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Birthday: Apr 21, 1875
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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
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
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