Name
Sidney Toler
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1874-04-26
Deathday
1947-02-12 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
Biography
Sidney Toler (born Hooper G. Toler Jr.; April 28, 1874 – February 12, 1947) was an American actor, playwright and theatre director. The second European-American actor to play the role of Charlie Chan on screen, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the Chinese-American detective in 22 films made between 1938 and 1946. Before becoming Chan, Toler played supporting roles in 50 motion pictures and was a highly regarded comic actor on the Broadway stage.
Known For
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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's ...
6.3
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Ala...
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Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic ...
7.1
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult....
6.8
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband...
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In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the ...
6.5
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed wi...
6.3
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. Wh...
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Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him ...
- 1932 Blondie of the Follies as Pete
- 1937 Double Wedding as Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler
- 1939 City in Darkness as Charlie Chan
- 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Charlie Chan
- 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno as Charlie Chan
- 1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu as Charlie Chan
- 1932 Blonde Venus as Detective Wilson
- 1931 White Shoulders as William Sothern
- 1942 Castle in the Desert as Charlie Chan
- 1932 Speak Easily as Stage Director
- 1940 Charlie Chan in Panama as Charlie Chan
- 1941 Dead Men Tell as Charlie Chan
- 1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum as Charlie Chan
- 1940 Murder Over New York as Charlie Chan
- 1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Charlie Chan
- 1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat as Charlie Chan
- 1944 Charlie Chan in the Secret Service as Charlie Chan
- 1941 Charlie Chan in Rio as Lt. Charlie Chan
- 1945 The Shanghai Cobra as Charlie Chan
- 1944 Black Magic as Charlie Chan
- 1945 The Red Dragon as Charlie Chan
- 1945 The Jade Mask as Charlie Chan
- 1945 The Scarlet Clue as Charlie Chan
- 1946 Dangerous Money as Charlie Chan
- 1946 Shadows Over Chinatown as Charlie Chan
- 1946 Dark Alibi as Charlie Chan
- 1946 The Trap as Charlie Chan
- 1936 Our Relations as Captain of SS Periwinkle
- 1929 Madame X as Dr. Merivel
- 1939 Law of the Pampas as Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez
- 1942 A Night to Remember as Inspector Hankins
- 1937 That Certain Woman as Détective Lieutenant Neely
- 1932 Radio Patrol as Sgt. Tom Keogh
- 1934 Dark Hazard as John Bright
- 1938 If I Were King as Robin Turgis
- 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as Daniel Webster
- 1939 King of Chinatown as Dr. Chang Ling
- 1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins as Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers
- 1936 Three Godfathers as Professor Amos Snape
- 1943 White Savage as Wong
- 1935 Orchids to You as Nick Corsini
- 1934 The Trumpet Blows as Pepi Sancho
- 1934 Here Comes the Groom as Detective Weaver
- 1934 Registered Nurse as Frankie Sylvestrie
- 1934 Romance in Manhattan as Sergeant Duffy
- 1936 The Longest Night as Captain Holt
- 1933 The World Changes as Mr. Hodgens
- 1939 Disbarred as G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen
- 1933 The Narrow Corner as Ryan, the Go-Between
- 1938 Wide Open Faces as Sheriff
- 1932 Is My Face Red? as Tony Mugatti
- 1932 Over the Counter as Mr. Drake
- 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It as Harrison McCooey
- 1938 The Mysterious Rider as Frosty Kilburn
- 1935 Call of the Wild as Joe Groggins
- 1934 Upperworld as Officer Moran
- 1934 Operator 13 as Major Allen
- 1932 Strangers in Love as McPhail
- 1938 One Wild Night as Lawton
- 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1934 Spitfire as Jim Sawyer
- 1933 King of the Jungle as Neil Forbes
- 1939 Heritage of the Desert as Nosey
- 1935 This Is the Life as Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge
- 1945 It's in the Bag! as Detective Sully
- 1932 The Phantom President as Aikenhead
- 1936 Give Us This Night as First Carabiniere
- 1935 The Daring Young Man as Warden Palmer
- 1932 Tom Brown of Culver as Maj. Wharton
- 1933 He Learned About Women as Wilson
- 1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Captain of SS Periwinkle (archive footage)
- 1939 The Kid from Kokomo as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
- 1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
- 1931 Strictly Dishonorable as Mulligan
- 1933 The Way to Love as Pierre
- 1933 The Billion Dollar Scandal as Carter B. Moore
- 1938 Up the River as Jeffrey Mitchell
- 1929 In the Nick of Time
- 1934 Massacre as Thomas Shanks
- 1933 The World Changes as Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited)
- 1935 Champagne for Breakfast as The Probate Judge
