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Actor

Tommy Lee

Born February 19, 1901 in Los Angeles, California, USADied June 19, 197616 films

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The best way into Tommy Lee's work
The Sand Pebbles posterFirst watchThe Sand Pebbles19667.2as ChienA supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
The Gunfighter poster7.4The Gunfighter1950Rooster Cogburn poster6.4Rooster Cogburn1975The Breaking Point poster7.0The Breaking Point1950The Blue Gardenia poster6.5The Blue Gardenia1953Macao poster6.3Macao1952

Filmography

16 films as actor
  1. 1975Rooster CogburnChen Lee
  2. 1974Judge Dee and the Monastery MurdersTrue Wisdom
  3. 1966The Sand PebblesChien
  4. 1954The Shanghai StoryPoliceman (uncredited)
  5. 1953The Blue GardeniaWaiter (uncredited)
  6. 1952MacaoChinese Victim (uncredited)
  7. 1950The Breaking PointChinese Immigrant (uncredited)
  8. 1950The GunfighterLong Fu - Cayenne Restaurant Cook (uncredited)
  9. 1950The Capture
  10. 1949AbandonedPool Player (uncredited)
  11. 1947SaigonOxcart Driver (uncredited)
  12. 1945First Yank into TokyoJapanese Sentry (uncredited)
  13. 1942Reunion in FranceJapanese Man (uncredited)
  14. 1942Wake Island
  15. 1940VictoryChinese Houseboy
  16. 1936The General Died at DawnWaiter on Train (uncredited)