Birthday
1899/02/22
Day of death
1943/11/07 (44 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Salina, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Dwight Iliff Fry, Dwight I. Frye
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Frye was born in Salina, Kansas. Nicknamed "The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare," and "The Man of a Thousand Deaths," he specialized in the portrayal of mentally unbalanced characters, including his signature role, the madman Renfield in Tod Browning's 1931 ...Read more
(1931) Dracula
as Renfield
(1935) Bride of Frankenstein
as Karl
(1931) Frankenstein
as Fritz
(1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)
(1943) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Rudi a Vasarian
(1930) The Doorway to Hell
as Monk, Gangster
(1928) The Night Bird
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1931) The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
(1943) Dead Men Walk
as Zolarr
(1933) The Vampire Bat
as Herman Gleib
(1937) Sea Devils
as SS Paradise Radio Operator (uncredited)
(1933) The Circus Queen Murder
as Flandrin
(1938) Think It Over
as Arsonist
(2000) The Many Faces of Dracula
as Renfield (archive footage)
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Fritz / Karl (archive footage)
(1938) Sinners in Paradise
as Marshall (uncredited)
(1938) Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Mr. Owen
(1937) The Shadow
as Vindecco
(1930) Man to Man
as Vint Glade
(1936) Beware Of Ladies
as Swanson
(1943) Submarine Alert
as Haldine (uncredited)
(1935) Atlantic Adventure
as Spike Jonas
(1938) Fast Company
as Sidney Z. Wheeler
(1943) Hangmen Also Die!
as Hostage
(1938) The Night Hawk
as John Colley
(1937) The Man Who Found Himself
as Hysterical patient
(1936) Alibi for Murder
as McBride
(1927) Upstream
as Theatre Audience Spectator
(1941) The Blonde from Singapore
as ---
(1939) The Man in the Iron Mask
as Fouquet's Valet
(1940) Drums of Fu Manchu
as Prof. Anderson
(1940) Sky Bandits
as Speavy
(1941) Mystery Ship
as Rader
(1938) Adventure in Sahara
as Gravet, 'the Jackal'
(1932) A Strange Adventure
as Robert Wayne
(1940) Gangs of Chicago
as Pinky
(1937) Something to Sing About
as Mr. Easton (makeup supervisor)
(1935) The Crime of Doctor Crespi
as Dr. Thomas
(1940) Phantom Raiders
as Eddie Anders
(1926) Exit Smiling
as Balcony Heckler (uncredited)
(1933) The Invisible Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1938) Invisible Enemy
as Alex
(1940) The Son of Monte Cristo
as Pavlov's Secretary (Uncredited)
(1932) Attorney for the Defense
as James Wallace
(1943) Dangerous Blondes
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
(1941) Flying Blind
as Leo Qualen
(1932) The Western Code
as Dick Loomis
(1941) Devil Pays Off
as Radio Operator
(1936) Florida Special
as Jenkins
(1935) The Great Impersonation
as Roger Unthank (uncredited)
(1931) Drácula
as Renfield (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1931) The Black Camel
as Jessop the Butler (uncredited)
(1942) Don't Talk
as Ziggy (uncredited)
(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1932) By Whose Hand?
as Chick Lewis