Spencer Chan
| Spencer Chan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 28, 1892 Shanghai, China |
| Died |
January 9, 1988 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| Years active | 1936 — 1961 |
Spencer Chan (March 28, 1892 – January 9, 1988) was a Chinese American film, television, and stage actor. Chan's filmography included many uncredited roles and only a few middle roles. Chan was born in Shanghai, China, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Flower Drum Song | Doctor Chou | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Merchant | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Chinese Extra in Bullpen | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Island Earth | Dr. Hu Ling Tang | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Forbidden | Doctor Chin | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Macau | Hood | Uncredited |
| 1951 | The Law and the Lady | Chinese Servant | Uncredited |
| China Corsair | Gambling House Extra | Uncredited | |
| The House on Telegraph Hill | Chinese Cook | Uncredited | |
| 1950 | The Breaking Point | 1st Chinese Immigrant | Uncredited |
| Timber Fury | Chung | ||
| The Reformer and the Redhead | The Maguire Cook | Uncredited | |
| 1949 | Malaya | Chinese Shipmaster | Uncredited |
| And Baby Makes Three | Sidewalk Extra in Chinatown | Uncredited | |
| We Were Strangers | Celebrant | Uncredited | |
| State Department: File 649 | Chinese Man | Uncredited | |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Proprietor | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Chinese Ring | Chinese officer | Uncredited |
| The Sea Hound | 'Cookie' Kukai | ||
| Singapore | Electrician | Uncredited | |
| The Beginning or the End | Japanese naval officer | Uncredited | |
| 1946 | The Brennan Girl | Chinese Headwaiter | Uncredited |
| Little Mister Jim | Chinese clerk | Uncredited | |
| 1945 | First Yank Into Tokyo | Bit Part | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Farmer | Uncredited |
| The Purple Heart | Naval Aide | Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Swordsman | Uncredited |
| Adventures of Smilin' Jack | Kushimi's Henchman [Chs. 12-13] | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Destination Unknown | Chinese Servant | Uncredited |
| Across the Pacific | Chief Engineer Mitsuko | ||
| Wake Island | Japanese Captain | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low | Cook | Uncredited |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | Killer | Uncredited |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | No. of episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Hong Kong | Waiter | "Freebooter" (1 episode) |
| The Rebel | Chu | "Blind Marriage" (1 episode) | |
| 1953 | Hopalong Cassidy | Sing Lee | "Illegal Entry" (1 episode) |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men | Unknown | "Chinaman's Chance" (1 episode) |
| 1949 | Mysteries of Chinatown | Unknown | 1 episode |
| ???? | Front Page Detective | Clerk | "Seven Seas to Danger" (1 episode) |