Sidney Toler
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-04-26 (73 years old)
Deathday
1947-02-12
Place of Birth
Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
Also known As
Sydney Toler
Hooper G. Toler Jr.
Sidney Toler
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Toler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
1932
as Pete
1937
as Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler
1939
as Charlie Chan
1939
as Charlie Chan
1939
as Charlie Chan
1938
as Charlie Chan
1932
as Detective Wilson
1931
as William Sothern
1942
as Charlie Chan
1932
as Stage Director
1940
as Charlie Chan
1941
as Charlie Chan
1940
as Charlie Chan
1940
as Charlie Chan
1940
as Charlie Chan
1944
as Charlie Chan
1944
as Charlie Chan
1945
as Charlie Chan
1941
as Lt. Charlie Chan
1944
as Charlie Chan
1946
as Charlie Chan
1945
as Charlie Chan
1945
as Charlie Chan
1945
as Charlie Chan
1946
as Charlie Chan
1946
as Charlie Chan
1946
as Charlie Chan
1936
as Captain of SS Periwinkle
1929
as Dr. Merivel
1939
as Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez
1942
as Inspector Hankins
1937
as Détective Lieutenant Neely
1932
as Sgt. Tom Keogh
1934
as John Bright
1938
as Robin Turgis
1936
as Daniel Webster
1939
as Dr. Chang Ling
1943
as Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers
1936
as Professor Amos Snape
1943
as Wong
1935
as Nick Corsini
1934
as Pepi Sancho
1934
as Detective Weaver
1934
as Frankie Sylvestrie
1935
as Sergeant Duffy
1936
as Captain Holt
1933
as Mr. Hodgens
1939
as G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen
1933
as Ryan, the Go-Between
1938
as Sheriff
1932
as Tony Mugatti
1932
as Mr. Drake
1938
as Harrison McCooey
1938
as Frosty Kilburn
1935
as Joe Groggins
1934
as Officer Moran
1934
as Major Allen
1932
as McPhail
1938
as Lawton
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1934
as Jim Sawyer
1933
as Neil Forbes
1939
as Nosey
1935
as Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge
1945
as Detective Sully
1932
as Aikenhead
1936
as First Carabiniere
1935
as Warden Palmer
1932
as Maj. Wharton
1933
as Wilson
1968
as Captain of SS Periwinkle (archive footage)
1939
as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
1943
as General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
1931
as Mulligan
1933
as Pierre
1933
as Carter B. Moore
1938
as Jeffrey Mitchell
1934
as Thomas Shanks
Production
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