Lee Phelps
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| Intro | Actor | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Comedian | |
| Work field | Humor | |
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| Birth | 15 May 1893, Philadelphia | |
| Death | 19 March 1953Los Angeles (aged 59 years) |
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Biography
Lee Phelps (May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture (Grand Hotel, You Can't Take It with You and Gone with the Wind).
Phelps appeared in the 1952 episode "Outlaw's Paradise" as a judge in the syndicated western television series, The Adventures of Kit Carson, starring Bill Williams in the title role. He also appeared in a 1952 TV episode (#90) of The Lone Ranger.
Selected filmography
- False Ambition (1918) – Peter van Dixon
- The Secret Code (1918)
- Baby Clothes (1926)
- Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
- Danger Lights (1930)
- Strangers May Kiss (1931)
- The Champ (1931)
- Bedtime Worries (1933)
- Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
- Palm Springs (off screen credit) (1936)
- Raw Timber (1937)
- The Gladiator (1938)
- Boys' Reformatory (1939)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- War Dogs (1942)
- Girls of the Big House (1945)
- Desperadoes of the West (1953)