Keye Luke

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 18, 1904 (120 years old)
Death date
Jan 12, 1991

Keye Luke

Known For

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
0h 53m
Movie 2019

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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.