Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

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 Browning's 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 scene's 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 Pirandello's 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. Frye's 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 Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwight Frye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Naslov: Dwight Frye
  • Priljubljenost: 2.219
  • Znan po: Acting
  • Rojstni dan: 1899-02-22
  • Kraj rojstva: Salina, Kansas, USA
  • Domača stran:
  • Poznan tudi kot: Dwight Iliff Fry, Dwight I. Frye
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  • 1931
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    Dracula

    Dracula

    7.2 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    Bride of Frankenstein

    7.5 1935 HD

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  • 1931
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    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    7.472 1931 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    5.819 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    6.204 1943 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Doorway to Hell

    The Doorway to Hell

    6.2 1930 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Night Bird

    The Night Bird

    6 1928 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon

    6.4 1931 HD

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  • 1943
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    Dead Men Walk

    Dead Men Walk

    4.6 1943 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Vampire Bat

    The Vampire Bat

    5.4 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.7 1937 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Circus Queen Murder

    The Circus Queen Murder

    5 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Think It Over

    Think It Over

    7 1938 HD

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  • 2000
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    The Many Faces of Dracula

    The Many Faces of Dracula

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  • 1991
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    Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    5.7 1991 HD

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  • 1938
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    Sinners in Paradise

    Sinners in Paradise

    5.3 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Shadow

    The Shadow

    6.5 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Who Killed Gail Preston?

    Who Killed Gail Preston?

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  • 1930
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    Man to Man

    Man to Man

    5.7 1930 HD

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  • 1936
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    Beware Of Ladies

    Beware Of Ladies

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1943
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    Submarine Alert

    Submarine Alert

    4.6 1943 HD

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  • 1935
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    Atlantic Adventure

    Atlantic Adventure

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Fast Company

    Fast Company

    5.4 1938 HD

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  • 1943
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    Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also Die!

    6.9 1943 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Night Hawk

    The Night Hawk

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Man Who Found Himself

    The Man Who Found Himself

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Alibi for Murder

    Alibi for Murder

    5.5 1936 HD

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  • 1927
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    Upstream

    Upstream

    5.8 1927 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Blonde from Singapore

    The Blonde from Singapore

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    7.1 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Drums of Fu Manchu

    Drums of Fu Manchu

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Sky Bandits

    Sky Bandits

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Mystery Ship

    Mystery Ship

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1938
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    Adventure in Sahara

    Adventure in Sahara

    5.6 1938 HD

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  • 1932
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    A Strange Adventure

    A Strange Adventure

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1940
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    Gangs of Chicago

    Gangs of Chicago

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    Something to Sing About

    Something to Sing About

    6.2 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Crime of Doctor Crespi

    The Crime of Doctor Crespi

    4.5 1935 HD

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  • 1940
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    Phantom Raiders

    Phantom Raiders

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1926
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    Exit Smiling

    Exit Smiling

    7.9 1926 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

    7.5 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Invisible Enemy

    Invisible Enemy

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1932
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    Attorney for the Defense

    Attorney for the Defense

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1943
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    Dangerous Blondes

    Dangerous Blondes

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    Flying Blind

    Flying Blind

    5 1941 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Western Code

    The Western Code

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1941
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    Devil Pays Off

    Devil Pays Off

    3.3 1941 HD

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  • 1936
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    Florida Special

    Florida Special

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1931
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    Drácula

    Drácula

    6.746 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Black Camel

    The Black Camel

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1942
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    Don't Talk

    Don't Talk

    5.6 1942 HD

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  • 1998
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    Universal Horror

    Universal Horror

    7.2 1998 HD

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  • 1932
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    By Whose Hand?

    By Whose Hand?

    6 1932 HD

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