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Keye Luke (June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor who was a mainstay in Hollywood as its representative Asian for decades. While he never reached the heights of Sidney Poitier in general or Bruce Lee for Asians, as a breakthrough star, Luke was doing his bit for minorities decades before Poitier entered the scene, including being a founding member of the Screen ...
Actor Keye Luke was born in China (he described himself as a "Cantonese Ham") and brought to the U.S. at age 3. Raised in Seattle, he attended Washington University. Following his graduation, he worked in the advertising department at RKO Radio Pictures, and also designed billboards and layout art for movie-theatre displays.
19 de dic. de 2012 · Tau’s biopic is only 15 minutes long, but the short format seems to suit him. The law school graduate turned writer-director won Hyphen magazine’s 2011 Asian American Short Story contest for “The Understudy,” about a young Asian actor trying to break into Hollywood. Tau will unveil “Keye Luke” on January 27 and will stick around ...
9 de mar. de 1986 · Keye Luke has taken his share of criticism. He played the original No. 1 son of Charlie Chan in 13 of the 46 movies about the Asian-American sleuth--a series, starring Caucasians in the lead role ...
21 de ene. de 1991 · Keye Luke, 86, actor who played Charlie Chan's No. 1 son on screen and appeared in nearly 100 films, died Jan. 12 in Whittier, Calif., after suffering a stroke. Luke's final film role was as Mia ...
Wende Wagner (December 6, 1941 – February 26, 1997) was an American actress best known for her role in the 1966-1967 television series The Green Hornet, where she appeared as Britt Reid's secretary Lenore Case in all 26 episodes. Her other roles included parts in the films Rio Conchos, Rosemary's Baby, and Guns of the Magnificent Seven. Wagner's father, John H. Wagner, was a career U.S. Navy ...
10 de abr. de 2022 · My recent trip to the Formosa Cafe inspired me to watch the 1940 film “Phantom of Chinatown,” starring Keye Luke and Lotus Long. I wanted to see how American cinema portrayed Asian Americans at the time. The short answer is it’s complicated. In Phantom of Chinatown, Keye Luke stars as Detective Jimmy Wong, brought in to solve a mystery in which an American professor, just returned from ...
