--- name: "Keye Luke" canonical: "https://film.one/person/keye-luke" fi1m_id: "keye-luke" imdb_id: "nm0525601" tmdb_id: 16103 wikidata_id: "Q609316" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 June 1904" died: "12 January 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-20T02:48:17.789519+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Keye Luke ## Identity Keye Luke - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keye-luke - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** keye-luke - **IMDb ID:** nm0525601 - **TMDB ID:** 16103 - **Wikidata ID:** Q609316 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keye_Luke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609316, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16103 Actor. Born 18 June 1904 in Guangzhou, China. Died 12 January 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 June 1904, Guangzhou, China - **Died:** 12 January 1991 - **Active:** 1937–1984 - **Also known as:** Key Luke, 陸錫麒, Luk Shek Kee - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 64 (1), 1950s 60 (1), 1960s 83 (1), 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 80 (1) - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Horror 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $157m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keye_Luke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609316, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16103 ## Streaming the US now - **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) (83) - **HBO Max:** [*Gremlins*](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Keye Luke was a Chinese-born American actor. He made his film debut in *The Painted Veil* (1934) and gained prominence playing Lee Chan, the 'Number One Son', in the Charlie Chan film series from 1935. He was the original Kato in the Green Hornet film serials (1939–1941) and appeared in numerous other films and television series over six decades. Luke was the first Chinese-American contract player signed by RKO, Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He is also known for playing Master Po in the television series *Kung Fu* (1972–1975) and Mr. Wing in *Gremlins* (1984) and *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990). He died in 1991. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Grandfather (Mr. Wing) — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) - *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md) - *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Donald Cory — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, as Lee Foo, Lee Foo (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) - *The Good Earth* (1937), Fi1m 64, as Elder Son — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-earth.md) ## Complete filmography (183) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood* (2019), as (archive footage) - *Keye Luke* (2012), as Keye Luke - *Battle of the Planets: The Movie* (2012), as Zoltar - *Alice* (1990), as Dr. Yang - *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), as Mr. Wing - *The Mighty Quinn* (1989), as Dr. Raj - *Superboy* (1988), series, Actor - *Dead Heat* (1988), as Mr. Thule - *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Lum Chen - *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Master - *Sidekicks* (1986), series, Actor - *A Fine Mess* (1986), as Ishimine - *Kappa* (1986), as Narrator (voice) - *T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport* (1986), as Dr. Kenji Yakimura - *The Last Electric Knight* (1986), as Sabasan - *Kung Fu: The Movie* (1986), as Master Po - *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Prasert, Adam Chung - *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Toshiro Mitsumo — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md) - *Blade in Hong Kong* (1985), as Chang Chin-tzu - *Street Hawk* (1985), series, as Mr. Ming - *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Jimmy - *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Lao Li — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) - *Gremlins* (1984), as Grandfather (Mr. Wing) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) - *Night Court* (1984), series, as Grandfather Ho, Mr. Shibata - *Alvin and the Chipmunks* (1983), series, as (voice) - *The Nightingale* (1983), as Imperial Doctor - *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Sam Yeng - *Cocaine and Blue Eyes* (1983), as Tan Ng - *Voyagers!* (1982), series, Actor - *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Tanaka - *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Imperial Doctor - *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, Actor - *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Wilson Fong - *Bret Maverick* (1981), series, as Lu Sung - *Fly Away Home* (1981), as Duc - *Goldie Gold and Action Jack* (1981), series, as Additional Voices (voice) - *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Goto - *Thundarr the Barbarian* (1980), series, as (voice), Zevon (voice), Kublai (voice) - *Just You and Me, Kid* (1979), as Doctor Device - *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor - *Battle of the Planets* (1978), series, as Zoltar / The Spirit / Colonel Cronus (voice) - *Sword of Justice* (1978), series, Actor - *The Amsterdam Kill* (1977), as Chung Wei - *How the West Was Won* (1977), series, as Leong Chung Hua - *Meeting of Minds* (1977), series, Actor - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Otashi Hiyedo - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Lin - *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), as Cook in Kitchen - *Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders* (1974), as Lord Sun Ming - *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor - *Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita* (1974), Actor - *The Cat Creature* (1973), as The Thief - Joe Sung - *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Master Po - *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, Actor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md) - *Anna and the King* (1972), series, as Kralahome - *The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan* (1972), series, Actor - *Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon* (1972), as Master Po - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *The Hawaiians* (1970), as Foo Sen - *Noon Sunday* (1970), as Colonel Oong - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Hi Ching - *Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!* (1969), series, as Zen Tuo / Mr. Fong (voice) (uncredited) - *The Chairman* (1969), as Professor Soong Li - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Senator John Oishi - *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Quon Fong - *Adam-12* (1968), series, as George Lum, Sing Hong - *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor - *The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1968), series, Actor - *Project X* (1968), as Sen Chiu - *Nobody's Perfect* (1968), as Gondai-San - *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Dr. Tanu Woo - *Birdman and the Galaxy Trio* (1967), series, Actor - *Dragnet* (1967), series, as George Lum, Lin Fong - *Family Affair* (1966), series, Actor - *Space Ghost and Dino Boy* (1966), series, as Brak / Lokar (voice) - *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Mr. Chang - *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Donald Cory — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as General How, Captain Cheiu, Ken Torii, Mr. Seito - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Mike Chang - *Kentucky Jones* (1964), series, as Thomas Wong - *Jonny Quest* (1964), series, Actor - *Mickey* (1964), series, Actor - *The Littlest Hobo* (1963), series, as Wu Chang - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Charlie Lee - *Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1959), as Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited) - *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Sammy Wong - *Rodan! The Flying Monster* (1957), as Shigeru Kawamura / Sunagawa / Toji (voice) - *Trackdown* (1957), series, as Wong - *Alcoa Theatre* (1957), series, as Mike - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as C. C. Chang, Choy - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Dr. Lin Chang - *Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst* (1957), as Captain Kuo Tai - *Panic!* (1957), series, Actor - *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Old Man at Travel Office (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) - *Wire Service* (1956), series, as Young General - *The Gale Storm Show* (1956), series, Actor - *Dr. Fu Manchu* (1956), series, as Lum Sen - *Crossroads* (1955), series, as Leang Fan, Wang - *Jungle Jim* (1955), series, Actor - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Chen - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), as Lee Foo (uncredited), Lee Foo — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) - *Buffalo Bill Jr.* (1955), series, Actor - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Chen - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *The Bamboo Prison* (1954), as Comrade-Instructor Li Ching - *Hell's Half Acre* (1954), as Police Chief Dan - *World for Ransom* (1954), as Wong - *The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse* (1953), series, Actor - *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Japanese Deck Officer (uncredited) - *Fair Wind to Java* (1953), as Pidada - *Terry and the Pirates* (1952), series, Actor - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *Hong Kong* (1952), as Taxicab Driver (uncredited) - *Chevron Theatre* (1952), series, Actor - *The Congregation* (1952), Actor - *China Smith* (1952), series, as Wong, Aban - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor - *Young Man with a Horn* (1950), as Ramundo the Houseboy (uncredited) - *Manhandled* (1949), as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited) - *Sky Dragon* (1949), as Lee Chan - *The Feathered Serpent* (1948), as Lee Chan - *Waterfront at Midnight* (1948), as Loy - *Sleep, My Love* (1948), as Jimmie Lin - *Dark Delusion* (1947), as Dr. Lee Wong How - *Lost City of the Jungle* (1946), as Tal Shan - *Tokyo Rose* (1946), as Charlie Otani - *How DOooo You Do* (1945), as Chinese Detective - *First Yank into Tokyo* (1945), as Haan-Soo - *Secret Agent X-9* (1945), as Ah Fong - *Between Two Women* (1945), as Dr. Lee Wong How - *3 Men in White* (1944), as Dr. Lee Wong How - *Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble* (1944), as Dr. Lee - *Salute to the Marines* (1943), as 'Flashy' Logaz - *Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case* (1943), as Dr. Lee Wong How - *The Adventures of Smilin' Jack* (1943), as Captain Wing - *Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant* (1942), as Dr. Lee Wong How - *Destination Unknown* (1942), as Secretary - *The Falcon's Brother* (1942), as Jerry - *Mexican Spitfire's Elephant* (1942), as Lao Lee - Chinese Magician - *Across the Pacific* (1942), as Steamship Office Clerk - *Somewhere I'll Find You* (1942), as Thomas Chang - *Invisible Agent* (1942), as Surgeon - *Spy Ship* (1942), as Koshimo Haru - *A Tragedy at Midnight* (1942), as Ah Foo - *A Yank on the Burma Road* (1942), as Kim How - *Mr. and Mrs. North* (1942), as Kumi - *North to the Klondike* (1942), as K. Wellington Wong - *No Hands on the Clock* (1941), as Severino - *Burma Convoy* (1941), as Lin Taiyen - *Let's Go Collegiate* (1941), as Buck Wing - *Bowery Blitzkrieg* (1941), as Clancy - *The Gang's All Here* (1941), as George Lee - *The Green Hornet Strikes Again!* (1940), as Kato - *No, No, Nanette* (1940), as Sung, Oriental Cafe Manager (uncredited) - *Comrade X* (1940), as World Press Attendee with Glasses - *Phantom of Chinatown* (1940), as James Lee Wong - *Wildcat Bus* (1940), as Tai (uncredited) - *The Green Hornet* (1940), as Kato - *Barricade* (1939), as Ling - *Sued for Libel* (1939), as Chang Howe - *Disputed Passage* (1939), as Andrew Abbott - *North of Shanghai* (1939), as Jimmy Riley - *Mr. Moto's Gamble* (1938), as Lee Chan - *International Settlement* (1938), as Dr. Wong - *Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo* (1937), as Lee Chan - *Charlie Chan on Broadway* (1937), as Lee Chan - *The Good Earth* (1937), as Elder Son — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-earth.md) - *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), as Lee Chan - *Charlie Chan at the Opera* (1936), as Lee Chan - *Charlie Chan at the Race Track* (1936), as Lee Chan - *Charlie Chan at the Circus* (1936), as Lee Chan - *King of Burlesque* (1936), as Wong - *Charlie Chan in Shanghai* (1935), as Lee Chan - *Here's to Romance* (1935), as Saito - *Shanghai* (1935), as Chinese Ambassador's Son - *Mad Love* (1935), as Dr. Wong - *Oil for the Lamps of China* (1935), as Young Chinese Soldier - *Murder in the Fleet* (1935), as Consul's Secretary (Uncredited) - *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), as Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited) - *Charlie Chan in Paris* (1935), as Lee Chan - *The Painted Veil* (1934), as Shay Key Fong (uncredited) - *Happiness Ahead* (1934), as Pekin Club Emcee (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Keye Luke](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-5149bb4a3a20.jpg) Keye Luke — Koen Suyk / Anefo;, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Keye_Luke_%281976%29.jpg/1280px-Keye_Luke_%281976%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Publicity photo of Keye Luke as Master Po from the television program Kung Fu.](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-a3fc52efd05e.jpg) Publicity photo of Keye Luke as Master Po from the television program Kung Fu. — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Keye_Luke_Master_Po_Kung_Fu.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie in Amsterdam Hilton i.v.m. film "The Amsterdam Kill" . (1976)](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-d556f0330d68.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Persconferentie in Amsterdam Hilton i.v.m. film "The Amsterdam Kill" . (1976) — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Persconferentie_in_Amsterdam_Hilton_i.v.m._film_The_Amsterdam_Kill_._De_Chinee%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-8121.jpg/1280px-Persconferentie_in_Amsterdam_Hilton_i.v.m._film_The_Amsterdam_Kill_._De_Chinee%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-8121.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![L. to R. : unknown, Keye Luke, unknown, Edgar Barrier & Tom Brown in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack - cropped screenshot (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-b677a15bb8cf.jpg) L. to R. : unknown, Keye Luke, unknown, Edgar Barrier & Tom Brown in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack - cropped screenshot (1943) — film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/The_Adventures_of_Smilin%27_Jack_%281943%29_1.jpg/1280px-The_Adventures_of_Smilin%27_Jack_%281943%29_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Keye Luke](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-be78252beb73.jpg) Keye Luke — Image via TMDB - ![Keye Luke](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-a0c2b116ab78.jpg) Keye Luke — Image via TMDB - ![Keye Luke](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-221737eec264.jpg) Keye Luke — Image via TMDB - ![Unknown panel members at the National Film Society convention, May 1979. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but plea](https://film.one/media/person/118216/gallery-2fab0684d223.jpg) Unknown panel members at the National Film Society convention, May 1979. NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but plea — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Unknown_%284505583055%29.jpg/1280px-Unknown_%284505583055%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/keye-luke