Lee Tung Foo

Personal Info

Birthday

April 21, 1875

Day of Death

1966-05-01

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Watsonville, California, USA

Also Known As

Lee Tong Foo

Frank Lee

Lee Tung 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.

Known For

Laura

They Were Expendable

Criss Cross

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

Mrs. Parkington

Across the Pacific

Flight Command

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Filmography

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