Lee Tung Foo
Acting • Born 1875-04-21 – Died 1966-05-01
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
38 credits
Mr. Wong, Detective
Movie • 1938
Tchin
Strange Gamble
Movie • 1948
Wong
Criss Cross
Movie • 1949
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
Movie • 1942
Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
Movie • 1942
Sam Wing On
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Movie • 1939
Willie
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Movie • 1939
Willie
The Cariboo Trail
Movie • 1950
Ling
Short Grass
Movie • 1950
Lin
The Purple Heart
Movie • 1944
The Sheepman
Movie • 1958
Willie (uncredited)
Calcutta
Movie • 1946
Kim (uncredited)
The Checkered Coat
Movie • 1948
Kim
The Chinese Ring
Movie • 1947
Armstrong's Majordomo
Barbary Coast Gent
Movie • 1944
Wong Gee (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
Movie • 1944
Sam (uncredited)
Laura
Movie • 1944
Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
Secret of the Wastelands
Movie • 1941
Doy Kee
Barricade
Movie • 1939
Houseboy
Flight Command
Movie • 1940
Jung, Gary's Servant
Phantom of Chinatown
Movie • 1940
Foo
Phantom Raiders
Movie • 1940
Mr. Yamamoto
They Knew What They Wanted
Movie • 1940
Ah Gee, the Cook
There's a Girl in My Heart
Movie • 1949
Charlie Li
California Passage
Movie • 1950
Cook (uncredited)
Top of the Town
Movie • 1937
Chinese Ambassador
The Skull Murder Mystery
Movie • 1932
Wang Yun
Badlands of Montana
Movie • 1957
Ling
Dead Men Tell
Movie • 1941
Ship's Cook
Stand Up and Fight
Movie • 1939
Chinese cook
Behind the Rising Sun
Movie • 1943
Dinner Guest
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
Movie • 1936
Mr. Chen
They Were Expendable
Movie • 1945
Asian Bartender (uncredited)
Saigon
Movie • 1947
Farmer (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun
Movie • 1950
Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
Terry and the Pirates
TV • 1952
Dangerous Assignment
TV • 1952