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In early silent films, he was played by Asian actors, but later producers would cast Westerners in the part, first Warner Oland and later Sidney Toler.
Author Investigates Real-Life Inspiration for Fictional Charlie Chan 2011
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In early silent films, he was played by Asian actors, but later producers would cast Westerners in the part, first Warner Oland and later Sidney Toler.
Author Investigates Real-Life Inspiration for Fictional Charlie Chan 2011
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In early silent films, he was played by Asian actors, but later producers would cast Westerners in the part, first Warner Oland and later Sidney Toler.
Author Investigates Real-Life Inspiration for Fictional Charlie Chan 2011
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In early silent films, he was played by Asian actors, but later producers would cast Westerners in the part, first Warner Oland and later Sidney Toler.
Author Investigates Real-Life Inspiration for Fictional Charlie Chan 2011
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In the bottom right corner, we see the aphorism-spouting Charlie Chan (as portrayed by Swedish actor Warner Oland), in the upper left a black-and-white shot of Chang Apana (the bullwhip-carrying Honolulu policeman upon whom novelist E.D. Biggers based his fictional Chinese crime-solver).
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CORRIGAN: The actor who played Charlie Chan in that and 40 other films was Warner Oland.
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CORRIGAN: The actor who played Charlie Chan in that and 40 other films was Warner Oland.
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WERTHEIMER: The one we most often think of is Warner Oland, who is Swedish.
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CORRIGAN: The actor who played Charlie Chan in that and 40 other films was Warner Oland.
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CORRIGAN: The actor who played Charlie Chan in that and 40 other films was Warner Oland.
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