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Spencer Chan is a Actor American born on 28 march 1892 at Shanghai (Chine)
Spencer Chan (March 28, 1892 – January 9, 1988) was a Chinese American film, television, and stage actor. Chan's filmography included many uncredited roles and only a few middle roles. Chan was born in Shanghai, China, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 march 1892 at Shanghai (Chine)
Death 9 january 1988 (at 95 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 28 march 1892 at Shanghai (Chine)
Death 9 january 1988 (at 95 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Herbie Rides Again (1974)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, John McIntire, Liam Dunn
Rating57%
Ruthless real estate magnate Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is pursuing his newest indoor shopping center, the 130-story Hawk Plaza. His only obstacle is an archaic firehouse inhabited by "Grandma" Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), widow of its former owner, Fire Captain Steinmetz, and aunt of mechanic Tennessee Steinmetz who appeared in The Love Bug; her displaced neighbor, flight attendant Nicole Harris (Stefanie Powers); and their sentient machines: Herbie the Love Bug, an orchestrion that chooses its own songs, and a retired cable car known as "Old No. 22". It is explained that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher, while Herbie's former owner, Jim Douglas, has gone to Europe.
This Island Earth (1955)
, 1h27Directed by Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Musical films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer
Rating59%
Dr. Cal Meacham (Reason), a noted scientist and jet pilot, is sent an unusual substitute for electronic condensers that he ordered. Instead, he receives instructions and parts to build a complex communication device called an interocitor. Although neither Meacham nor his assistant Joe Wilson (Robert Nichols) have heard of such a device, they immediately begin construction. When they finish, a mysterious man named Exeter (Morrow) appears on the device's screen and tells Meacham he has passed the test. His ability to build the interocitor demonstrates that he is gifted enough to be part of Exeter's special research project.
The Sea Hound (1947)
Directed by Mack V. Wright, Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Buster Crabbe, Pamela Blake, Spencer Chan, Rick Vallin, Milton Kibbee, Jack Ingram
Roles "Cookie" Kukai
Rating73%
Captain Silver and his crew receive a distress call in the South Pacific. They rescue the crew of a yacht from modern pirates and get caught up in a search for lost treasure.
Back to Bataan (1945)
, 1h35Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Lawrence Tierney
Rating65%
The film begins with the then-recent US Army Ranger raid at Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp. The film then flashes back to March 1942.
Casablanca (1943)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
Rating84%
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
Across the Pacific (1942)
, 1h33Directed by John Huston, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Richard Loo, Monte Blue
Roles Chief Engineer Mitsuko
Rating67%
In late 1941, Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart) is court-martialed and discharged from the U.S. Coast Artillery after he is caught stealing. He tries to join the Canadian Army, but is coldly rebuffed. He subsequently boards a Japanese ship, the Genoa Maru, in Halifax, apparently to make his way to China via the Panama Canal to fight for Chiang Kai-shek.