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Lee Tung Foo

Lee Tung Foo
  • Name: Lee Tung Foo
  • Birthday: 1875-04-21
  • Also known as: Lee Tong Foo,Frank Lee
  • Place of birth: Watsonville, California, USA
  • Popularity: 1.497
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.... Read More

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Title Release date
The Sheepman   as  Willie (uncredited) 1958-05-01
Badlands of Montana   as  Ling 1957-05-01
Short Grass   as  Lin 1950-12-24
California Passage   as  Cook (uncredited) 1950-12-15
The Cariboo Trail   as  Ling 1950-08-01
There's a Girl in My Heart   as  Charlie Li 1949-12-19
Criss Cross   as  Chinese Cook (uncredited) 1949-02-04
Strange Gamble   as  Wong 1948-10-08
The Checkered Coat   as  Kim 1948-07-16
The Chinese Ring   as  Armstrong's Majordomo 1947-12-06
Calcutta   as  Kim (uncredited) 1946-12-20
They Were Expendable   as  Asian Bartender (uncredited) 1945-12-07
Mrs. Parkington   as  Sam (uncredited) 1944-10-12
Laura   as  Waldo's Servant (uncredited) 1944-10-11
Barbary Coast Gent   as  Wong Gee (uncredited) 1944-09-01
The Purple Heart 1944-02-25
Behind the Rising Sun   as  Dinner Guest 1943-08-01
Mission to Moscow   as  Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited) 1943-04-29
Across the Pacific   as  Sam Wing On 1942-09-04
Invisible Agent   as  Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited) 1942-08-07
Secret of the Wastelands   as  Doy Kee 1941-11-15
Dead Men Tell   as  Ship's Cook 1941-03-28
Flight Command   as  Jung, Gary's Servant 1940-12-27
Phantom of Chinatown   as  Foo 1940-11-18
They Knew What They Wanted   as  Ah Gee, the Cook 1940-10-19
Phantom Raiders   as  Mr. Yamamoto 1940-06-07
Barricade   as  Houseboy 1939-12-08
Mr. Wong in Chinatown   as  Willie 1939-08-01
The Mystery of Mr. Wong   as  Willie 1939-03-08
Stand Up and Fight   as  Chinese cook 1939-01-06
Mr. Wong, Detective   as  Tchin 1938-10-05
Top of the Town   as  Chinese Ambassador 1937-04-17
The General Died at Dawn   as  Mr. Chen 1936-11-17
The Skull Murder Mystery   as  Wang Yun 1932-03-01