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Edwin Luke

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Edwin Luke
Born
Edwin Sylvester Luke

(1911-07-23)July 23, 1911
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 1986(1986-01-18) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Washington
Occupation(s)Actor, journalist, typographer, social worker
SpouseSun Lin “Lennie” Wong (1914–1986)
RelativesKeye Luke (brother)

Edwin Sylvester Luke (July 23, 1911 – January 18, 1986) was a Chinese American character actor who had a career in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. He played Charlie Chan's Number Four Son, Eddie Chan, in the 1945 feature "The Jade Mask", starring Sydney Toler. He was the son of first generation Chinese American Lee Luke (born in San Francisco in 1880) and the younger brother of actor Keye Luke.[1][2] He was one of three Chinese Americans - the first cohort - to receive a Bachelor's degrees in journalism from the University of Washington in 1936. While a student there, he played on the championship team in the Northwest Chinese Basketball Tournament. Subsequently, he was the first Chinese American member of the International Typographical Union (Los Angeles #174) in 1941. In addition to acting, he also worked for The Hollywood Reporter as a typographer, writer, editor and later forged a successful career as a social worker for Los Angeles County.[3] In the 2012 award winning short film "Keye Luke", by Taiwanese-American Director Timothy Tau, Edwin Luke was portrayed by actor Archie Kao.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1945 The Jade Mask Eddie Chan
1945 Secret Agent X-9 Japanese Sailor Serial, Uncredited
1945 First Yank Into Tokyo Ling Wan Uncredited
1947 Singapore Clerk Uncredited
1953 Forbidden Chinese Clerk Uncredited
1954 The Shanghai Story Police Officer Uncredited
1955 Blood Alley Feng's #2 Nephew Uncredited
1956 The King and I Messenger Uncredited
1957 The Seventh Sin Houseboy Uncredited
1958 Live Fast, Die Young Phillip Uncredited, (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ Dixon, Hugh (7 May 1945). "Monday Wash". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  2. ^ California, Jenny Cho and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern (2013). Chinese in Hollywood. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738599731.
  3. ^ "With Islanders on the Mainland". The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 27 Apr 1942. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  • Franks, Joel (2016). Asian-American Sports: A Century of Sport, Community and Culture. Jefferson, NC: Macfarland and Co.
  • Luke, Allan (2018). R. Hammer; D. Kellner (eds.). "Another Ethnic Autobiography? Childhood and the cultural economy of looking". Media/Cultural Studies: Critical Approaches. New York: Peter Lang: 285–300.