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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 21, 1875
Died
May 1, 1966
Place of Birth
Watsonville, California, USA
Also Known As
- Lee Tong Foo
- Frank Lee
Lee Tung Foo
1.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Willie (uncredited)
The Sheepman
1958
4.0
Ling
Badlands of Montana
1957
3.0
Terry and the Pirates
1952
3.5
Dangerous Assignment
1952
6.0
Lin
Short Grass
1950
4.0
Cook (uncredited)
California Passage
1950
6.4
Ling
The Cariboo Trail
1950
6.7
Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
0.0
Charlie Li
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
7.1
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Criss Cross
1949
Credits
The Sheepman
as Willie (uncredited)
1958
6.9
Badlands of Montana
as Ling
1957
4.0
Terry and the Pirates
1952
3.0
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
Short Grass
as Lin
1950
6.0
California Passage
as Cook (uncredited)
1950
4.0
The Cariboo Trail
as Ling
1950
6.4
Annie Get Your Gun
as Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
1950
6.7
There's a Girl in My Heart
as Charlie Li
1949
0.0
Criss Cross
as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
1949
7.1
Strange Gamble
as Wong
1948
4.0
The Checkered Coat
as Kim
1948
6.5
The Chinese Ring
as Armstrong's Majordomo
1947
4.9
Saigon
as Farmer (uncredited)
1947
5.8
Calcutta
as Kim (uncredited)
1946
6.3
They Were Expendable
as Asian Bartender (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Laura
as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
1944
7.6
Mrs. Parkington
as Sam (uncredited)
1944
5.9
Barbary Coast Gent
as Wong Gee (uncredited)
1944
4.6
The Purple Heart
1944
6.0
Behind the Rising Sun
as Dinner Guest
1943
5.7
Mission to Moscow
as Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Across the Pacific
as Sam Wing On
1942
6.6
Invisible Agent
as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Secret of the Wastelands
as Doy Kee
1941
4.0
Dead Men Tell
as Ship's Cook
1941
6.3
Flight Command
as Jung, Gary's Servant
1940
5.6
Phantom of Chinatown
as Foo
1940
5.8
They Knew What They Wanted
as Ah Gee, the Cook
1940
5.8
Phantom Raiders
as Mr. Yamamoto
1940
6.1
Barricade
as Houseboy
1939
5.3
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Willie
1939
5.3
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Willie
1939
5.7
Stand Up and Fight
as Chinese cook
1939
5.8
Mr. Wong, Detective
as Tchin
1938
5.5
Top of the Town
as Chinese Ambassador
1937
5.2
The General Died at Dawn
as Mr. Chen
1936
6.3
The Skull Murder Mystery
as Wang Yun
1932
4.8