Lee Tung Foo

Birthday: 1875-04-21
Deathday: 1966-05-01
Birthplace: Watsonville, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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.

Credits

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