Lee Tung Foo
Birthday
1875/04/21
Day of death
1966/05/01 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Watsonville, California, USA
Also know as
Lee Tong Foo, Frank Lee
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...Read more
Acting
(1938) Mr. Wong, Detective
as Tchin
(1948) Strange Gamble
as Wong
(1949) Criss Cross
as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
(1942) Invisible Agent
as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)
(1942) Across the Pacific
as Sam Wing On
(1939) Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Willie
(1939) The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Willie
(1950) The Cariboo Trail
as Ling
(1950) Short Grass
as Lin
(1944) The Purple Heart
as ---
(1958) The Sheepman
as Willie (uncredited)
(1946) Calcutta
as Kim (uncredited)
(1948) The Checkered Coat
as Kim
(1947) The Chinese Ring
as Armstrong's Majordomo
(1944) Barbary Coast Gent
as Wong Gee (uncredited)
(1944) Mrs. Parkington
as Sam (uncredited)
(1944) Laura
as Waldo's Servant (uncredited)
(1941) Secret of the Wastelands
as Doy Kee
(1939) Barricade
as Houseboy
(1940) Flight Command
as Jung, Gary's Servant
(1940) Phantom of Chinatown
as Foo
(1940) Phantom Raiders
as Mr. Yamamoto
(1940) They Knew What They Wanted
as Ah Gee, the Cook
(1949) There's a Girl in My Heart
as Charlie Li
(1950) California Passage
as Cook (uncredited)
(1937) Top of the Town
as Chinese Ambassador
(1932) The Skull Murder Mystery
as Wang Yun
(1957) Badlands of Montana
as Ling
(1941) Dead Men Tell
as Ship's Cook
(1939) Stand Up and Fight
as Chinese cook
(1943) Behind the Rising Sun
as Dinner Guest
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as Tsiang Ting Fu - Chinese Ambassador (uncredited)
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as Mr. Chen
(1945) They Were Expendable
as Asian Bartender (uncredited)
(1952) Terry and the Pirates
as ---
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as ---