Lee Tung Foo
Biography
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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.
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Full filmography
- Dangerous Assignment (1952)
- Laura (1944) as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
- Terry and the Pirates (1952)
- They Were Expendable (1945) as Asian Bartender (uncredited)
- Criss Cross (1949) as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
- The Sheepman (1958) as Willie (uncredited)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1950) as Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
- The Cariboo Trail (1950) as Ling
- Invisible Agent (1942) as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow (1943) as Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)
- Across the Pacific (1942) as Sam Wing On
- Mrs. Parkington (1944) as Sam (uncredited)
- Saigon (1947) as Farmer (uncredited)
- The General Died at Dawn (1936) as Mr. Chen
- Flight Command (1940) as Jung, Gary's Servant
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) as Willie
- Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) as Tchin
- Calcutta (1946) as Kim (uncredited)
- Phantom Raiders (1940) as Mr. Yamamoto
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) as Willie
- Stand Up and Fight (1939) as Chinese cook
- Secret of the Wastelands (1941) as Doy Kee
- The Chinese Ring (1947) as Armstrong's Majordomo
- Top of the Town (1937) as Chinese Ambassador