Keye Luke

Age: 86 (passed away Jan. 12th, 1991)
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Guangzhou, China
Born: Jun. 18th, 1904

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Keye Luke's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Kung Fu	Master Po
Sidekicks	Sabasan
Anna and the King	Kralahome
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan	Charlie Chan
Battle of The Planets (Dubbed)	The Great Spi&hellip Colonel Cronus Zoltar
Kentucky Jones	Mr. Wong

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Keye Luke was born in Canton, China. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and entered the film business as a commercial artist and a designer of movie posters. He was hired as a technical advisor on several Asian-themed films, and made his film debut in The Painted Veil (1934). It seemed that he appeared in almost every film that called for Chinese characters, usually in small parts but occasionally, as in The Good Earth (1937), in a meatier, more substantial role. In addition, he played Dr. Kildare's rival at the hospital in the Dr. Kildare series at MGM, but it was as Charlie Chan's #1 son in that series that Luke achieved his greatest recognition. In the 1970s a new generation was made aware of his talents by virtue of his recurring role in the TV series "Kung Fu" (1972).

TRIVIA:

Was 44 years of age when he returned to the role of Lee Chan, Charlie Chan's 'Number One Son' in the last two Chan films (_The Feathered Serpent (1948)_ (qv) and _The Sky Dragon (1949)_ (qv)). He was actually 5 months older than 'Roland Winters' (qv), the actor who portrayed Charlie Chan in these films.
He continued working until age 86. He died only weeks after his final film, 'Woody Allen' (qv)'s _Alice (1990)_ (qv), was released.
Was the original Kato in the Green Hornet serials
He also painted the garden fairytale setting murals of the interior of the Graumans Chinese theatre and the Chinese theatre massive auditorium ceiling.
Brother of 'Edwin Luke' (qv).
Created the role of Master Wang in the original Broadway production of the 'Richard Rodgers (I)' (qv) and 'Oscar Hammerstein II' (qv) musical "Flower Drum Song," playing the role for two years in New York and another two on the road without ever missing a performance.
Was considered one of the best dressed men in Hollywood in the 1930s because of his personal style and classic wardrobe.
In addition to his on-screen roles, he had a successful career as a voice artist. This included the dubbing of foreign language films into English as well as doing voices for animated cartoons.

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