Dwight Frye in Bride of Frankenstein

Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899–November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor. Image File history File links Dwight_Frye. ... Image File history File links Dwight_Frye. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

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 dwarf assistant in the film Frankenstein. (This character, named Fritz, is often mistakenly referred to as Igor, a character originated by Bela Lugosi in the later film Son of Frankenstein.) Salina is a city and the county seat of Saline County, KansasGR6. ... Dwight Fry as Renfield in the 1931 adaptation of Dracula. ... Charles Albert Browning, Jr. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula; U.S. postage stamp first issued in 1997 as part of a series celebrating Famous Movie Monsters Dracula (1897) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of the worlds most famous vampire character. ... Frankenstein is a 1931 horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ... Son of Frankenstein is a horror film made by Universal Studios in 1939 and directed by Rowland V. Lee. ...

Frye had a prominent role in 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, many extra scenes of Frye being shot as a sub plot, but were edited out of the final version to shorten the running time. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lionel Atwill was a stage and film actor born in London, England in 1885 and dying in Hollywood in 1946. ... Melvyn Douglas (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was a United States actor who won all three of the entertainment industries highest awards, two Oscars, one Tony and a televison Emmy. ... Publicity photo for King Kong ca 1933 Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress, who was born Vina Fay Wray on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada. ... Bride of Frankenstein is a horror film released on April 22, 1935, a sequel to the 1931 film Frankenstein. ...

During the early 1940's, 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". He had 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 former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, but Frye tragically succumbed to a heart attack a few days after signing for the part.

In 1970 the rock-and-roll band Alice Cooper recorded a song titled "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" (without the final "e"), sung from the point of view of a character such as the actor might have played. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a hard rock singer and musician. ...

Also, the music company Wind-up Entertainment Inc. houses one music publishing concern called Renfield Music Publishing, and another called Dwight Frye Music, which publishes artists such as Evanescence and Creed. Look up evanescence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A creed is a statement of belief—usually religious belief—or faith. ...

Frye died in Hollywood and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

External link

• Dwight Frye at The Internet Movie Database