Keye Luke

Personal Info

Birthday

June 18, 1904

Day of Death

1991-01-12

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Guangzhou, China

Also Known As

Key Luke

陸錫麒

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

Star Trek

Perry Mason

Miami Vice

MacGyver

The Andy Griffith Show

Magnum, P.I.

The A-Team

Charlie's Angels

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
Alice
as Dr. Yang
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Mr. Wing
1989
The Mighty Quinn
as Dr. Raj
1988
Dead Heat
as Mr. Thule
1986
A Fine Mess
as Ishimine
Kappa
as Narrator (voice)
T.J. Hooker - Blood Sport
as Dr. Kenji Yakimura
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Po
1985
Blade in Hong Kong
as Chang Chin-tzu
1984
Gremlins
as Grandfather (Mr. Wing)
1983
The Nightingale
as Imperial Doctor
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
as Tan Ng
1981
Fly Away Home
as Duc
1979
Just You and Me, Kid
as Doctor Device
1977
The Amsterdam Kill
as Chung Wei
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Cook in Kitchen
1974
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
as Lord Sun Ming
1973
The Cat Creature
as The Thief - Joe Sung
1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Po
1970
The Hawaiians
as Foo Sen
Noon Sunday
as Colonel Oong
1969
The Chairman
as Professor Soong Li
1968
Project X
as Sen Chiu
Nobody's Perfect
as Gondai-San
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited)
1957
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
as Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Captain Kuo Tai
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited)
1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Lee Foo (uncredited)
1954
The Bamboo Prison
as Comrade-Instructor Li Ching
Hell's Half Acre
as Police Chief Dan
World for Ransom
as Wong
1953
South Sea Woman
as Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java
as Pidada
1952
Hong Kong
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Young Man with a Horn
as Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited)
1949
Manhandled
as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
Sky Dragon
as Lee Chan
1948
The Feathered Serpent
as Lee Chan
Waterfront at Midnight
as Loy
Sleep, My Love
as Jimmie Lin
1947
Dark Delusion
as Dr. Lee Wong How
1946
Lost City of the Jungle
as Tal Shan
Tokyo Rose
as Charlie Otani
1945
How DOooo You Do
as Chinese Detective
First Yank into Tokyo
as Haan-Soo
Secret Agent X-9
as Ah Fong
Between Two Women
as Dr. Lee Wong How
1944
3 Men in White
as Dr. Lee Wong How
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Lee
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
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Dr. Lee Wong How
Destination Unknown
as Secretary
The Falcon's Brother
as Jerry
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Lao Lee - Chinese Magician
Across the Pacific
as Steamship Office Clerk
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Thomas Chang
Invisible Agent
as Surgeon
Spy Ship
as Koshimo Haru
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Ah Foo
A Yank on the Burma Road
as Kim How
North to the Klondike
as K. Wellington Wong
Mr. and Mrs. North
as Kumi
1941
No Hands on the Clock
as Severino
Burma Convoy
as Lin Taiyen
Let's Go Collegiate
as Buck Wing
Bowery Blitzkrieg
as Clancy
The Gang's All Here
as George Lee
1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Kato
No, No, Nanette
as Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Comrade X
as World Press Attendee with Glasses
Phantom of Chinatown
as James Lee Wong
Wildcat Bus
as Tai (uncredited)
1939
Barricade
as Ling
Sued for Libel
as Chang Howe
Disputed Passage
as Andrew Abbott
North of Shanghai
as Jimmy Riley
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Lee Chan
International Settlement
as Dr. Wong
1937
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
as Lee Chan
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Lee Chan
The Good Earth
as Elder Son
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
Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Lee Chan
King of Burlesque
as Wong
1935
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Lee Chan
Here's to Romance
as Saito
Shanghai
as Chinese Ambassador's Son
Mad Love
as Dr. Wong
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Young Chinese Soldier
Murder in the Fleet
as Consul's Secretary (Uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Lee Chan
1934
The Painted Veil
as Shay Key Fong (uncredited)
Happiness Ahead
as Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited)