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
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Salina, Kansas, USA
    Birthday
    2/22/1899
Dracula
Dracula
7.2
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
7.5
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
7.5
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein
5.8
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
6.2
The Doorway to Hell
The Doorway to Hell
6.3
The Night Bird
The Night Bird
6
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
6.4
Dead Men Walk
Dead Men Walk
4.6
The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat
5.4
Sea Devils
Sea Devils
5.7
The Circus Queen Murder
The Circus Queen Murder
5
Think It Over
Think It Over
6.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula
5
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
5.7
Sinners in Paradise
Sinners in Paradise
5.3
Who Killed Gail Preston?
Who Killed Gail Preston?
6
The Shadow
The Shadow
6.5
Man to Man
Man to Man
5.7
Beware Of Ladies
5
Submarine Alert
Submarine Alert
4.6
Atlantic Adventure
Atlantic Adventure
5.5
Fast Company
Fast Company
5.4
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
The Night Hawk
The Night Hawk
0
The Man Who Found Himself
The Man Who Found Himself
7
Alibi for Murder
Alibi for Murder
5.5
Upstream
Upstream
5.8
The Blonde from Singapore
The Blonde from Singapore
5
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask
7.1
Drums of Fu Manchu
Drums of Fu Manchu
6.1
Sky Bandits
Sky Bandits
5
Mystery Ship
Mystery Ship
0
Adventure in Sahara
Adventure in Sahara
5.6
A Strange Adventure
A Strange Adventure
5
Gangs of Chicago
Gangs of Chicago
5.3
Something to Sing About
Something to Sing About
6.2
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
4.5
Phantom Raiders
Phantom Raiders
6.1
Exit Smiling
Exit Smiling
7.9
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
7.5
Invisible Enemy
Invisible Enemy
6
The Son of Monte Cristo
The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2
Attorney for the Defense
Attorney for the Defense
6
Dangerous Blondes
Dangerous Blondes
6
Flying Blind
Flying Blind
5
The Western Code
The Western Code
0
Devil Pays Off
Devil Pays Off
3.3
Florida Special
Florida Special
6
The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation
0
Drácula
Drácula
6.7
The Black Camel
The Black Camel
6
Don't Talk
Don't Talk
5.6
Universal Horror
Universal Horror
7.2
By Whose Hand?
By Whose Hand?
6
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