Dwight Frye

  • Main
  • Wikipedia
  • All Subpages
  • Create New
    /wiki/Dwight Fryecreator

    Dwight Frye (1899-1943) was an American actor remembered mostly for his appearances in the classic Universal Horror films Dracula, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein -- in which he codified both The Igor and The Renfield.

    Frye had an extensive and varied stage career (including a part in the first American production of Six Characters in Search of an Author), but his hot eyes and earnest delivery were a bit overpowering on film; Hollywood cast him mostly as pathetic nutcases. His untimely death by heart attack came just after he had signed on for a prominent "straight" role, as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State in a biopic about the former President.

    Inspired an Alice Cooper song: "The Ballad of Dwight Fry [sic]."

      This article is issued from Allthetropes. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.