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Revision as of 14:21, 11 November 2017

Captain Englehorn
Species Human
Nationality AmericanKK33-SoK
GermanKKvT, KK05
ScottishTMK
Occupation Captain
Related to None
First appearance King Kong (1933)
Played by Frank ReicherKK33-SoK,
Richard NewmanTMK,
Thomas KretschmannKK05

Captain Englehorn is the captain of the Venture and a supporting character in the 1933 film, King Kong, as well as its 2005 remake. He appears in most King Kong media in much the same role, but he is promoted to a major character in 1933's Son of Kong.


History

King Kong (1933)

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Son of Kong

One month after Kong's rampage, Englehorn was the butt of countless lawsuits, second only in blame and priority to Carl Denham, whom he took pity on and offered an escape as a trader in the South Pacific while the government had not yet seized the Venture. Denham accepted, and they sailed with a skeleton crew and very little cargo. They stopped in Dakang, where Denham dragged Englehorn to a show on the island, which Englehorn was thoroughly unimpressed by. The next day at a bar, Denham and Englehorn were approached by Nils Helstrom, who had sold Denham the map of Skull Island. Denham allowed him to come aboard in order to search for the alleged treasure of Skull Island to help them out of their bankruptcy. On board, Helstrom began to tell the crew of the horrors of Skull Island in order to pit them against Englehorn in order to assume command of the vessel, but when he tried to do that, the sailors threw him overboard as well. When they reached the shore, they discovered that the natives blamed them for the destruction caused by Kong on his way through the wall, and they find a rocky shore to land on, where Englehorn, Helstrom, and Charlie, the ship's cook waited for Denham and Hilda, a girl from the show who had stowed away after Helstrom killed her father, to return from their scouting mission. AFter they were gone for a long time, Englehorn's party went to look for them and found them at a temple, where Denham told Englehorn that he had discovered an infant Kong. They then left to search for food, and were cornered by a Styracosaurus. They waited out their attacker, and left to look for Denham and Petersen. They found them inside a temple with Little Kong. On seeing him, Helstrom ran for their boat, and the others ran after him to prevent him from taking it as an earthquake shook the island. They were forced to leave Denham behind, as he had gone to search the temple for treasure. As they sailed away, they saw Little Kong holding Denham out of the waters as the island sank, and they rescued him before drifting at sea until they were rescued by a military vessel.

The King Kong Show

Captain Englehorn in The King Kong Show

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The Mighty Kong

the Captain was hired by famous Producer C.B. Denham to sail to an undisclosed location in empty and infamously dangerous waters. The Captain, not wanting to endanger his crew, put it to a vote, and Denham's promise of fame and glory made them agree. On Skull Island, they encountered a tribe of natives which the Captain attempted to communicate with, but they seemed to demand Denham's star Ann Darrow remain, and they ran back to the ship, where Ann was kidnapped. He brought the crew back to the island with guns, and Ann was rescued, and the monster Kong was incapacitated. The Captain attempted to leave immedeately, but Denham and Darrow insisted they take Kong with them, and the CAptain was forced to comply. His part in the capture of Kong earned him a place in a stage show based on the encounter.

King Kong (2005)

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Books

King Kong (1932)

Captain Englehorn was the skipper of the S.S. Wanderer, and sailed to Skull Island with Carl Denham.

King Kong: The Island of the Skull

One year before the events of the 2005 film, Englehorn and his ship were hired by Carl Denham to sail to the Baffin Islands in search of a mythical giant orca named "Killer". After the weather got too rough to sail in, they stopped the boat at an island where Carl intended to get some footage. While Denham and his crew were away, Englehorn stayed with the ship until they came back with a wounded man. Englehorn then took the ship to Halifax, Nova Scotia to get him to a hospital. After the operation Englehorn took the ship back to New York. After a week or so, Denham went back to Englehorn to take the Venture back out to get more on location footage.

King Kong vs. Tarzan

During the events of the 1933 film, Driscoll and Ann return safely to the Venture after escaping Kong, and Denham entices them to capture the beast.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Captain Englehorn is the single most recurring character in the King Kong franchise aside from Kong himself, having appeared in three films as well as the animated series The King Kong Show.
  • In King Kong vs. Tarzan, Englehorn is suggested to be German, even in the 1933 continuity.

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