Frankie Lee
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.
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![]() Pauline Frederick, Frankie Lee, and Percy Standing in Bonds of Love (1919) | |
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Died | July 29, 1970 58) Los Angeles, California | (aged
Cause of death | Gunshot wound injuries |
Occupation | film actor |
Years active | 1916–1925 |
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.
Partial filmography
- The Right to Be Happy (1916)
- God's Crucible (1917)
- The Soul of Satan (1917)
- One Touch of Sin (1917)
- Quicksand (1918)
- Cheating the Public (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)
- Moon Madness (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Foolish Matrons (1921)
- The Killer (1921)
- Shame (1921)
- The Swamp (1921)
- The Sin of Martha Queed (1921)
- Shattered Idols (1922)
- Deserted at the Altar (1922)
- The Third Alarm (1922)
- While Justice Waits (1922)
- The Flame of Life (1923)
- The Barefoot Boy (1923)
- Children of Dust (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.
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