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Lee Tung Foo

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 21, 1875 (Died at 91)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthWatsonville, California, USA
Career Span1932 – 1966
Known Credits38 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.6

Lee Tung Foo

Also known as:Lee Tong FooFrank Lee
Total Works

38

36 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Laura
7.6
Laura
1944•movie
as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
Criss Cross
7.1
Criss Cross
1949•movie
as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
6.5
as Asian Bartender (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942•movie
as Sam Wing On

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 38 titles featuring Lee Tung Foo

Laura
7.6
Laura
1944•movie

as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)

Criss Cross
7.1
Criss Cross
1949•movie

as Chinese Cook (uncredited)

They Were Expendable
6.5

as Asian Bartender (uncredited)

Across the Pacific
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942•movie

as Sam Wing On

Annie Get Your Gun
6.7
Annie Get Your Gun
1950•movie

as Chinese Cook on Train (uncredited)

The Sheepman
6.9
The Sheepman
1958•movie

as Willie (uncredited)

Invisible Agent
5.8
Invisible Agent
1942•movie

as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)

Mr. Wong, Detective
5.6

as Tchin

Mr. Wong in Chinatown
5.4

as Willie

The Mystery of Mr. Wong
5.9

as Willie

The Cariboo Trail
6.4
The Cariboo Trail
1950•movie

as Ling

The General Died at Dawn
6.5

as Mr. Chen

Mission to Moscow
5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943•movie

as Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)

Calcutta
6.4
Calcutta
1946•movie

as Kim (uncredited)

Mrs. Parkington
6.0
Mrs. Parkington
1944•movie

as Sam (uncredited)

The Chinese Ring
5.2
The Chinese Ring
1947•movie

as Armstrong's Majordomo

Phantom of Chinatown
6.0

as Foo

Dead Men Tell
6.5
Dead Men Tell
1941•movie

as Ship's Cook (Uncredited)

Phantom Raiders
6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940•movie

as Mr. Yamamoto

The Purple Heart
6.1
The Purple Heart
1944•movie
Flight Command
5.9
Flight Command
1940•movie

as Jung, Gary's Servant

They Knew What They Wanted
6.0

as Ah Gee, the Cook

Saigon
6.0
Saigon
1947•movie

as Farmer (uncredited)

Behind the Rising Sun
6.1

as Dinner Guest

The Skull Murder Mystery
5.8

as Wang Yun

Barbary Coast Gent
5.5
Barbary Coast Gent
1944•movie

as Wong Gee (uncredited)

Top of the Town
6.0
Top of the Town
1937•movie

as Chinese Ambassador

Stand Up and Fight
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939•movie

as Chinese cook

Barricade
6.5
Barricade
1939•movie

as Houseboy

Short Grass
6.0
Short Grass
1950•movie

as Lin

Secret of the Wastelands
4.3

as Doy Kee

California Passage
6.0
California Passage
1950•movie

as Cook (uncredited)

Dangerous Assignment
5.3
1 eps
Strange Gamble
6.5
Strange Gamble
1948•movie

as Wong

The Checkered Coat
8.2
The Checkered Coat
1948•movie

as Kim

There's a Girl in My Heart
7.0

as Charlie Li

Badlands of Montana
7.0

as Ling

Terry and the Pirates
5.0
1 eps