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Frank Reicher

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Director 1875–1965 On stage 18991922

Frank Reicher (born Franz Reichert; December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer, best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 monster film classic King Kong.

On stage 12 productions, 23 years

1899 Becky Sharp Fifth Avenue Theatre · Original · directed by Fred Williams 116 perf.
1904 A Madcap Princess Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Edward P. Temple 48 perf.
1904 Ingomar Empire Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
1907 John the Baptist Lyric Theatre · Original
1908 Our American Cousin Lyric Theatre · Revival
1912 She Stoops to Conquer 39th Street Theatre · Revival
1913 Countess Julia 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Mary Shaw 3 perf.
1913 Pariah 48th Street Theatre · Original 1 perf.
1915 Marie-Odile Belasco Theatre · Original 119 perf.
1921 Ambush Garrick Theatre · Original 98 perf.
1921 Mary Stuart / A Man About Town Ritz Theatre · Original 40 perf.
1922 He Who Gets Slapped Garrick Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Milton 308 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once11 names

Virginia Hammond 2 productions
Tyrone Power Sr 2 productions
Sydney Mather 2 productions
Rowland Buckstone 2 productions
Ralph Lewis 2 productions
Paul Weigel 2 productions
P J Kelly 2 productions
Julia Marlowe 2 productions
Edwin R Wolfe 2 productions
Edward Donnelly 2 productions
E H Sothern 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 11 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Song of the Flame

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In the literature1 passages

  • ers, with Irving and with Mansfield. From a cast that iy something more than adequate, Frank Reicher’s Riccio stood out. Ill. Thetheatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1921-07_5_3.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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