Dwight Frye
Dwight Iliff Fry · Dwight I. Frye
- Туған күні:
- 1899-02-22
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1943-11-07
- Туған жері:
- Salina, Kansas, USA
Өмірбаяны
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
Фильмографиясы
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Renfield (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998
TMDb 7.1 / 10
(archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992
TMDb 10.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fritz / Karl (archive footage)
Dangerous Blondes
1943
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hoodlum (uncredited)
Submarine Alert
1943
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Haldine (uncredited)
Мертвецы идут
1943
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Zolarr
Палачи тоже умирают
1943
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Hostage
Франкенштейн встречает Человека-волка
1943
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rudi a Vasarian
Призрак Франкенштейна
1942
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Villager at Meeting / Grave Robber (flashback) (uncredited)
Don't Talk
1942
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ziggy (uncredited)
Devil Pays Off
1941
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Radio Operator
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Mystery Ship
1941
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Rader
Flying Blind
1941
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Leo Qualen
Сын Монте-Кристо
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Pavlov's Secretary (Uncredited)
Sky Bandits
1940
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Speavy
Phantom Raiders
1940
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Eddie Anders
Gangs of Chicago
1940
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pinky
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Prof. Anderson
Человек в железной маске
1939
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fouquet's Valet
Adventure in Sahara
1938
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Gravet, 'the Jackal'
The Night Hawk
1938
TMDb 10.0 / 10
John Colley
Think It Over
1938
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Arsonist
Fast Company
1938
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Sidney Z. Wheeler
Sinners in Paradise
1938
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Marshall (uncredited)
Invisible Enemy
1938
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Alex
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mr. Owen
The Shadow
1937
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Vindecco
Есть, о чем петь
1937
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Easton
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Hysterical patient
Sea Devils
1937
TMDb 6.0 / 10
SS Paradise Radio Operator (uncredited)
Beware Of Ladies
1936
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Swanson
Alibi for Murder
1936
TMDb 6.5 / 10
McBride
Florida Special
1936
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jenkins
The Great Impersonation
1935
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Roger Unthank (uncredited)
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Dr. Thomas
Atlantic Adventure
1935
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Spike Jonas
Невеста Франкенштейна
1935
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Karl
Человек-невидимка
1933
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Reporter (uncredited)
Убийство королевы цирка
1933
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Flandrin
Летучая мышь - вампир
1933
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Herman Gleib
A Strange Adventure
1932
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Robert Wayne
The Western Code
1932
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Dick Loomis
By Whose Hand?
1932
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Chick Lewis
Attorney for the Defense
1932
TMDb 6.6 / 10
James Wallace
Франкенштейн
1931
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Fritz
Чёрный верблюд
1931
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Jessop the Butler (uncredited)
Мальтийский сокол
1931
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Wilmer Cook
Дракула
1931
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Renfield (archive footage) (uncredited)
Дракула
1931
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Renfield
Man to Man
1930
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Vint Glade
Ворота в Ад
1930
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Monk, Gangster
Ночная птичка
1928
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Upstream
1927
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Theatre Audience Spectator
Уходит улыбаясь
1926
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Balcony Heckler (uncredited)