Chang Apana
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Chang Apana was a Chinese-Hawaiian detective of the Honolulu Police Department. He was acknowledged by Earl Derr Biggers as the inspiration for his fictional Chinese-American detective character, Char
Chang Apana
Apana with Warner Oland on the set of The Black Camel in Honolulu (May 1931)
Chang Apana's grave at Manoa Chinese Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii
Charlie Chan
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Charlie Chan is a fictional police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for the titular series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent
Chang Apana
…of the Honolulu Police Department. He was acknowledged by Earl Derr Biggers as the inspiration for his fictional Chinese-American detective character, Charlie Chan. Chang Ah Ping (鄭阿平) was born December 26, 1871, in Waipiʻo, Oahu, Hawaii. Apana is a Hawaiianized version of the Chinese name Ah Ping. His family moved…
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan in Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan in Dangerous Money (1946)
Alfred Andriola's Charlie Chan (6 June 1940)