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Spencer Chan was an Chinese American

Chinese American

Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...

film

Film

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, television

Television

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, and stage

Theatre

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actor

Actor

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. Chan's filmography included many uncredited roles and only a few middle roles. Chan was born in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, China

China

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, and died in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Flower Drum Song Flower Drum Song Flower Drum Song was the eighth stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. The piece opened in 1958 on Broadway and was afterwards presented in the West End and on tour...	Doctor Chou	Uncredited
1959	Never So Few Never So Few Never So Few 1959 CinemaScope war film directed by John Sturges and starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Charles Bronson, Dean Jones and Steve McQueen with uncredited roles by renowned Asian actors Mako, George Takei and James Hong. The script was loosely based on an actual OSS...	Merchant	Uncredited
1957	Man of a Thousand Faces Man of a Thousand Faces Man of a Thousand Faces is a film detailing the life of silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played by James Cagney.Directed by Joseph Pevney, the film's cast included Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer and Jim Backus...	Chinese Extra in Bullpen	Uncredited
1956	Around the World in Eighty Days Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson. It was produced by Michael Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James...	Extra	Uncredited
1955	The Island Earth	Dr. Hu Ling Tang	Uncredited
1953	Forbidden	Doctor Chin	Uncredited
1952	Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...	Hood	Uncredited
1951	The Law and the Lady The Law and the Lady (film) The Law and the Lady is a American comedy film directed by Edwin H. Knopf, starring Greer Garson, Michael Wilding and Fernando Lamas, and based on the play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale...	Chinese Servant	Uncredited
	China Corsair China Corsair China Corsair is a 1951 adventure film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Jon Hall and Lisa Ferraday. This film was the film debut of Ernest Borgnine.-Plot synopsis:Tamara rescues shipwrecked McMillen...	Gambling House Extra	Uncredited
	The House on Telegraph Hill The House on Telegraph Hill The House on Telegraph Hill is a film noir starring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, and William Lundigan, directed by Robert Wise, and released by Twentieth Century Fox. Parts of the film were filmed on location in the Telegraph Hill area of San Francisco...	Chinese Cook	Uncredited
1950	The Breaking Point	1st Chinese Immigrant	Uncredited
	Timber Fury	Chung
	The Reformer and the Redhead The Reformer and the Redhead The Reformer and the Redhead is a 1950 film directed by Melvin Frank and starring June Allyson, Dick Powell, and David Wayne.-External links:...	The Maguire Cook	Uncredited
1949	Malaya Malaya (film) Malaya is a 1949 war film set in colonial Malaya during World War II, starring Spencer Tracy and James Stewart. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe.-Plot:...	Chinese Shipmaster	Uncredited
	And Baby Makes Three	Sidewalk Extra in Chinatown	Uncredited
	We Were Strangers We Were Strangers We Were Strangers is a 1949 adventure–drama film directed by John Huston and starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield.The film, set in 1933, concerns a group of revolutionaries attempting to overthrow the Cuban regime...	Celebrant	Uncredited
	State Department: File 649 State Department: File 649 State Department: File 649 is a 1949 American film directed by Sam Newfield.The film is also known as Assignment in China in the United Kingdom.- Cast :*William Lundigan as Kenneth R...	Chinese Man	Uncredited
1948	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold...	Proprietor	Uncredited
1947	The Chinese Ring The Chinese Ring The Chinese Ring is a 1947 American film directed by William Beaudine.The film is also known as Charlie Chan in the Chinese Ring .- Cast :Roland Winters as Charlie ChanVictor Sen Yung as Tommy Chan...	Chinese officer	Uncredited
	The Sea Hound The Sea Hound Adventures of the Sea Hound was a popular radio show that ran on the Blue Network from 1942 to 1945, Mutual from 1946-47, and ABC in 1948. Between 1942 and 1945, it was produced on behalf of Nelson A. Rockefeller's Office of Inter-American Affairs and was part of a national program to strengthen...	'Cookie' Kukai
	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Electrician	Uncredited
	The Beginning or the End The Beginning or the End The Beginning or the End is a 1947 film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II.It was directed by Norman Taurog and starred Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn...	Japanese naval officer	Uncredited
1946	The Brennan Girl	Chinese Headwaiter	Uncredited
1946	Little Mister Jim	Chinese clerk	Uncredited
1945	First Yank Into Tokyo First Yank into Tokyo First Yank into Tokyo is a 1945 United States war film; it takes place within World War II. It was directed by Gordon Douglas.-Plot:In the film, the U.S. government assigns Major Steve Ross to receive plastic surgery to appear Japanese; Ross had lived in Japan and is well versed with Japanese culture...	Bit Part	Uncredited
1944	Dragon Seed	Farmer	Uncredited
1944	The Purple Heart The Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a 1944 American war film directed by Lewis Milestone.It is a dramatization of the trial of a number of US airmen by the Japanese during the Second World War...	Naval Aide	Uncredited
1943	Behind the Rising Sun Behind the Rising Sun (film) Behind the Rising Sun is a 1943 American war film based on the 1941 book by the same name written by James R Young. Later-blacklisted Edward Dmytryk directed the film, and it stars Margo, Tom Neal, J...	Japanese Swordsman	Uncredited
1943	Adventures of Smilin' Jack	Kushimi's Henchman [Chs. 12-13]	Uncredited
1942	Destination Unknown Destination Unknown Destination Unknown may refer to:Destination Unknown , a 1954 novel by Agatha ChristieDestination Unknown , a 2001 Mest album*Destination Unknown , a 2005 Ron Sexsmith album...	Chinese Servant	Uncredited
	Across the Pacific Across the Pacific Across the Pacific is a 1942 spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. The film was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps...	Chief Engineer Mitsuko
	Wake Island Wake Island Wake Island is a coral atoll having a coastline of in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu west to Guam east. It is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior...	Japanese Captain	Uncredited
1937	Swing High, Swing Low Swing High, Swing Low (film) Swing High, Swing Low is a 1937 American romantic musical film starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.This is the second film adaptation, after The Dance of Life and before When My Baby Smiles at Me , of the popular Broadway play Burlesque, by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins.-Cast:*...	Cook	Uncredited
1936	The General Died at Dawn The General Died at Dawn The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 film that tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. The movie was written by Charles G. Booth and Clifford Odets, and directed by Lewis Milestone.It stars Gary Cooper,...	Killer	Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	No. of episodes
1960	Hong Kong Hong Kong (TV series) Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds...	Waiter	"Freebooter" (1 episode)
1960	The Rebel The Rebel The Rebel is a 1951 book-length essay by Albert Camus, which treats both the metaphysical and the historical development of rebellion and revolution in societies, especially Western Europe...	Chu	"Blind Marriage" (1 episode)
1953	Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character....	Sing Lee	"Illegal Entry" (1 episode)
1952	Cowboy G-Men Cowboy G-Men Cowboy G-Men is an American Western series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.-Synopsis:...	Unknown	"Chinaman's Chance" (1 episode)
????	Front Page Detective Front Page Detective Front Page Detective was a TV series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, with a few more episodes broadcast during 1953...	Clerk	"Seven Seas to Danger" (1 episode)

External links

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