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Dwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, remembered for his appearance as the tormented Renfield in the classic horror film ''Dracula'' (1931). ==Early life and career== Frye was born in Salina, Kansas. In the 1920s he made his name as a versatile stage actor, often in comedies. In 1924 he played the Son in a translation of Luigi Pirandello's ''Six Characters in Search of an Author''. He had a few minor roles in silent pictures, but with the coming of sound he soon became known for playing unsavory characters. 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 played the hunchbacked assistant Fritz in ''Frankenstein''. Also in 1931, Frye portrayed Wilmer Cook (the "gunsel") in the original film version of Dashiell Hammett's ''The Maltese Falcon''. He had a featured role in the horror film ''The Vampire Bat'' (1933) in which he played Herman, a half-wit suspected of being a killer. He had memorable roles in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933) as a reporter, and in ''The Crime of Dr. Crespi'' (1935). In ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935), he played Karl. The part was originally much more substantive, and many additional scenes of Frye were shot as a subplot but were edited out of the final version to shorten the running time and appease the censors. One of these deleted scenes was that of Karl killing the Burgomaster, portrayed by E. E. Clive. No known prints of these scenes survive today, but photographs of the scene were used to illustrate the scene's synopsis and are included in the recent Universal Studios DVD release of the film. During the early 1940s, 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 also made a contribution to the war effort by working nights as a tool designer for Lockheed Aircraft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dwight Frye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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