Keye Luke

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Mr. Wing

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Grandfather (Mr. Wing)

Gremlins

Duc

Fly Away Home

James Lee Wong

Phantom of Chinatown

Dr. Yang

Alice

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Doctor Device

Just You and Me, Kid

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan at the Circus

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan in Paris

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Dr. Wong

Mad Love

Wong

World for Ransom

Police Chief Dan

Hell's Half Acre

Surgeon

Invisible Agent

Sen Chiu

Project X

Captain Kuo Tai

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Lee Foo (uncredited)

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Jerry

The Falcon's Brother

Clancy

Bowery Blitzkrieg

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Lee Chan

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Hong Kong

Master Po

Kung Fu: The Movie

Lee Chan

The Feathered Serpent

Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited)

Happiness Ahead

Jimmie Lin

Sleep, My Love

Foo Sen

The Hawaiians

Lee Chan

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Dr. Lee Wong How

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Kim How

A Yank on the Burma Road

Haan-Soo

First Yank into Tokyo

Wong

King of Burlesque

Loy

Waterfront at Midnight

Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited)

South Sea Woman

Severino

No Hands on the Clock

Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)

Young Man with a Horn

The Thief - Joe Sung

The Cat Creature

Secretary

Destination Unknown

Ah Foo

A Tragedy at Midnight

Dr. Lee Wong How

3 Men in White

Ah Fong

Secret Agent X-9

Dr. Lee Wong How

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Lord Sun Ming

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders

(archive footage)

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Comrade-Instructor Li Ching

The Bamboo Prison

Tal Shan

Lost City of the Jungle

Chang Howe

Sued for Libel

George Lee

The Gang's All Here

Dr. Wong

International Settlement

Dr. Lee Wong How

Between Two Women

Ling

Barricade

Steamship Office Clerk

Across the Pacific

Gondai-San

Nobody's Perfect

Chung Wei

The Amsterdam Kill

Buck Wing

Let's Go Collegiate

Thomas Chang

Somewhere I'll Find You

Zoltar

Battle of the Planets: The Movie

Dr. Lee Wong How

Dark Delusion

Pidada

Fair Wind to Java

Shay Key Fong (uncredited)

The Painted Veil

Chinese Ambassador's Son

Shanghai

Dr. Raj

The Mighty Quinn

Chang Chin-tzu

Blade in Hong Kong

Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited)

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Young Chinese Soldier

Oil for the Lamps of China

Mr. Thule

Dead Heat

Consul's Secretary (Uncredited)

Murder in the Fleet

K. Wellington Wong

North to the Klondike

Master Po

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)

Manhandled

Kato

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Charlie Otani

Tokyo Rose

Kato

The Green Hornet

Lin Taiyen

Burma Convoy

Jimmy Riley

North of Shanghai

Koshimo Haru

Spy Ship

Dr. Lee

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Saito

Here's to Romance

Elder Son

The Good Earth

Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited)

No, No, Nanette

World Press Attendee with Glasses

Comrade X

Tai (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus

Lee Chan

Sky Dragon

Ishimine

A Fine Mess

'Flashy' Logaz

Salute to the Marines

Colonel Oong

Noon Sunday

Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited)

Around the World in Eighty Days

Imperial Doctor

The Nightingale

Professor Soong Li

The Chairman

Andrew Abbott

Disputed Passage

Lee Foo

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Captain Wing

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

Chinese Detective

How DOooo You Do

Tan Ng

Cocaine and Blue Eyes

Lao Lee - Chinese Magician

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Narrator (voice)

Kappa

Kumi

Mr. and Mrs. North

Cook in Kitchen

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

Dr. Kenji Yakimura

T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport

Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice)

Rodan! The Flying Monster!

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-06-18

Place of Birth

Guangzhou, China

Also Known As

Key Luke