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Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler (born Hooper G. Toler Jr.) 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Warrensburg, Missouri, USA, 1874-04-26

Died: 1947-02-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Madame X	Dr. Merivel	61
2	1929	In the Nick of Time		0
3	1931	White Shoulders	William Sothern	0
4	1931	Strictly Dishonorable	Mulligan	51
5	1932	Strangers in Love	McPhail	51
6	1932	Radio Patrol	Sgt. Tom Keogh	0
7	1932	Is My Face Red?	Tony Mugatti	50
8	1932	Tom Brown of Culver	Maj. Wharton	52
9	1932	Speak Easily	Stage Director	58
10	1932	Blondie of the Follies	Pete	60
11	1932	Blonde Venus	Detective Wilson	68
12	1932	The Phantom President	Aikenhead	55
13	1932	Over the Counter	Mr. Drake	47
14	1933	The Billion Dollar Scandal	Carter B. Moore	0
15	1933	He Learned About Women	Wilson	0
16	1933	King of the Jungle	Neil Forbes	50
17	1933	The Narrow Corner	Ryan, the Go-Between	55
18	1933	The Way to Love	Pierre	0
19	1933	The World Changes	Mr. Hodgens	48
20	1934	Massacre	Thomas Shanks	58
21	1934	Dark Hazard	John Bright	54
22	1934	Spitfire	Jim Sawyer	54
23	1934	Registered Nurse	Frankie Sylvestrie	46
24	1934	The Trumpet Blows	Pepi Sancho	50
25	1934	Upperworld	Officer Moran	63
26	1934	Operator 13	Major Allen	58
27	1934	Here Comes the Groom	Detective Weaver	40
28	1935	Romance in Manhattan	Sergeant Duffy	78
29	1935	The Daring Young Man	Warden Palmer	0
30	1935	Orchids to You	Nick Corsini	0
31	1935	Call of the Wild	Joe Groggins	63
32	1935	This Is the Life	Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge	60
33	1936	Three Godfathers	Professor Amos Snape	69
34	1936	Give Us This Night	First Carabiniere	70
35	1936	The Gorgeous Hussy	Daniel Webster	53
36	1936	Our Relations	Captain of SS Periwinkle	70
37	1936	The Longest Night	Captain Holt	57
38	1937	That Certain Woman	Détective Lieutenant Neely	57
39	1937	Double Wedding	Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler	65
40	1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Harrison McCooey	69
41	1938	Wide Open Faces	Sheriff	85
42	1938	One Wild Night	Lawton	55
43	1938	The Mysterious Rider	Frosty Kilburn	60
44	1938	If I Were King	Robin Turgis	68
45	1938	Up the River	Jeffrey Mitchell	0
46	1938	Charlie Chan in Honolulu	Charlie Chan	64
47	1939	Disbarred	G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen	60
48	1939	King of Chinatown	Dr. Chang Ling	58
49	1939	The Kid from Kokomo	Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson	60
50	1939	Charlie Chan in Reno	Charlie Chan	62
51	1939	Heritage of the Desert	Nosey	58
52	1939	Charlie Chan at Treasure Island	Charlie Chan	66
53	1939	Law of the Pampas	Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez	40
54	1939	City in Darkness	Charlie Chan	64
55	1940	Charlie Chan in Panama	Charlie Chan	68
56	1940	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Charlie Chan	67
57	1940	Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum	Charlie Chan	77
58	1940	Murder Over New York	Charlie Chan	61
59	1941	Dead Men Tell	Charlie Chan	63
60	1941	Charlie Chan in Rio	Lt. Charlie Chan	62
61	1942	Castle in the Desert	Charlie Chan	68
62	1942	A Night to Remember	Inspector Hankins	66
63	1943	The Adventures of Smilin' Jack	General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]	50
64	1943	White Savage	Wong	52
65	1943	Isle of Forgotten Sins	Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers	46
66	1944	Charlie Chan in the Secret Service	Charlie Chan	59
67	1944	Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat	Charlie Chan	64
68	1944	Black Magic	Charlie Chan	70
69	1945	The Jade Mask	Charlie Chan	61
70	1945	It's in the Bag!	Detective Sully	50
71	1945	The Scarlet Clue	Charlie Chan	59
72	1945	The Red Dragon	Charlie Chan	65
73	1945	The Shanghai Cobra	Charlie Chan	58
74	1946	Dark Alibi	Charlie Chan	61
75	1946	Shadows Over Chinatown	Charlie Chan	58
76	1946	Dangerous Money	Charlie Chan	57
77	1946	The Trap	Charlie Chan	67
78	1968	The Best of Laurel and Hardy	Captain of SS Periwinkle (archive footage)	0
79	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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