Warner Oland
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-10-03 (59 years old)
Deathday
1938-08-06
Place of Birth
Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden
Also known As
Johan Verner Ölund
Warner Oland
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund, October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: the Honolulu Police detective, Lieutenant Charlie Chan; Dr. Fu Manchu; and Henry Chang in Shanghai Express. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 13. He pursued a film career that would include time on Broadway and dozens of film appearances, including 16 Charlie Chan films. After several years in theater, including appearances on Broadway as Warner Oland, in 1912 he made his silent film debut in Pilgrim's Progr...
Acting
1932
as Mr. Henry Chang
1927
as Cantor Rabinowitz
1925
as Petras
1937
as Charlie Chan
1936
as Charlie Chan
1936
as Charlie Chan
1936
as Charlie Chan
1935
as Charlie Chan
1934
as Charlie Chan
1935
as Charlie Chan
1935
as Charlie Chan
1979
as (archive footage)
1935
as Dr. Yogami
1926
as Clint Beasley
1936
as Charlie Chan
1918
as Maharajah
1931
as Andrew North
1931
as Charlie Chan
1937
as Charlie Chan
1937
as Charlie Chan
1934
as Hippolitus Lomi
1934
as General Yu
1931
as Colonel von Hindau
1927
as Perfume Manufacturer
1931
as Fu Manchu
1926
as Cesare Borgia
1927
as André Lescaut
1925
as The Archduke Paul
1929
as Dr. Fu Manchu
1931
as Dr. Boris Karlov
1933
as Dr. Paul Cornelius
1935
as Ambassador Lun Sing
1928
as Ghika - the Bandit Leader
1929
as Rupert Borka
1934
as Prince Achmed
2019
as Charlie Chan (archive footage)
1930
as Dr. Fu Manchu
1932
as Fen Sha
1919
as Nick Delano
1916
as James Shaw
1942
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Schomberg
1912
as John Bunyon
1928
as Mosher Turkeltaub
1934
as Nick
1934
as Charlie Chan
1932
as Charlie Chan
1917
as Richard Carslake
1919
as Wu Fang
2006
as Charlie Chan (archive footage)
1932
as Baron von Sydow, Police Commandant
1926
as Chinese Bandit Chief
1929
as Hadrian
1927
as Chris Buckwell
1935
as Charlie Chan (uncredited)
1928
as The Duke
1927
as Good Time Charley Keene
1926
as Max Ravenal
1929
as "Boston Charley" Wu
1925
as Lew Walters aka Judge Dyer
1924
as Shanghai Dan
1930
as Thibault
1917
as Baron Huroki
1916
as Sinclair La Salle
1916
as H. Coudal
1928
as Zaneriff
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Luke Rand
1926
as Roseleaf
1933
as Charlie Chan
1927
as Geoffrey Marsh
1929
as Sterky
1930
as Fu Manchu (Murder Will Out)
1933
as Himself
1916
as Detective
1919
as John Bent
1931
as Charlie Chan
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1927
as W. Bradberry, Father
1922
as Charley Yong
1921
as Clifton Marlow
1923
as Dr. Dahl
1922
as Okada
1916
as Pierre Felix
1925
as Osman Pasha
1915
as Mr. Deleveau
1924
as Fu Shing
1920
as Curtis Steele / Malcolm Graw
1919
as Captain Ballantyne
1915
as Pietro
1918
as Baron Andrey
1920
as Uncle Leo Sealkirk
1924
as King David
1999
as Self (archive footage)
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