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Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Acting1904Guangzhou, China

Biography

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Keye Luke (Chinese: 陸錫麒, Cantonese: Luk Shek Kee; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-American actor. He was known for playing Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the television series Kung Fu, and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films. He was the first Chinese-American contract player signed by RKO, Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was one of the most prominent Asian actors of American cinema in the mid-twentieth century.

Acting History

1990
Alice
as Dr. Yang
1989
1988
Dead Heat
as Mr. Thule
MacGyver
TVas Adam Chung / Prasert1 eps
Friday the 13th: The Series
TVas Lum Chen1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
TVas Master1 eps
1987
Night Court
TVas Mr. Shibata1 eps
Reading Rainbow
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)1 eps
1986
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Po
A Fine Mess
as Ishimine
Kappa
as Narrator (voice)
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
as Dr. Kenji Yakimura
The Golden Girls
TVas Toshiro Mitsumo1 eps
1985
Blade in Hong Kong
as Chang Chin-tzu
Miami Vice
TVas Lao Li1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
TVas Jimmy1 eps
Street Hawk
TVas Mr. Ming
1984
Gremlins
as Grandfather (Mr. Wing)
1983
The Nightingale
as Imperial Doctor
Falcon Crest
TVas Wilson Fong2 eps
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Goto1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Imperial Doctor1 eps
The A-Team
TVas Sam Yeng1 eps
1982
Remington Steele
TVas Tanaka1 eps
1981
Bret Maverick
TVas Lu Sung
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
TVas Additional Voices (voice)
1980
Charlie's Angels
TVas Lin1 eps
Thundarr the Barbarian
TVas (voice) / Kublai (voice) / Zevon (voice)
1979
Just You and Me, Kid
as Doctor Device
How the West Was Won
TVas Leong Chung Hua1 eps
1978
Battle of the Planets
TVas Zoltar / The Spirit / Colonel Cronus (voice)85 eps
1977
The Amsterdam Kill
as Chung Wei
Quincy, M.E.
TVas Otashi Hiyedo1 eps
1973
The Cat Creature
as The Thief - Joe Sung
The F.B.I.
TVas Mr. Seito1 eps
1972
Adam-12
TVas Sing Hong1 eps
Here's Lucy
TVas Quon Fong1 eps
Kung Fu
TVas Master Po62 eps
Anna and the King
TVas Kralahome
1970
Noon Sunday
as Colonel Oong
The Hawaiians
as Foo Sen
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
TVas Zen Tuo / Mr. Fong (voice) (uncredited)1 eps
It Takes a Thief
TVas Dr. Tanu Woo1 eps
1969
The Chairman
as Professor Soong Li
Star Trek
TVas Donald Cory1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Senator John Oishi1 eps
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
TVas Charlie Lee1 eps
Dragnet
TVas Lin Fong1 eps
1966
The Green Hornet
TVas Mr. Chang1 eps
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
TVas Brak / Lokar (voice)60 eps
1965
Perry Mason
TVas Choy1 eps
1963
The Littlest Hobo
TVas Wu Chang
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited)
1958
Trackdown
TVas Wong1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TVas Dr. Lin Chang1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TVas Mike1 eps
1957
Rodan! The Flying Monster
as Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice)
Climax!
TVas Chen1 eps
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited)
Wire Service
TVas Young General
Dr. Fu Manchu
TVas Lum Sen
1953
South Sea Woman
as Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self1 eps
1950
Young Man with a Horn
as Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)
1949
Sky Dragon
as Lee Chan
Manhandled
as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
1947
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Lee Wong How
1946
Tokyo Rose
as Charlie Otani
1945
Between Two Women
as Dr. Lee Wong How
How DOooo You Do
as Chinese Detective
1944
3 Men in White
as Dr. Lee Wong How
1943
1942
Across the Pacific
as Steamship Office Clerk
Invisible Agent
as Surgeon
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Lao Lee - Chinese Magician
Spy Ship
as Koshimo Haru
North to the Klondike
as K. Wellington Wong
1941
1940
Phantom of Chinatown
as James Lee Wong
Wildcat Bus
as Tai (uncredited)
Comrade X
as World Press Attendee with Glasses
No, No, Nanette
as Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1939
North of Shanghai
as Jimmy Riley
Disputed Passage
as Andrew Abbott
Sued for Libel
as Chang Howe
Barricade
as Ling
1935
The Casino Murder Case
as Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited)
Mad Love
as Dr. Wong
Shanghai
as Chinese Ambassador's Son
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Young Chinese Soldier
Murder in the Fleet
as Consul's Secretary (Uncredited)
1934
The Painted Veil
as Shay Key Fong (uncredited)
Happiness Ahead
as Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/18/1904
Day of Death
1/12/1991
Place of Birth
Guangzhou, China