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Frank Reicher
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Director, Actor Born: December 2, 1875 in Munich, Germany Death: January 19, 1965 in Playa Del Rey, CA Biography:Launching his theatrical career in his native Germany, actor/director "Frank Reicher" worked in London before coming to the US in 1899. His entree into the movies was as co-director of the 1915 production "The Clue"; he continued to direct in Hollywood before returning to the stage in 1921. At the dawn of the talkie era, Reicher was brought back to California to direct German-language versions of American films. For his acting bow before the microphones, Reicher was cast in the title role of "Napoleon's Barber" (1928) a Fox Movietone two-reeler which represented the first talkie for director "John Ford". Reicher specialized at this time in humorless, wizened authority figures: college professors, doctors, scientists, cabinet ministers. In 1933 he was cast as Captain Engelhorn in the classic adventure fantasy "King Kong"; director "Ernest Schoedsack" later characterized Reicher as "the best actor we... Full Biography
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