Chester Gan

Chester Gan
Born	July 4, 1908(1908-07-04) San Francisco, California
Died	June 29, 1959(1959-06-29) (aged 50) San Francisco, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1959

Chester Gan or at times Chester Gann was an American actor of Chinese descent. If there was a quintessential Asian John Smith character, then Chester Gan was that person. He played almost a hundred roles, portraying every Asian stereotype in Hollywood from the Chinese cook or waiter to the Japanese enemy soldier.

Partial filmography

• Salute to the Marines (1943) as Japanese Officer
• Crash Dive (1943) as Waiter
• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) as Young Farmer
• China (1943) as Japanese General
• China Girl (1942) as Japanese Officer
• Heart of the Golden West (1942) as Chinese Cook
• Flying Tigers (1942) as Mike the Mechanic
• Across the Pacific (1942) as Captain Higoto
• Busses Roar (1942) as Yamanito
• Submarine Raider (1942) as Yoshiwara
• Escape from Hong Kong (1942) as Yamota
• Moontide (1942) as ["Henry"] Hirota
• The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) as Emily's servant
• To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) as Chinese Man
• The Good Earth (1937) (credited as Chester Gann)

External links

• Chester Gan at the Internet Movie Database
• Chester Gan at the TCM Movie Database

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Name	Gan, Chester
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Date of birth	1908-07-04
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Date of death	1959-06-29
Place of death	San Francisco, California