George Kuwa
George Kuwa | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 October 1931 Japan | (aged 46)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1916–1931 |
George Kuwa (7 April 1885 – 13 October 1931) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 58 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen, in the 1926 film serial The House Without a Key.[1]
Partial filmography
- The Soul of Kura San (1916)
- The Yellow Pawn (1916)
- The Bottle Imp (1917)
- The Countess Charming (1917)
- Rimrock Jones (1918)
- A Woman in the Web (1918)
- The Willow Tree (1920)
- Sick Abed (1920)
- The Round-Up (1920)
- Midsummer Madness (1921)
- The Invisible Fear (1921)
- Five Days to Live (1922)
- Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
- Bought and Paid For (1922)
- Enter Madame (1922)
- The World's Applause (1923)
- Daddy (1923)
- The Eternal Struggle (1923)
- Broken Barriers (1924)
- Oh Doctor! (1925)
- A Son of His Father (1925)
- The Enchanted Hill (1926)
- A Trip to Chinatown (1926)
- The Dice Woman (1926)
- The House Without a Key (1926)
- Melting Millions (1927)
- The Chinese Parrot (1927)
- The Warning (1927)
- The Secret Hour (1928)
- The Showdown (1928)
- After the Storm (1928)
- Wicked (1931)
References
- ^ Hanke (1989), xii.
External links
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