Dwight Frye
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-02-22 (44 years old)
Deathday
1943-11-07
Place of Birth
Salina, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Dwight Iliff Fry
Dwight I. Frye
Dwight Frye
Biography
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 version of Dracula. Later that same year he also played the hunchbacked assistant in the film Frankenstein. (This character, named Fritz, is often mis...
Acting
1931
as Renfield
1935
as Karl
1931
as Fritz
1942
as Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)
1943
as Rudi a Vasarian
1930
as Monk, Gangster
1928
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1931
as Wilmer Cook
1943
as Zolarr
1933
as Herman Gleib
1937
as SS Paradise Radio Operator (uncredited)
1933
as Flandrin
1938
as Arsonist
2000
as Renfield (archive footage)
1991
as Fritz / Karl (archive footage)
1938
as Marshall (uncredited)
1937
as Vindecco
1938
as Mr. Owen
1930
as Vint Glade
1936
as Swanson
1943
as Haldine (uncredited)
1935
as Spike Jonas
1938
as Sidney Z. Wheeler
1943
as Hostage
1938
as John Colley
1937
as Hysterical patient
1936
as McBride
1927
as Theatre Audience Spectator
1939
as Fouquet's Valet
1940
as Prof. Anderson
1940
as Speavy
1941
as Rader
1938
as Gravet, 'the Jackal'
1932
as Robert Wayne
1940
as Pinky
1937
as Mr. Easton (makeup supervisor)
1935
as Dr. Thomas
1940
as Eddie Anders
1926
as Balcony Heckler (uncredited)
1933
as Reporter (uncredited)
1938
as Alex
1940
as Pavlov's Secretary (Uncredited)
1932
as James Wallace
1943
as Hoodlum (uncredited)
1941
as Leo Qualen
1932
as Dick Loomis
1941
as Radio Operator
1936
as Jenkins
1935
as Roger Unthank (uncredited)
1931
as Renfield (archive footage) (uncredited)
1931
as Jessop the Butler (uncredited)
1942
as Ziggy (uncredited)
1998
as (archive footage)
1932
as Chick Lewis
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