Frankie Lee
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Frankie Lee | |
|---|---|
 Pauline Frederick, Frankie Lee, and Percy Standing in Bonds of Love (1919) | |
| Born | December 31, 1911 |
| Died | July 29, 1970 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | film actor |
| Years active | 1916–1925 |
Frankie Lee (December 31, 1911 – July 29, 1970), was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film The Miracle Man, he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony faith healer just after Lon Chaney.
He is the older brother of child actor Davey Lee.
He was born in Gunnison, Colorado, United States.
Death
On July 29, 1970, Lee was shot in the head four times while he was asleep in his studio apartment in Los Angeles, California, 5 months before his 59th birthday.
Selected filmography
- Quicksand (1918)
- Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
- Rough Riding Romance (1919)
- The Miracle Man (1919)
- Bonds of Love (1919)
- Jinx (1919)
- Nurse Marjorie (1920)
- An Old Fashioned Boy (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Foolish Matrons (1921)
- Shame (1921)
- The Swamp (1921)
- Deserted at the Altar (1922)
- The Third Alarm (1922)
- While Justice Waits (1922)
- The Flame of Life (1923)
- Barefoot Boy (1923)
- The Age of Desire (1923)
- The Hero (1923)
- Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
- The Golden Strain (1925)
Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 53-54.
- Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses, McFarland, 2002, p. 204.
External links
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- Frankie Lee at IMDb
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