Lee Tung Foo
Born
21 April 1875 (150)
Place of Birth
Watsonville, California, USA
Also known as
Lee Tong Foo, Frank Lee
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Tung Foo (also known as Frank Lee) was a Chinese American Vaudeville performer born in California who performed in English, German, and Latin. He became a film actor later in his life. At the age of 45, he ran a Chinese restaurant he bought in New York City called Jung Sy Mandarin Restaurant. He opened a second restaurant, Imig Sy, and both were strategically placed near Broadway. By the 1930s he returned to theater work, playing some minor roles until...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Tung Foo (also known as Frank Lee) was a Chinese American Vaudeville performer born in California who performed in English, German, and Latin. He became a film actor later in his life. At the age of 45, he ran a Chinese restaurant he bought in New York City called Jung Sy Mandarin Restaurant. He opened a second restaurant, Imig Sy, and both were strategically placed near Broadway. By the 1930s he returned to theater work, playing some minor roles until 1932, when he was cast as Wang Yun in the film, The Skull Murder Mystery. He continued with minor roles, being cast as the servant of the Detective, Mr. Wong, in the 1939 film The Mystery of Mr. Wong. His last work was in The Manchurian Candidate, an uncredited role as a "Man in Lobby" at the age of 87.
Filmography (36)
The Sheepman
1958
Badlands of Montana
1957
Short Grass
1950
California Passage
1950
The Cariboo Trail
1950
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
Criss Cross
1949
Strange Gamble
1948
The Checkered Coat
1948
The Chinese Ring
1947
Saigon
1947
Calcutta
1946
They Were Expendable
1945
Mrs. Parkington
1944
Laura
1944
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
The Purple Heart
1944
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
Mission to Moscow
1943
Across the Pacific
1942
Invisible Agent
1942
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
Dead Men Tell
1941
Flight Command
1940
Phantom of Chinatown
1940
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
Phantom Raiders
1940
Barricade
1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
Stand Up and Fight
1939
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
Top of the Town
1937
The General Died at Dawn
1936
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932