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