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