Lee Tung Foo photo

Lee Tung Foo

Acting

  • Born
  • April 21, 1875
  • Died
  • May 1, 1966
  • Place of birth
  • Watsonville, California, USA

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 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.

As actor 38

Dangerous Assignment poster
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Laura poster
Laura
1944
Terry and the Pirates poster
Terry and the Pirates
1952
They Were Expendable poster
They Were Expendable
1945
The Sheepman poster
The Sheepman
1958
Criss Cross poster
Criss Cross
1949
Annie Get Your Gun poster
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
Across the Pacific poster
Across the Pacific
1942
The General Died at Dawn poster
The General Died at Dawn
1936
Stand Up and Fight poster
Stand Up and Fight
1939
Invisible Agent poster
Invisible Agent
1942
Saigon poster
Saigon
1947
Mrs. Parkington poster
Mrs. Parkington
1944
Mission to Moscow poster
Mission to Moscow
1943
The Purple Heart poster
The Purple Heart
1944
The Cariboo Trail poster
The Cariboo Trail
1950
Behind the Rising Sun poster
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
California Passage poster
California Passage
1950
The Chinese Ring poster
The Chinese Ring
1947
Dead Men Tell poster
Dead Men Tell
1941
The Checkered Coat poster
The Checkered Coat
1948
Calcutta poster
Calcutta
1946
They Knew What They Wanted poster
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
The Mystery of Mr. Wong poster
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
Barbary Coast Gent poster
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
Mr. Wong, Detective poster
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
Mr. Wong in Chinatown poster
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
Phantom Raiders poster
Phantom Raiders
1940
Short Grass poster
Short Grass
1950
Flight Command poster
Flight Command
1940
Phantom of Chinatown poster
Phantom of Chinatown
1940
Badlands of Montana poster
Badlands of Montana
1957
Top of the Town poster
Top of the Town
1937
Strange Gamble poster
Strange Gamble
1948
Secret of the Wastelands poster
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
Barricade poster
Barricade
1939
There's a Girl in My Heart poster
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
The Skull Murder Mystery poster
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932