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Lee Tung Foo
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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, 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.
As actor
The Sheepman
Badlands of Montana
The Cariboo Trail
Short Grass
California Passage
Annie Get Your Gun
Criss Cross
There's a Girl in My Heart
Strange Gamble
The Checkered Coat
The Chinese Ring
Saigon
Calcutta
They Were Expendable
The Purple Heart
Barbary Coast Gent
Mrs. Parkington
Laura
Behind the Rising Sun
Mission to Moscow
Invisible Agent
Across the Pacific
Secret of the Wastelands
Dead Men Tell
Flight Command
Phantom of Chinatown
Phantom Raiders
They Knew What They Wanted
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
The Mystery of Mr. Wong