Lee Tung Foo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 21, 1875
- Died
- May 1, 1966
- Birthplace
- Watsonville, California, USA
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
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
Actor
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)
Flight Command 1940
as Jung, Gary's Servant
Phantom of Chinatown 1940
as Foo
They Knew What They Wanted 1940
as Ah Gee, the Cook
Phantom Raiders 1940
as Mr. Yamamoto
Barricade 1939
as Houseboy
Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939
as Willie
The Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939
as Willie
Stand Up and Fight 1939
as Chinese cook
Mr. Wong, Detective 1938
as Tchin
Top of the Town 1937
as Chinese Ambassador
The General Died at Dawn 1936
as Mr. Chen
The Skull Murder Mystery 1932
as Wang Yun
Credits from TMDB.