ACTOR

Keye Luke

1904 - 1991

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Keye Luke (Chinese: 陸錫麒; pinyin: Lù Xīqí; Jyutping: Luk6 Sek3 Kei4; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He portrayed Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the television series Kung Fu, and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keye Luke has received more than 1,210,550 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Keye Luke is the 4,604th most popular actor (down from 3,923rd in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from China (down from 811th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Chinese Actor.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 47.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Keye Luke ranks 4,604 out of 13,578. Before him are Al St. John, Chi McBride, Ilse Werner, David Morrissey, Ina Claire, and Nick Adams. After him are Catherine McCormack, Glória Pires, Lee Pace, Lucero, Facundo Arana, and Edie McClurg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Keye Luke ranks 235. Before him are Jānis Daliņš, Ralph Kronig, Sergio Amidei, Rudolf Burkert, Gino Rossetti, and Boris Babochkin. After him are Julio Quintana, Carlos Torre Repetto, Wilmer Allison, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Sven Thofelt, and Christian Møller. Among people deceased in 1991, Keye Luke ranks 182. Before him are Adãozinho, Josef Stroh, George Abecassis, Franz Brunner, Irwin Allen, and Walter Zeman. After him are Reidar Andersen, Hans Schwartz, Harriet Bland, James Franciscus, Dilara Aliyeva, and Maria Aurèlia Capmany.

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In China

Among people born in China, Keye Luke ranks 898 out of 1,610. Before him are Xie Fuzhi (1909), Zhang Jie (1937), Yao Lee (1922), Zhu Ziqing (1898), Bai Yang (1920), and Coco Lee (1975). After him are Wu Wenjun (1919), Chang Wanquan (1949), Liang Shuming (1893), Xiao Zhan (1991), John Hersey (1914), and Yan Huiqing (1877).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Keye Luke ranks 50. Before him are Toshiko Fujita (1950), Nina Li Chi (1961), Tsai Chin (1933), Jiang Wen (1963), Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), and Bai Yang (1920). After him are Xiao Zhan (1991), Lisa Lu (1927), Zhou Xun (1974), Lidiya Vertinskaya (1923), Kris Wu (1990), and Huang Xiaoming (1977).

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Television and Movie Roles

Gremlins
Grandfather (Mr. Wing)
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Jun 8th 19847.1 / 10
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Mr. Wing
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Jun 15th 19906.5 / 10
Kung Fu
Master Po
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
7.6 / 10