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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 The Son of Kong (1933).

According to director Reginald Le Borg in a 1989 interview, Lon Chaney Jr., as Kharis, went overboard in the scene in The Mummy's Ghost (1944) in which he strangles Frank, although Chaney blocked the camera from picking up Reicher's reaction. The veteran actor was moaning and exclaimed, "He nearly killed me!" According to LeBorg, Reicher was a veteran and didn't make a formal complaint, but the next day the director noticed his neck visibly bore the effects.

His theatrical career began in Germany but he worked in London before arriving in the US in 1899. Retired in 1951.

Returned to Hollywood during the advent of sound to direct German-language versions of American films.

Entered pictures in the mid-teens then left for ten years, returning in 1926.

Prominent director in Hollywood between 1915-21.

Brother of actress Hedwiga Reicher.

Son of actor Emanuel Reicher.