---
name: "Carl Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-lee"
fi1m_id: "carl-lee"
imdb_id: "nm0496942"
tmdb_id: 88147
wikidata_id: "Q5040471"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 November 1926"
died: "17 April 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:36:14.773319+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Lee

## Identity

Carl Lee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-lee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-lee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0496942
- **TMDB ID:** 88147
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5040471
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lee_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5040471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88147

Actor. Born 22 November 1926 in New York City, New York, U.S.. Died 17 April 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 November 1926, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **Died:** 17 April 1986
- **Active:** 1964–1972
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lee_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5040471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88147

## Biography

Carl Lee (born Carl Vincent Canegata) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was the son of actor and boxer Canada Lee.

Lee's early film work included an uncredited role in *Human Desire* (1954) and the part of Cowboy in the 1961 film adaptation of the play *The Connection*. He co-wrote the screenplay for *The Cool World* (1964) with Shirley Clarke and appeared in it as Priest. Other film roles included Carl in *The Landlord* (1970) and Eddie in *Super Fly* (1972). He provided an off-screen voice in *Portrait of Jason* (1967).

Lee also worked in television, with appearances in series such as *The Defenders*, *Mannix* and *Good Times*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Cool World* (1964), Fi1m 84, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Exposed* (1983), as Duke
- *Keeping On* (1983), as Davis
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Davis
- *Serpico: The Deadly Game* (1976), as Carothers
- *Barbary Coast* (1975), series, as Currier
- *Gordon's War* (1973), as Bee Bishop
- *Super Fly* (1972), as Eddie
- *Werewolves on Wheels* (1971), Actor
- *The Landlord* (1970), as Carl
- *A Man Called Adam* (1966), Actor
- *The Cool World* (1964), as Priest · Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cool-world.md)
- *The Connection* (1962), as Cowboy

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/carl-lee