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