Frankie Lee
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Frankie Lee | |
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Lee in 1923 | |
| Born | December 31, 1911 Gunnison, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 1970 (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound injuries |
| Occupation | 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.
Partial filmography
Pauline Frederick, Frankie Lee, and Percy Standing in Bonds of Love (1919).
- The Right to Be Happy (1916)
- Her Husband's Faith (1916)
- The Boss of the Lazy Y (1917)
- The Bronze Bride (1917)
- 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)
- The Westerners (1919)
- Jinx (1919)
- Nurse Marjorie (1920)
- An Old Fashioned Boy (1920)
- Moon Madness (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Poverty of Riches (1921)
- The Foolish Matrons (1921)
- The Killer (1921)
- Shame (1921)
- The Swamp (1921)
- The Sin of Martha Queed (1921)
- The Other Woman (1921)
- Shattered Idols (1922)
- Heart's Haven (1922)
- The Scrapper (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)
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