People
Sidney Toler
- Name: Sidney Toler
- Birthday: 1874-04-26
- Also known as: Sydney Toler,Hooper G. Toler Jr.
- Place of birth: Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
- Popularity: 0.647
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
| The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Captain of SS Periwinkle (archive footage) | 1968-12-14 |
| The Trap as Charlie Chan | 1946-11-30 |
| Dangerous Money as Charlie Chan | 1946-10-12 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown as Charlie Chan | 1946-06-27 |
| Dark Alibi as Charlie Chan | 1946-05-25 |
| The Shanghai Cobra as Charlie Chan | 1945-09-29 |
| The Red Dragon as Charlie Chan | 1945-08-01 |
| The Scarlet Clue as Charlie Chan | 1945-05-11 |
| It's in the Bag! as Detective Sully | 1945-04-21 |
| The Jade Mask as Charlie Chan | 1945-01-26 |
| Black Magic as Charlie Chan | 1944-08-19 |
| Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat as Charlie Chan | 1944-05-20 |
| Charlie Chan in the Secret Service as Charlie Chan | 1944-02-14 |
| Isle of Forgotten Sins as Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers | 1943-08-15 |
| White Savage as Wong | 1943-04-23 |
| The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13] | 1943-01-05 |
| A Night to Remember as Inspector Hankins | 1942-12-10 |
| Castle in the Desert as Charlie Chan | 1942-02-02 |
| Charlie Chan in Rio as Lt. Charlie Chan | 1941-09-05 |
| Dead Men Tell as Charlie Chan | 1941-03-28 |
| Murder Over New York as Charlie Chan | 1940-12-13 |
| Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum as Charlie Chan | 1940-09-06 |
| Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Charlie Chan | 1940-05-02 |
| Charlie Chan in Panama as Charlie Chan | 1940-03-01 |
| City in Darkness as Charlie Chan | 1939-11-15 |
| Law of the Pampas as Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez | 1939-11-03 |
| Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Charlie Chan | 1939-08-31 |
| Heritage of the Desert as Nosey | 1939-06-23 |
| Charlie Chan in Reno as Charlie Chan | 1939-06-16 |
| The Kid from Kokomo as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson | 1939-05-23 |
| King of Chinatown as Dr. Chang Ling | 1939-03-17 |
| Disbarred as G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen | 1939-01-06 |
| Charlie Chan in Honolulu as Charlie Chan | 1938-12-30 |
| Up the River as Jeffrey Mitchell | 1938-12-09 |
| If I Were King as Robin Turgis | 1938-09-28 |
| The Mysterious Rider as Frosty Kilburn | 1938-09-21 |
| One Wild Night as Lawton | 1938-06-02 |
| Wide Open Faces as Sheriff | 1938-04-18 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It as Harrison McCooey | 1938-02-12 |
| Double Wedding as Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler | 1937-10-15 |
| That Certain Woman as Détective Lieutenant Neely | 1937-08-30 |
| The Longest Night as Captain Holt | 1936-10-02 |
| Our Relations as Captain of SS Periwinkle | 1936-09-15 |
| The Gorgeous Hussy as Daniel Webster | 1936-08-28 |
| Give Us This Night as First Carabiniere | 1936-03-06 |
| Three Godfathers as Professor Amos Snape | 1936-03-06 |
| This Is the Life as Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge | 1935-10-07 |
| Orchids to You as Nick Corsini | 1935-08-09 |
| Call of the Wild as Joe Groggins | 1935-08-09 |
| The Daring Young Man as Warden Palmer | 1935-07-17 |
| Champagne for Breakfast as The Probate Judge | 1935-07-15 |
| Romance in Manhattan as Sergeant Duffy | 1935-01-11 |
| Here Comes the Groom as Detective Weaver | 1934-06-21 |
| Operator 13 as Major Allen | 1934-06-08 |
| Upperworld as Officer Moran | 1934-04-28 |
| The Trumpet Blows as Pepi Sancho | 1934-04-14 |
| Registered Nurse as Frankie Sylvestrie | 1934-04-06 |
| Spitfire as Jim Sawyer | 1934-03-08 |
| Dark Hazard as John Bright | 1934-01-31 |
| Massacre as Thomas Shanks | 1934-01-20 |
| The World Changes as Mr. Hodgens | 1933-11-25 |
| The World Changes as Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited) | 1933-11-25 |
| The Way to Love as Pierre | 1933-10-20 |
| The Narrow Corner as Ryan, the Go-Between | 1933-07-08 |
| King of the Jungle as Neil Forbes | 1933-03-10 |
| He Learned About Women as Wilson | 1933-03-02 |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal as Carter B. Moore | 1933-01-06 |
| Over the Counter as Mr. Drake | 1932-10-15 |
| The Phantom President as Aikenhead | 1932-09-23 |
| Blonde Venus as Detective Wilson | 1932-09-23 |
| Blondie of the Follies as Pete | 1932-09-01 |
| Speak Easily as Stage Director | 1932-08-13 |
| Tom Brown of Culver as Maj. Wharton | 1932-06-30 |
| Is My Face Red? as Tony Mugatti | 1932-06-17 |
| Radio Patrol as Sgt. Tom Keogh | 1932-06-02 |
| Strangers in Love as McPhail | 1932-03-05 |
| Strictly Dishonorable as Mulligan | 1931-12-01 |
| White Shoulders as William Sothern | 1931-05-17 |
| In the Nick of Time | 1929-10-01 |
| Madame X as Dr. Merivel | 1929-08-17 |
