Acting

Eddie Lee

Born July 28, 1899 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died August 20, 1979 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

Hell and High Water · 1954

Hell and High Water

★ 6.01954

MovieAdventureDrama

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.

Lady of the Tropics · 1939

Lady of the Tropics

★ 6.51939

MovieRomanceDrama

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Too Hot to Handle · 1938

Too Hot to Handle

★ 6.11938

MovieComedyAdventure

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

Reunion in France · 1942

Reunion in France

★ 6.51942

MovieDramaRomance

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

To the Ends of the Earth · 1948

To the Ends of the Earth

★ 5.91948

MovieThriller

A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

Filmography

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Hell and High Water · 1954

Sailor on Bridge (uncredited)

Chinese Interpreter (uncredited)

Lady of the Tropics · 1939

Lady of the Tropics

★ 6.51939

MovieRomanceDrama

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Delaroch's Servant

Too Hot to Handle · 1938

Too Hot to Handle

★ 6.11938

MovieComedyAdventure

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Reunion in France · 1942

Reunion in France

★ 6.51942

MovieDramaRomance

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Japanese Man (uncredited)

To the Ends of the Earth · 1948

To the Ends of the Earth

★ 5.91948

MovieThriller

A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.

Chian Soo (uncredited)

After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job for profiteers Maris to finance a good time for his buddy. As the plane takes off he shoves Maris' secretary Susan on board. When Mike falls for her, Larry tells her to play along for Mike's sake. She, of course, falls for Larry.

Teahouse Merchant (uncredited)

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

Sam Wong - Marie's Houseboy (uncredited)

Behind the Rising Sun · 1943

Behind the Rising Sun

★ 6.11943

MovieWarDrama

A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.

Sergeant

Headin' for God's Country · 1943

Headin' for God's Country

★ 8.01943

MovieActionDrama

In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.

Gim Lung

Happiness Ahead · 1934

Happiness Ahead

★ 6.61934

MovieRomanceMusic

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Chinese Waiter

She Learned About Sailors · 1934

She Learned About Sailors

★ 4.01934

MovieComedyDrama

Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of the opinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that he will not see her again, but two practical jokers intercept it and write another with an opposite content. Jean comes to the states, but her sailor doesn't acknowledge her, but the two don't give up trying to bring Jean and sailor back together.

Rickshaw Driver

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.

Jim Wong, Bank Clerk (uncredited)

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.

Rookie - Captain Andrew's Servant (uncredited)

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.

Wah - Consulate Servant

The Shanghai Story · 1954

The Shanghai Story

★ 5.01954

MovieDramaRomance

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.

Policeman (uncredited)

Half Past Midnight · 1948

Half Past Midnight

★ 7.01948

MovieCrimeMystery

A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.

Chinese Man in Alley

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

Chinese Clerk

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Guerrilla (uncredited)

Singapore · 1947

Singapore

★ 6.11947

MovieAdventureRomance

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

Waiter (uncredited)

Panic on the Air · 1936

Panic on the Air

★ 5.81936

MovieComedyCrime

A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune, they use the radio show to foil the plan.

McNulty

Mary Jane's Pa · 1935

Mary Jane's Pa

★ 6.81935

MovieDrama

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

Chinese Man