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Keye Luke

1904 - 1991

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Keye Luke (Chinese: 陸錫麒; pinyin: Lù Xīqí; Jyutping: Luk6 Sek3 Kei4; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He portrayed 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-20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keye Luke is the 4,902nd most popular actor (down from 4,601st in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from China (down from 903rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Keye Luke ranks 4,902 out of 13,578. Before him are Angus Macfadyen, Lev Durov, Glynn Turman, Rostislav Plyatt, Wendy Makkena, and Lee Je-hoon. After him are Lorna Luft, Irma Serrano, Michael Rennie, Cote de Pablo, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, and Bonnie Bartlett.

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Among people born in 1904, Keye Luke ranks 256. Before him are Renzo Minoli, Hans Lewy, Anton Janda, Boris Babochkin, Constance Bennett, and Margery Allingham. After him are Wilmer Allison, Vasili Merkuryev, Antonio Vojak, Ralph Kronig, Tinoco, and Sergio Amidei. Among people deceased in 1991, Keye Luke ranks 193. Before him are Harriet Bland, Maurice Huet, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Hervé Guibert, Bohumil Kudrna, and Karel Burkert. After him are Yulia Drunina, Sylvio Hoffmann, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Alberto Crespo, John King Fairbank, and Edwin H. Land.

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In China

Among people born in China, Keye Luke ranks 906 out of 1,610. Before him are Toshiko Fujita (1950), Liu Yang (1978), P. C. Chang (1892), Xie Fuzhi (1909), Lin Shu (1852), and Flossie Wong-Staal (1946). After him are Paul Yü Pin (1901), Ding Xuexiang (1962), John Baptist Wu (1925), Liang Shuming (1893), Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), and Ji Pengfei (1910).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Keye Luke ranks 47. Before him are Tsai Chin (1933), Zhao Wei (1976), Tang Wei (1979), Ching Siu-tung (1953), Li Li-hua (1924), and Toshiko Fujita (1950). After him are Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Zhou Xun (1974), Nina Li Chi (1961), Vivian Wu (1966), Lidiya Vertinskaya (1923), and Huang Xiaoming (1977).

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