Lee Phelps (born Napoleon Bonaparte Kukuck; May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films that won the
Academy Award
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for
Best Picture (''
Grand Hotel'', ''
You Can't Take It with You'', and ''
Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind ...
'').
Phelps appeared in the 1952 episode "Outlaw's Paradise" as a judge in the
syndicated western
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television series
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, ''
The Adventures of Kit Carson
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'', starring
Bill Williams in the title role. He also appeared in a 1952 TV episode (#90) of ''
The Lone Ranger
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He first appeared in 1933 in a ...
''.
Personal life
In 1916, Lee Phelps married actress
Mary Warren. They had two daughters, Marilee and Patricia.
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Death
Phelps died in his home March 19, 1953.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Fuel of Life'' (1917)
* ''
Limousine Life'' (1918)
* ''
False Ambition'' (1918) as Peter van Dixon
* ''
The Secret Code'' (1918)
* ''
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1920)
* ''
The Freshie'' (1922)
* ''
Baby Clothes'' (1926)
* ''
Putting Pants on Philip'' (1927)
* ''
Anna Christie
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'' (1930) as Larry
* ''
The Divorcee'' (1930)
* ''
Danger Lights'' (1930)
* ''
Paid'' (1930)
* ''
No Limit'' (1931)
* ''
Strangers May Kiss'' (1931)
* ''
The Last Parade'' (1931)
* ''
The Champ'' (1931)
* ''
Vanity Street'' (1932)
* ''
Bedtime Worries'' (1933)
* ''
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' (1934)
* ''
Among the Missing'' (1934)
* ''
Murder in the Private Car'' (1934) (uncredited)
* ''
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek'' (1936)
* ''
The Magnificent Brute'' (1936)
* ''
Palm Springs
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'' (off screen credit) (1936)
* ''
Raw Timber'' (1937)
* ''
Under Suspicion'' (1937)
* ''
The Gladiator'' (1938)
* ''
Female Fugitive'' (1938)
* ''
Boys' Reformatory'' (1939)
* ''
The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) as Bailiff (uncredited)
* ''
Kid Nightingale'' (1939)
* ''
The Philadelphia Story'' (1940)
* ''
The Bride Came C.O.D.'' (1941) as Policeman (uncredited)
* ''
War Dogs'' (1942)
* ''
Saboteur'' (1942) as Plant Security Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Girls of the Big House'' (1945)
* ''
Gun Law Justice'' (1949)
* ''
Timber Fury'' (1950)
* ''
Desperadoes of the West'' (1953)
References
External links
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1893 births
1953 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Male actors from Philadelphia
20th-century American male actors