Dwight Frye's iconic role as Renfield in the 1931 classic ‘Dracula’ cemented his place in the pantheon of pop culture. For Frye, though, the role was a dream job that led to a decade-long nightmare.
), his parents were upright farmers and devout Christian Scientists who coddled their precocious only child.
playing a bumbling robber. He would play a variety of Broadway roles over the next few months. In 1932, a heady Frye sent a telegram to his parents: “Have Signed Five Year Contract With Pemberton Everything Going Fine Letter Explaining No More Worry Dreams Coming True My Love.”in which he played a weak, striving young husband. In this role, Frye displayed the intensity that would later make him so perfect as demented horror characters—and help typecast him for life.Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh.
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