Earl Derr Biggers
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Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and Chin
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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
Earl Derr Biggers
…Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan (starting with The House Without a Key in 1925) were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. The son of Robert J. and Emma E…
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)