Dwight Frye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dwight Frye
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Feb 22, 1899(1899-02-22)
Age	125
Date Of Death	November 7, 1943, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Birthplace	Kansas
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas
Horoscope	Pisces

Dwight Frye Biography

Dwight Frye is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on February 22, 1899 in Kansas, Kansas, United States. American actor known for his deathly stare which garnered him several roles in horror classics such as Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein. His most prominent role may be that of Renfield in the 1931 version of Dracula.

He was a supporting actor to Erich Von Stroheim‘s lead role in The Crime of Dr. Crespi.

He was married to Laura Mae Bullivant from 1928 until he passed away from a heart attack while riding a Hollywood bus in 1943.

Dwight Frye Net Worth

Dwight Frye is one of the richest Movie Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dwight Frye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

One of his earliest roles came in 1924 when he played the Son in Six Characters in Search of an Author. He started acting in 1922.

He played Wilmer Cook in the original 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Dwight Frye height 5 feet 6 inches Dwight weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Dwight Frye Dating?

According to our records, Dwight Frye married to Laura Mae Bullivant. As of December 1, 2023, Dwight Frye’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Dwight Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dwight Frye celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.

Top Facts about Dwight Frye

1. Dwight Iliff Frye (born Fry) was an American character actor of stage and screen.
2. He is best known for his portrayals of neurotic, murderous villains in classic Universal horror films.
3. He studied for a career in music and first appeared as a concert pianist.
4. In 1931, he played Renfield in “Dracula” and Fritz in “Frankenstein”.
5. He specialized in playing mentally unbalanced characters.
6. In 1933, he appeared in “The Invisible Man” and in 1935 in “The Crime of Dr. Crespi”.
7. In 1935, he appeared in “Bride of Frankenstein”.
8. During the early 1940s, Frye alternated between film roles and appearing on stage.
9. In 1943, he died of a heart attack in Hollywood.
10. He is interred in Glendale’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
11. Alice Cooper wrote a tribute track to Dwight Frye entitled “The Ballad of Dwight Fry”.
12. Devil Doll’s 1990 album, Eliogabalus, features the photographed likeness of Dwight Frye on one of its booths.
13. SNFU’s 1991 compilation album The Last of the Big Time Suspenders features artwork of Dwight Frye as his “Renfield” character on the cover.
14. He made a contribution to the war effort by working nights as a tool designer for Lockheed Aircraft.
15. He had a few minor comedic roles in silent pictures with the coming of sound.

Was Dwight Frye in Son of Frankenstein?

He played similar characters in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); another appearance in Son of Frankenstein (1939) was deleted prior to release.

What happened to Dwight Fry?

An uncanny physical resemblance to then-Secretary of War Newton Baker led his to being signed to a substantial role in Wilson (1944), directed by Henry King, based on the life of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, but Frye succumbed to a heart-attack on a crowded bus a few days after being cast while returning home from a …

What year was Dracula made with Bela Lugosi?

Dracula
Based on| Dracula by Bram Stoker Dracula by Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston
Produced by| Tod Browning Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring| Bela Lugosi David Manners Helen Chandler Dwight Frye Edward Van Sloan
Cinematography| Karl Freund

Why did Bela Lugosi only play Dracula twice?

Lugosi Only Played the Legendary Vampire in Two Movies Though he had played the part in the stage show, Universal didn’t want Lugosi to reprise his role as Dracula on the big screen. William Courtenay, Ian Keith, and Conrad Veidt were among the higher-profile actors the studio considered first.

Who is the first vampire?

The first vampire started out as not a vampire at all, but as a human man named Ambrogio. He was an Italian-born adventurer who fate brought to Delphi, in Greece. You can read the full story here, but in a nutshell a series of blessings and curses transformed this young man into history’s first vampire.