Biography
He first acted when an MGM producer needed a Chinese actor with good English diction for a supporting role in the 1934 Greta Garbo film "The Painted Veil."
A featured actor in between 100-150 films, Luke is best known as Lee Chan, the No. 1 Son in 13 Charlie Chan films beginning in the late 1930s and as Kato, the clever houseboy to the masked avenger in "The Green Hornet" serials. During Hollywood's "Yellow Peril" period, when Asian actors …
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Career Milestones
| Entered the film industry as a billboard designer and caricaturist for Fox West Coast Theaters and RKO Studios | ||
| Immigrated to USA as child and grew up in Seattle, WA | ||
1934 | Became an actor when an MGM producer needed a Chinese actor with educated diction to play a supporting role in the Greta Garbo film, "The Painted Veil" | |
1935 | Starred as No. 1 Son in first of 13 Charlie Chan films | |