Lee Tung Foo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1875-04-21 (91 years old)

Deathday

1966-05-01

Place of Birth

Watsonville, California, USA

Lee Tung Foo

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 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, ...

Acting

1948

1949

Criss Cross

as Chinese Cook (uncredited)

1942

Invisible Agent

as Gen. Chin Lee (uncredited)

1942

Across the Pacific

as Sam Wing On

1950

1958

The Sheepman

as Willie (uncredited)

1946

Calcutta

as Kim (uncredited)

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)

1939

Barricade

as Houseboy

1940

Flight Command

as Jung, Gary's Servant

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Mr. Yamamoto

1940

They Knew What They Wanted

as Ah Gee, the Cook

1950

California Passage

as Cook (uncredited)

1937

Top of the Town

as Chinese Ambassador

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)

1945

They Were Expendable

as Asian Bartender (uncredited)

1947

Saigon

as Farmer (uncredited)

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