Victor Sen Yung

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-10-18 (65 years old)

Deathday

1980-11-01

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Victor Sen Yung

Biography

Victor Sen Young (born Victor Cheung Young or Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1915 – body discovered November 9, 1980) was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the Western series Bonanza. He was born in San Francisco, California to Gum Yung Sen and his first wife, both immigrants from China. His mother died during the flu epidemic of 1919. His father placed Victor and his younger sister, Rosemary, in a children's shelter, and returned to his homeland to seek another wife. He returned in 1922 with his new wife, Lovi Shee, forming a household with his two children. Sen Yung made ...

Acting

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1949

Chinatown at Midnight

as Hotel Proprietor

1961

Flower Drum Song

as Frankie Wing

1939

1938

1953

Forbidden

as Allan Chung

1950

Woman on the Run

as Sammy Chung

1942

1942

Moontide

as Jimmy Takeo

1958

She Demons

as Sammy Ching

1955

1950

1940

Charlie Chan in Panama

as Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

1940

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

as Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

1940

1941

Charlie Chan in Rio

as Jimmy Chan

1941

Dead Men Tell

as Jimmy Chan

1946

1946

Dangerous Money

as Jimmy Chan

1946

The Trap

as Jimmy Chan

1958

The Hunters

as Korean farmer

1947

The Flame

as Chang

1958

Jet Attack

as Capt. Chon

1940

The Letter

as Ong Chi Seng

1942

Across the Pacific

as Joe Totsuiko

1948

1947

The Chinese Ring

as Tommy Chan

1948

The Shanghai Chest

as Tommy Chan

1948

1948

The Golden Eye

as Tommy Chan (as Victor Sen Young)

1942

A Yank on the Burma Road

as Wing (as Sen Yung)

1943

China

as Lin Wei

1954

1949

Tuna Clipper

as Oriental Dock Worker

1947

The Crimson Key

as Wing - Houseboy

1975

1947

1937

The Good Earth

as Peasant (uncredited)

1937

Thank You, Mr. Moto

as Onlooker with Street Acrobats / Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1952

Cripple Creek

as Postal Clerk (uncredited)

1970

The Hawaiians

as Chun Fat (uncredited)

1956

The Rawhide Years

as Chang - Steward (uncredited)

1951

Valley of Fire

as Ching Moon

1973

The Red Pony

as Mr. Sing / Carni man / Mr. Green

1949

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Mickey - Chinese Man (uncredited)

1937

Double or Nothing

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1951

Secrets of Monte Carlo

as Chinese Clerk (uncredited)

1948

To the Ends of the Earth

as Chinese Pilot (uncredited)

1948

Rogues' Regiment

as Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)

1946

G.I. War Brides

as Waiter (uncredited)

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Oscar, Chris' Valet

1956

Accused of Murder

as Hank - Bayliss' Houseboy (uncredited)

1947

Intrigue

as Western Union Clerk (uncredited)

1952

Hong Kong

as Mr. Howe (uncredited)

1951

The Law and the Lady

as Chinese Manager (uncredited)

1943

Lost Angel

as Chinese Man (uncredited)

1953

Target Hong Kong

as Johnny Wing (uncredited)

1951

Peking Express

as Chinese Captain (uncredited)

1950

Key to the City

as MC at the Blue Duck (uncredited)

1956

Flight to Hong Kong

as Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

1942

Manila Calling

as Armando

1953

The Blue Gardenia

as Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)

1955

Soldier of Fortune

as Goldie - Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1944

Winged Victory

as Lee (uncredited)

1955

Jump Into Hell

as Lt. Thatch

1938

International Settlement

as Bellboy / Onlooker in Street

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

as Chinese Entertainer with Sword

1952

1951

1939

Barricade

as Undetermined Role

1939

20,000 Men a Year

as Harold Chong

1949

Red Light

as Vincent (uncredited)

1950

1957

Men in War

as North Korean Sniper Prisoner

1942

The Mad Martindales

as Jefferson Gow

1954

Port of Hell

as Detonation Ship Radioman

1941

They Met in Bombay

as Gin Ling (uncredited)

1949

1946

1968

1955

Blood Alley

as Cpl. Wang

1961

Dragon by the Tail

as Dr. Wing Chin-Ni

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