Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/22/1899
Place of Birth
Salina, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
Dwight Iliff FryDwight I. Frye
Dwight Frye
Biography
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 Franke...
Known For
The Shadow
as Vindecco
Flying Blind
as Leo Qualen
Drácula
as Renfield (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula
as Renfield
The Western Code
as Dick Loomis
Frankenstein
as Fritz
Bride of Frankenstein
as Karl
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Mr. Owen
Fast Company
as Sidney Z. Wheeler
Upstream
as Theatre Audience Spectator
Phantom Raiders
as Eddie Anders
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Fouquet's Valet
Invisible Enemy
as Alex
Submarine Alert
as Haldine (uncredited)
Sea Devils
as SS Paradise Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mystery Ship
as Rader
Attorney for the Defense
as James Wallace
Hangmen Also Die!
as Hostage