Warner Oland
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Warner Oland was a Swedish-American actor. His career included time on Broadway and numerous film appearances. He is most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: Dr. Fu
Oland in 1919
Oland's performance in the 1929 film The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu made him a star.
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
Warner Oland
…several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: Dr. Fu Manchu, Henry Chang in Shanghai Express, and, most notably, Honolulu Police detective Lieutenant Charlie Chan in 16 films. Oland was born in the village of Nyby, Bjurholm Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden. He claimed that his vaguely Asian appearance…
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)