Keye Luke

'Keye Luke' (qv) was born in Canton, China. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and entered the film business as a commercial artist and a designer of movie posters. He was hired as a technical advisor on several Asian-themed films, and made his film debut in _The Painted Veil (1934)_ (qv). It seemed that he appeared in almost every film that called for Chinese characters, usually in small parts but occasionally, as in _The Good Earth (1937)_ (qv), in a meatier, more substantial role. In addition, he played Dr. Kildare's rival at the hospital in the Dr. Kildare series at MGM, but it was as Charlie Chan's #1 son in that series that Luke achieved his greatest recognition. In the 1970s a new generation was made aware of his talents by virtue of his recurring role in the TV series _Kung Fu (1972)_ (qv).::[email protected]