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
- Battle of the Planets: The Movie as Zoltar
- Keye Luke as Keye Luke
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
- T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport as Dr. Kenji Yakimura
- Kung Fu: The Movie as Master Po
- 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
- Crazy like a Fox as Jimmy
- Gremlins as Grandfather
1983
- The A-Team as Sam Yeng
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks as (voice)
- Cocaine and Blue Eyes as Tan Ng
- The Nightingale as Imperial Doctor
1982
- T. J. Hooker
- Remington Steele as Tanaka
- 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
- Quincy, M.E. as Otashi Hiyedo
- Charlie's Angels as Lin
- 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: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Master Po
- Kung Fu as Master Po
1971
1970
- The Hawaiians as Foo Sen
- Noon Sunday as Colonel Oong
1969
- Hawaii Five-O as Senator John Oishi
- 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
- 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
- Nobody's Perfect as Gondai-San
- Project X as Sen Chiu
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 F.B.I. as General How
- The Big Valley as Mike Chang
1964
- Jonny Quest
- Kentucky Jones as Thomas Wong
- Mickey
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!
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Captain Kuo Tai
- Rodan! The Flying Monster as Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice)
1956
- The Gale Storm Show
- Wire Service as Young General
- Around the World in 80 Days as Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited)
- Dr. Fu Manchu as Lum Sen
1955
- Gunsmoke as Chen
- Crossroads as Leang Fan
- 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
- Fair Wind to Java as Pidada
- South Sea Woman as Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited)
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
- Manhandled as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
- Sky Dragon as Lee Chan
1948
- Sleep, My Love as Jimmie Lin
- Waterfront at Midnight as Loy
- The Feathered Serpent as Lee Chan
1947
- Dark Delusion as Dr. Lee Wong How
1946
- Lost City of the Jungle as Tal Shan
- Tokyo Rose as Charlie Otani
1945
- Secret Agent X-9 as Ah Fong
- Between Two Women as Dr. Lee Wong How
- First Yank into Tokyo as Haan-Soo
- 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
- The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Captain Wing
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Dr. Lee Wong How
- Salute to the Marines as 'Flashy' Logaz
1942
- Across the Pacific as Steamship Office Clerk
- Invisible Agent as Surgeon
- The Falcon's Brother as Jerry
- Mr. and Mrs. North as Kumi
- A Tragedy at Midnight as Ah Foo
- North to the Klondike as K. Wellington Wong
- A Yank on the Burma Road as Kim How
- Somewhere I'll Find You as Thomas Chang
- Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Dr. Lee Wong How
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Lao Lee - Chinese Magician
- Spy Ship as Koshimo Haru
- Destination Unknown as Secretary
1941
- No Hands on the Clock as Severino
- The Gang's All Here as George Lee
- Let's Go Collegiate as Buck Wing
- Bowery Blitzkrieg as Clancy
- Burma Convoy as Lin Taiyen
1940
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Kato
- The Green Hornet as Kato
- Comrade X as World Press Attendee with Glasses
- No, No, Nanette as Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited)
- Phantom of Chinatown as James Lee Wong
- Wildcat Bus as Tai (uncredited)
1939
- Sued for Libel as Chang Howe
- Barricade as Ling
- North of Shanghai as Jimmy Riley
- Disputed Passage as Andrew Abbott
1938
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Lee Chan
- International Settlement as Dr. Wong
1937
- Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan on Broadway as Lee Chan
- The Good Earth as Elder Son
1936
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan at the Opera as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan at the Circus as Lee Chan
- King of Burlesque as Wong
1935
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai as Lee Chan
- Charlie Chan in Paris as Lee Chan
- Murder in the Fleet as Consul's Secretary (Uncredited)
- Mad Love as Dr. Wong
- The Casino Murder Case as Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited)
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Young Chinese Soldier
- Here's to Romance as Saito
- Shanghai as Chinese Ambassador's Son
1934
- The Painted Veil as Shay Key Fong (uncredited)
- Happiness Ahead as Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited)