Lee Tung Foo

Lee Tung Foo

  • Birthday: 1875-04-21
  • Deathday: 1966-05-01
  • Place of birth: Watsonville, California, USA
  • Also know as: Lee Tong Foo

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.

Filmography

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

As Tchin

Across the Pacific

1942

As Sam Wing On

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939

As Willie

The Cariboo Trail

1950

As Ling

Laura

1944

As Waldo's Servant (uncredited)

Secret of the Wastelands

1941

As Doy Kee

Barricade

1939

As Houseboy

Flight Command

1940

As Jung, Gary's Servant

Phantom Raiders

1940

As Mr. Yamamoto

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

As Ah Gee, the Cook

There's a Girl in My Heart

1949

As Charlie Li

California Passage

1950

As Cook (uncredited)

Top of the Town

1937

As Chinese Ambassador

Badlands of Montana

1957

As Ling

The Skull Murder Mystery

1932

As Wang Yun

Dead Men Tell

1941

As Ship's Cook

Stand Up and Fight

1939

As Chinese cook

Behind the Rising Sun

1943

As Dinner Guest

Mission to Moscow

1943

As Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)

The General Died at Dawn

1936

As Mr. Chen

They Were Expendable

1945

As Asian Bartender (uncredited)

Strange Gamble

1948

As Wong

Short Grass

1950

As Lin

The Sheepman

1958

As Willie (uncredited)

Calcutta

1946

As Kim (uncredited)

The Checkered Coat

1948

As Kim

The Chinese Ring

1947

As Armstrong's Majordomo

Barbary Coast Gent

1944

As Wong Gee (uncredited)

Mrs. Parkington

1944

As Sam (uncredited)

Invisible Agent

1942

As Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)

Criss Cross

1949

As Chinese Cook (uncredited)

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