1936)
Headmaster
Till We Meet Again (1936)
Von Diegel
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
Dr. Coate
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
Dr. Peters
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Governor Felipe Vega
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Henry Strand
Under Two Flags (1936)
French general
Old Hutch (1936)
District Attorney
Nobody's Fool (1936)
Chairman
Sinner Take All (1936)
Theo Drukker
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Coach driver to Paris
Rendezvous (1935)
Dr. [R. A.] Jackson
A Dog of Flanders (1935)
Herr Vanderkloot
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
Von Stein
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Second assistant director
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)
Coleman
Kind Lady (1935)
[Gustave] Roubet
The Great Impersonation (1935)
Dr. Treak
Remember Last Night? (1935)
Coroner
Straight from the Heart (1935)
Coroner
The Casino Murder Case (1935)
Coroner
Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)
The Examiner
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Dr. Cooper
The Secret of the Chateau (1934)
Auctioneer
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
Police commissioner
I Am a Thief (1934)
Max Bolen
Return of the Terror (1934)
[Franz] Reinhardt
The Fountain (1934)
The doctor
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Richards
Mills of the Gods (1934)
Barrett
The Line Up (1934)
Schultz
British Agent (1934)
Mr. X
No Greater Glory (1934)
Doctor
Hi Nellie! (1934)
Nathan
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Lehman
Rasputin and the Empress (1933)
Captured! (1933)
The Adjutant
Employee's Entrance (1933)
Garfinkle
Ann Carver's Profession (1933)
The General
Topaze (1933)
Dr. Stegg
Before Dawn (1933)
Joe Valerie
The Son of Kong (1933)
[Captain] Englehorn
A Bedtime Story (1933)
Aristide
Ever in My Heart (1933)
Dr. Hoffman
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
Old Weaver
King Kong (1933)
Capt. Englehorn
The Crooked Circle (1932)
Rankin
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
Plotsky
A Woman Commands (1932)
The General
Beyond Victory (1931)
Mata Hari (1931)
The cook-spy
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Francesco
Suicide Fleet (1931)
Holtzmann
Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau (1930)
Der Doktor
His Captive Woman (1929)
District Attorney
Her Private Affair (1929)
State's attorney
Strange Cargo (1929)
Dr. Stecker
Mister Antonio (1929)
Milton Jorny
Black Waters (1929)
Sins of the Fathers (1928)
The Eye Specialist
Beau Sabreur (1928)
General de Beaujolais
Four Sons (1928)
Schoolmaster
Someone To Love (1928)
Simmons
The Blue Danube (1928)
Baron
The Masks of the Devil (1928)
Count Zellner
Her Man o' War (1926)
Professor Krantz

Writer (Feature Film)

Girl of the Port (1930)
Dial
Paris Bound (1929)
Dial
Big News (1929)
Dial

Producer (Feature Film)

Empty Arms (1920)
Supervisor
Witchcraft (1916)
Presented By

Cast (Short)

Phantoms, Inc. (1945)
Plan for Destruction (1943)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Ever In My Heart (1933) -- (Movie Clip) United We Stand Proud wife Mary (Barbara Stanwyck) and buddy Jeff (Ralph Bellamy) remarking as all celebrate the citizenship of German immigrant Hugo (Otto Kruger), his boss Hoffman (Frank Reicher) especially pleased, everything okay so far, in Ever In My Heart, 1933, directed by Archie Mayo.
Lady In Question, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) He Threatened To Kill Me We know little about this case except that Brian Aherne, as Paris shop owner Morestan, is a very enthusiastic alternate juror, as Rita Hayworth appears as accused murderess Natalie, and Frank Reicher as the inquiring president of the court, in Columbia’s The Lady In Question, 1940, directed by Charles Vidor, also starring Glenn Ford.
Night Monster (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I Didn't Send For Any Psychiatrist Butler Rolf (Bela Lugosi) inducts shrink Dr. Harper (Irene Hervey) and crime writer pal Dick (Don Porter), leading to the first scene for Ralph Morgan as Ingston, lord of the spooky manor, hoisted by driver Laurie (Leif Erikson) and introducing Nils Asther as guru-like Singh, early in Universal's Night Monster, 1942.
Night Monster (1942) -- (Movie Clip) They Call It Cosmic Substance The paralyzed master of the house Ingster (Ralph Morgan) gives the floor to his yogi (Nils Asther as Agor Singh) who explains to the group (doctors Francis Pierlot and Frank Reicher, butler Bela Lugosi, mystery writer Don Porter, shrink Irene Hervey and patient Fay Helm) about creepy Eastern theories, in Universal’s programmer Night Monster, 1942.
Case Of The Howling Dog, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) A Sure Sign Of Insanity Mucho nervous Cartwright (Gordon Westcott), established in the opening scenes with a howling canine neighbor and a deaf housekeeper, has insisted on seeing super-busy LA attorney Perry Mason (Warren William), who sees a need for his in-house shrink (Frank Reicher), early in the first feature in the Warner Bros. series, The Case Of The Howling Dog, 1934.
King Kong (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Beauty And Beast Filmmaker Carl (Robert Armstrong) inspires Ann (Fay Wray) to some impressive acting for the camera, causing the captain (Frank Reicher) and first mate Jack (Bruce Cabot) further concern regarding what his mysterious movie is really about, en route to Skull Island in the original King Kong, 1933.
I Am A Thief (1934) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Not Call The Police Director Robert Florey with the spooky type scene for which he was known, awakens Odette (Mary Astor) with maybe a bump in the night, who meets Bolen (Frank Reicher) then Londais (Ricardo Cortez) and his man (Arthur Aylesworth), whom she met at the auction that day, in I Am A Thief, 1934.
Address Unknown (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Who Is This Adolf Hitler? Martin (Paul Lukas) reading a letter from home with pal Professor Schmidt (Frank Reicher) when Baron von Friesche (Carl Esmond) intrudes, in a Munich cafe in Address Unknown, 1944.

Trailer

Family

Hedwiga Reicher
Sister
Actor. Survived him.
Elly Reicher
Sister
Actor. Survived him.

Bibliography