Keye Luke
Born: 1904-06-18 in Guangzhou, China
Died: 1991-01-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage)
2012
- Keye Luke as Keye Luke
- Battle of the Planets: The Movie as Zoltar
1990
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Mr. Wing
- Alice as Dr. Yang
1989
- The Mighty Quinn as Dr. Raj
1987
- Friday the 13th: The Series as Lum Chen
- Beauty and the Beast as Master
1986
- Sidekicks
- A Fine Mess as Ishimine
- Kung Fu: The Movie as Master Po
- T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport as Dr. Kenji Yakimura
- The Last Electric Knight as Sabasan
- Kappa as Narrator (voice)
1985
- MacGyver as Prasert
- The Golden Girls as Toshiro Mitsumo
- Street Hawk as Mr. Ming
- Blade in Hong Kong as Chang Chin-tzu
1984
- Miami Vice as Lao Li
- Night Court as Grandfather Ho
- Gremlins as Grandfather (Mr. Wing)
- Crazy like a Fox as Jimmy
1983
- The A-Team as Sam Yeng
- Alvin and the Chipmunks as (voice)
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Nightingale as Imperial Doctor
- Cocaine and Blue Eyes as Tan Ng
1982
- Remington Steele as Tanaka
- T. J. Hooker
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Imperial Doctor
- Voyagers!
1981
- Falcon Crest as Wilson Fong
- Bret Maverick as Lu Sung
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack as Additional Voices (voice)
- Fly Away Home as Duc
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Goto
- Thundarr the Barbarian as (voice)
1979
- Just You and Me, Kid as Doctor Device
1978
- Vega$
- Battle of the Planets as Zoltar / The Spirit / Colonel Cronus (voice)
- Sword of Justice
1977
- How the West Was Won as Leong Chung Hua
- Meeting of Minds
- The Amsterdam Kill as Chung Wei
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Lin
- Quincy, M.E. as Otashi Hiyedo
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Cook in Kitchen
1974
1973
- The Cat Creature as The Thief - Joe Sung
1972
- M*A*S*H
- Anna and the King as Kralahome
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
- Kung Fu as Master Po
- Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Master Po
1971
1970
- The Hawaiians as Foo Sen
- Noon Sunday as Colonel Oong
1969
- Love, American Style as Hi Ching
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! as Zen Tuo / Mr. Fong (voice) (uncredited)
- The Chairman as Professor Soong Li
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Senator John Oishi
- Adam-12 as George Lum
- Here's Lucy as Quon Fong
- It Takes a Thief as Dr. Tanu Woo
- The Outsider
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Project X as Sen Chiu
- Nobody's Perfect as Gondai-San
1967
- Dragnet as George Lum
- Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
1966
- Star Trek as Donald Cory
- Family Affair
- The Green Hornet as Mr. Chang
- Space Ghost and Dino Boy as Brak / Lokar (voice)
1965
- The Big Valley as Mike Chang
- The F.B.I. as General How
1964
- Jonny Quest
- Mickey
- Kentucky Jones as Thomas Wong
1963
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Charlie Lee
1959
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited)
1958
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Sammy Wong
1957
- Perry Mason as C. C. Chang
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Dr. Lin Chang
- Trackdown as Wong
- Alcoa Theatre as Mike
- Panic!
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice)
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Captain Kuo Tai
1956
- Wire Service as Young General
- The Gale Storm Show
- Around the World in 80 Days as Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited)
- Dr. Fu Manchu as Lum Sen
1955
- Gunsmoke as Chen
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- Jungle Jim
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Lee Foo (uncredited)
1954
- Climax! as Chen
- December Bride
- Hell's Half Acre as Police Chief Dan
- The Bamboo Prison as Comrade-Instructor Li Ching
- World for Ransom as Wong
1953
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
- South Sea Woman as Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited)
- Fair Wind to Java as Pidada
1952
- Cavalcade of America
- Chevron Theatre
- China Smith
- Terry and the Pirates
- The Congregation
- Hong Kong as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Young Man with a Horn as Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)
1949
- Sky Dragon as Lee Chan
- Manhandled as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
1948
- Sleep, My Love as Jimmie Lin
- The Feathered Serpent as Lee Chan
- Waterfront at Midnight as Loy
1947
- Dark Delusion as Dr. Lee Wong How
1946
- Tokyo Rose as Charlie Otani
- Lost City of the Jungle as Tal Shan
1945
- Secret Agent X-9 as Ah Fong
- First Yank into Tokyo as Haan-Soo
- Between Two Women as Dr. Lee Wong How
- How DOooo You Do as Chinese Detective
1944
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Dr. Lee
- 3 Men in White as Dr. Lee Wong How
1943
- Salute to the Marines as 'Flashy' Logaz
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Lee Wong How
- The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Captain Wing
1942
- Invisible Agent as Surgeon
- Across the Pacific as Steamship Office Clerk
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Lao Lee - Chinese Magician
- Somewhere I'll Find You as Thomas Chang
- A Yank on the Burma Road as Kim How
- North to the Klondike as K. Wellington Wong
- Spy Ship as Koshimo Haru
- Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Lee Wong How
- The Falcon's Brother as Jerry
- A Tragedy at Midnight as Ah Foo
- Mr. and Mrs. North as Kumi
- Destination Unknown as Secretary
1941
- Burma Convoy as Lin Taiyen
- Bowery Blitzkrieg as Clancy
- The Gang's All Here as George Lee
- Let's Go Collegiate as Buck Wing
- No Hands on the Clock as Severino
1940
- Comrade X as World Press Attendee with Glasses
- A Volta do Besouro Verde as Kato
- No, No, Nanette as Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited)
- The Green Hornet as Kato
- Wildcat Bus as Tai (uncredited)
- Phantom of Chinatown as James Lee Wong
1939
- North of Shanghai as Jimmy Riley
- Disputed Passage as Andrew Abbott
- Sued for Libel as Chang Howe
- Barricade as Ling
1938
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Lee Chan
- International Settlement as Dr. Wong
1937
- The Good Earth as Elder Son
- Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan on Broadway as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Lee Chan
1936
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Lee Chan
- King of Burlesque as Wong
- Charlie Chan at the Circus as Lee Chan
1935
- Mad Love as Dr. Wong
- Charlie Chan in Paris as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai as Lee Chan
- Murder in the Fleet as Consul's Secretary (Uncredited)
- Shanghai as Chinese Ambassador's Son
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Young Chinese Soldier
- The Casino Murder Case as Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited)
- Here's to Romance as Saito
1934
- The Painted Veil as Shay Key Fong (uncredited)
- Happiness Ahead as Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited)