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Keye Luke

Luke in Charlie Chan publicity photo
Born June 18, 1904
Flag of the People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China
Died January 2, 1991 (aged 86)
Whittier, California, USA

Keye Luke (陸錫麒 Cantonese: Lo Sek Lam Pinyin: Lù Xílín) (June 18, 1904January 12, 1991) was a Chinese actor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Whittier may refer to: Whittier, California Whittier, Alaska Whittier, North Carolina Whittier, Minneapolis, Minnesota, neighborhood John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet and abolitionist This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...


Luke was born in Canton, China to a father who owned an art shop,[1] and grew up in Seattle. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944. Before becoming an actor he was a local artist in Hollywood and worked on several of the murals inside Grauman's Chinese Theater. Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...


Luke made his film debut in The Painted Veil in 1934, and the following year gained his first big role, as Charlie Chan's eldest son in Charlie Chan in Paris. It was a role he would continue to play, on and off, until The Sky Dragon in 1949, in which, having outlasted two stars of the series, he was older than the actor then playing his father. In 1972, he became the first actor of Chinese descent to play Charlie Chan himself, supplying the voice of "Mr. Chan" in the animated television series The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. He was also known for his role of Master Po in the television series, Kung Fu. The Painted Veil is a 1934 drama film made by MGM. It was directed by Ryszard Bolesławski and produced by Hunt Stromberg from a screenplay by John Meehan, Salka Viertel, and Edith Fitzgerald, adapted from the 1925 W. Somerset Maugham novel The Painted Veil. ... 1938 titlecard Number One Son with the seat of his pants on fire in Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers, reportedly in part under inspiration from the career of Chang Apana. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan title card The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan is an American Saturday morning animated cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1972, based upon the Charlie Chan movie series of the 1930s and 40s. ... Kung Fu (1972-1975) was an award-winning American television series which starred David Carradine. ...

Luke as Master Po
Luke as Master Po

Luke was the first to voice Brak on Space Ghost. Luke was replaced after his death by Andy Merrill. He did some of the original artwork for the original King Kong pressbook. He played The Green Hornet's Japanese sidekick Kato in two movies in the early 1940s. Luke played the mysterious old Chinatown shopowner Mr. Wing in the two Gremlins movies. He had a significant role in Woody Allen's 1990] movie Alice, was the voice of Zoltar and Colonel Cronus in Battle of the Planets, played Governor Donald Cory in a 1969 episode of Star Trek entitled "Whom Gods Destroy", and was going to play Doctor Noonien Soong in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Brothers", but died before shooting started; Brent Spiner took over the role. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Brak as seen on Cartoon Planet Brak (right) and his brother Sisto from the 1966 cartoon Voldemar H. Brak Guerta is the name of the main character in The Brak Show on Cartoon Network. ... Space Ghost was one-half of the animated television series Space Ghost and Dino Boy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions; it first aired on September 10, 1966. ... Andy Merrill (born November 27, 1966 in Newark, Ohio) is a voice actor. ... King Kong in the 1933 film. ... A pressbook for exploitation film presenter Kroger Babbs films Mom and Dad and She Shoulda Said No. ... The Green Hornet is a fictional crimefighter created to be the hero of an American radio program that ran on WXYZ (a local Detroit station), the Mutual Broadcasting System and the network known through its succession of various owners as NBC Blue, the Blue Network and the ABC Network from... The Green Hornet with Kato below the title character. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Gremlin (disambiguation). ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Alice is a 1990 motion picture Alice Tate, the mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finding herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. ... Battle of the Planets (1978) is the first Westernized adaptation of the 1972 Japanese animated television series known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: This article is not encyclopedic in nature; it is an amateur band biography. ... In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong is a human cyberneticist who is the creator of the regular android character Data. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Brothers is the title of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, from the fourth season, written by Rick Berman. ... Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...


Luke also provided the voice of the evil Mr. Han in Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee, and costarred in Mr. Moto's Gamble as Lee Chan. The film was reworked as a Mr. Moto film after the death of Warner Oland. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bruce Lee (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎolóng; Cantonese Yale: Léih Síulùhng; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. ... Mr. ... Mr. ... Warner Oland (October 3, 1879 - August 6, 1938) was a Swedish actor most remembered for his role as Charlie Chan. ...


In the Fractured Fairy Tales episode "The Enchanted Fly," one of the rewards offered to the man who would rescue and marry the princess is "an autographed picture of Keye Luke". Bullwinkle (left) and Rocky (right), the stars of Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show. ...


Further reading

  • Ken Hanke, Charlie Chan at the Movies Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1989. ISBN 0786419210. Examination of the Charlie Chan feature films, with firsthand commentary by Keye Luke
  • Herbie J. Pilato, The Kung Fu Book of Caine: The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western. Boston: Charles A. Tuttle, 1993. ISBN 0-8048-1826-6

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Keye Luke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (339 words)
Keye Luke (陸錫麒 Pinyin: Lù Xílín) (June 18, 1904–January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor.
Luke was born in Canton, China, and grew up in Seattle.
Luke was replaced after his death by Andy Merrill.
Keye Luke: Information from Answers.com (653 words)
Actor Keye Luke was born in China (he described himself as a "Cantonese Ham") and brought to the U.S. at age 3.
In 1935, Luke was cast in Charlie Chan in Paris as Lee Chan, Number One son of the great detective; he would reprise this role in 12 subsequent Chan films.
Among Keye Luke's final film assignments were the two Gremlins pictures and a marvelous supporting part as a philosophical herb merchant in Woody Allen's Alice (1989).
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