Dwight Frye acteur
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula, Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein.Frye was born in Salina, Kansas. Nicknamed The Man with the Thousand-Watt Stare, and The Man of a Thousand Deaths, he specialized in the portrayal of mentally unbalanced characters, including his signature role, the madman Renfield in Tod Brownings 1931 version of Dracula. Later that same year he also played the hunchbacked assistant in the film Frankenstein. (This character, named Fritz, is often mistakenly referred to as Ygor, a character originated by Béla Lugosi in the later film Son of Frankenstein.)Frye had a prominent role in the 1933 horror film The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas, and Fay Wray, in which he played Herman, a half-wit suspected of being a killer. He also had a memorable role in the classic Bride of Frankenstein, in which he played Karl. The part of Karl was originally much longer and many extra scenes of Frye were shot as a sub plot but were edited out of the final version to shorten the running time as well as to appease the censor boards. The most memorable of these cut scenes was that of Karl killing the Burgomaster portrayed by E. E. Clive. No known prints of these scenes survive today, but photographs of the scene were used to illustrate the scenes synopsis and are included in the recent Universal DVD release of the film.During the early 1940s, Frye alternated between film roles and appearing on stage in a variety of productions ranging from comedies to musicals, as well as appearing in a stage version of Dracula. In 1924 he played the Son in a translation of Luigi Pirandellos Six Characters in Search of an Author.[1] There was a Dwight Frye Fan Club at one time,[2] but it is currently dormant. He also made a contribution to the war effort by working nights as a tool designer for Lockheed Aircraft. Fryes strong resemblance to former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker helped land him what would have been a substantial role in the biographical film Wilson, based on the life of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, but he died of a heart attack while riding on a bus in Hollywood a few days before filming was to have begun.Frye was interred in Glendales Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwight Frye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Renfield
Film 1931
Fritz
Film 1931
Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)
Film 1942
Rudi a Vasarian
Film 1943
Monk, Gangster
Film 1930
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Film 1928
Wilmer Cook
Film 1931
Zolarr
Film 1943
Herman Gleib
Film 1933
SS Paradise Radio Operator (uncredited)
Film 1937
Flandrin
Film 1933
Arsonist
Film 1938
Renfield (archive footage)
Film 2000
Fritz / Karl (archive footage)
Film 1991
Marshall (uncredited)
Film 1938
Vindecco
Film 1937
Mr. Owen
Film 1938
Vint Glade
Film 1930
Swanson
Film 1936
Haldine (uncredited)
Film 1943
Spike Jonas
Film 1935
Sidney Z. Wheeler
Film 1938
Hostage
Film 1943
John Colley
Film 1938
Hysterical patient
Film 1937
McBride
Film 1936
Theatre Audience Spectator
Film 1927
Film 1941
Fouquet's Valet
Film 1939
Speavy
Film 1940
Rader
Film 1941
Gravet, 'the Jackal'
Film 1938
Robert Wayne
Film 1932
Mr. Easton (makeup supervisor)
Film 1937
Dr. Thomas
Film 1935
Eddie Anders
Film 1940
Balcony Heckler (uncredited)
Film 1926
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1933
Alex
Film 1938
Pavlov's Secretary (Uncredited)
Film 1940
James Wallace
Film 1932
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Film 1943
Leo Qualen
Film 1941
Dick Loomis
Film 1932
Radio Operator
Film 1941
Jenkins
Film 1936
Roger Unthank (uncredited)
Film 1935
Renfield (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1931
Jessop the Butler (uncredited)
Film 1931
Ziggy (uncredited)
Film 1942
(archive footage)
Film 1998
Chick Lewis
Film 1932
