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Actor Born: June 18, 1904 in Canton, China Death: January 12, 1991 in Whittier, CA Biography:Actor "Keye Luke" was born in China (he described himself as a "Cantonese Ham") and brought to the U.S. at age 3. Raised in Seattle, he attended Washington University. Following his graduation, he worked in the advertising department at RKO Radio Pictures, and also designed billboards and layout art for movie-theatre displays. After a bit part in a forgotten 1934 quickie called Ho for China, Luke was hired to appear in "Greta Garbo"'s "The Painted Veil" (1934) when director "Richard Boleslavsky" put out a call for someone who could play an intellectual Chinese. In 1935, Luke was cast in "Charlie Chan in Paris" as Lee Chan, Number One son of the great detective; he would reprise this role in 12 subsequent Chan films. He also took over for "Boris Karloff" in Monogram's Mr. Wong series, starring in 1940's "Phantom of Chinatown". During the early 1940s, Luke was cast opposite "Lionel Barrymore" in MGM's... Full Biography
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