Frank Reicher
Frank Rich ( born December 2, 1875 as Franz rich in Munich, † January 19, 1965 in Inglewood, California, United States ) was a German - American actor and director.
- 2.1 director
- 2.2 Acting
Life and work
Am Theater
The son of Emanuel Reicher and early, not even 30 years old, died of peritonitis singer Hedwig Reicher - Kindermann ( 1853-1883 ) began his stage career in the 1890s as Franz rich in Oldenburg. There he also met his future wife, two and a quarter years younger Ella Sartorius know; the marriage lasted until her death in April 1947.
In 1899, Frank Rich decided to emigrate to the USA. In New York City he began in September 1899 with his partner as Fritz in Becky Sharp a long-lasting Broadway career. Until March 1926 Rich played among others in the pieces When Knighthood what about in Flower, The Cavalier, The Little Princess, Ingomar, The Taming of the Shrew, Joan the Baptist, Our American Cousin, Children of Destiny, The Scarecrow, The Pigeon, Much Ado nothing, The Rivals, The Honeymoon, Pariah, Divorcons, The Secret, Marie- Odile, Mary Stuart, Cloister, Countess Julia, Ambush, He Who Gets Slapped, From Morn to Midnight and The Goat song.
End of September 1910 was rich his debut as a theater director with the play The Deserters. This was followed from 1921 to 1925 his productions of Liliom, Back to Methuselah, From Morn to Midnight, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, The Fake, Carnival, A Tale of the Wolf, The Grand Duchess and the Waiter and The Monkey Talks. In 1911 he became an American citizen.
In the film
Although Rich had been collected from 1915 to 1921 as an abundant experience of silent movies, the celluloid industry for him began only in 1926, winning with his relocation to Hollywood in importance. Rich played in a plethora of productions small and medium rollers; famous, however, made him only one: In the legendary first King Kong movie King Kong and the white woman he embodied the ship's captain Englehorn that brings the film crew to the remote Pacific island with the giant ape. In the far less spectacular sequel King Kong's son, he took in the same year 1933 this role again. In the following time you sat Reicher often as a doctor, professor and scientist. With tiny roles he was seen also in legendary productions William Dieterle, Ernst Lubitsch and Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo on the page. In 1951, Frank Reicher withdrew into private life.
Family
His half-siblings Hedwiga rich and Ernst Reicher have also worked as an actor.