Lee Tung Foo
Lee Tung Foo (also known as Frank Lee) was a Chinese American Vaudeville performer born in California who performed in English, German, and Latin.[1][2][3] 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.
Filmography
- The General Died at Dawn - 1936[4]
- Top of the Town - 1937[4]
- Waikiki Wedding - 1937[4]
- Change of Heart - 1938[4]
- Mr. Wong, Detective - 1938[4]
- Barricade - 1939[4]
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown - 1939[4]
- Stand Up and Fight - 1939[4]
- Flight Command - 1940[4]
- Phantom of Chinatown - 1940[4]
- Phantom Raiders - 1940[4]
- They Knew What They Wanted - 1940[4]
- Dance Girl Dance - 1940[5]
- Across the Pacific - 1942[6]
- Laura - 1944[7]
- Cariboo Trail - 1950[8]
References
- ^ Sixty years of California song By Rosana Margaret Kroh Blake Alversonwas
- ^ Yellowface: creating the Chinese in American popular music and performance by Moon, Krystyn R., pp 146-147
- ^ Lee Tung Foo and the Making of a Chinese American Vaudevillian, 1900s-1920s by Moon, Krystyn R., Journal of Asian American Studies - Volume 8, Number 1, February 2005, pp. 23-48
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1931-1940 The American Film Institute, University of California Press, Pg 248
- ^ nytimes.com The Screen in Review; Laughton in 'They Knew What They Wanted' at Music Hall--Dance, Girl, Dance' at Palace--New Films at Loew's State, Rialto and Cinecitta by Bosley Crowther, New York Times, Published: October 11, 1940
- ^ nytimes.com THE SCREEN; 'Across the Pacific,' Featuring Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in a Tingling Thriller, Arrives at Strand By Bosley Crowther, New York Times, Published: September 5, 1942
- ^ nytimes.com At the Roxy, by T.M.P., New York Times, Published: October 12, 1944
- ^ Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide By Leonard Maltin, pg 214
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