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.
Filmography
The Sheepman
1958
as Willie (uncredited)
Badlands of Montana
1957
as Ling
Short Grass
1950
as Lin
California Passage
1950
as Cook (uncredited)
The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Ling
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949
as Charlie Li
Criss Cross
1949
as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Strange Gamble
1948
as Wong
The Checkered Coat
1948
as Kim
The Chinese Ring
1947
as Armstrong's Majordomo
Saigon
1947
as Farmer (uncredited)
Calcutta
1946
as Kim (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945
as Asian Bartender (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Sam (uncredited)
Laura
1944
as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Wong Gee (uncredited)
The Purple Heart
1944
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
as Dinner Guest
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
1942
as Sam Wing On
Invisible Agent
1942
as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)
Secret of the Wastelands
1941
as Doy Kee
Dead Men Tell
1941
as Ship's Cook (Uncredited)