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That Man's Here Again (1937)
Character: Wong
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
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The Night Walker (1964)
Character: Gardener
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
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Four Frightened People (1934)
Character: Native Chief
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.
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The Unchastened Woman (1925)
Character: N/A
When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him in the arms of another woman. Caroline leaves him and, not telling him of her pregnancy, runs off to Europe where she has her child and becomes the toast of European society. Then she returns to settle with her husband once and for all.
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Border Devils (1932)
Character: The General
Jim Gray is looking for the gang leader known as the General. When Neil Denham is murdered, Jim assumes his identity. He and his pal Squint Saunders then try to join the gang. But they get captured and Jim is told he can join up only if he kills his friend.
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Prestige (1932)
Character: Sergeant
A woman joins her fiance at a Malaysian prison camp only to discover he's become an alcoholic.
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The Criminal Code (1931)
Character: Convict
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
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China Seas (1935)
Character: Malay Pirate (uncredited)
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Tell It to the Marines (1926)
Character: Hangchow Leader
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.
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Now and Forever (1934)
Character: Mr. Ling
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
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Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Character: M`ling
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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The Real Glory (1939)
Character: Alipang
Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.
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War Correspondent (1932)
Character: Fang
In this war drama, a brave reporter tries to remain detached while covering the war in Shanghai. While there, he falls for an ex-streetwalker, but must compete with a mercenary pilot for her love. By the end, the correspondent loses his objectivity after he helps the pilot save the woman from the enemy. The rescue costs the pilot his life.
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Roaming Lady (1936)
Character: General Fang
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.
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The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
Character: Wu Sin
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
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White Woman (1933)
Character: N/A
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
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Roar of the Dragon (1932)
Character: Messenger on Horseback
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
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Welcome Danger (1929)
Character: Florist Henchman (uncredited)
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
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East of Borneo (1931)
Character: Hrang the Raftsman
Mrs. Linda Randolph treks through darkened jungles to the land of Maradu to find her missing husband Allan, who'd left her years before when he believed she was in love with another. She finds Allan the drunken court physician to a devious prince-- Whose designs on the pair don't include a happy ending.
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The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Character: Kawati
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
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Isle of Fury (1936)
Character: Kim Lee
An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.
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The Sea Wolf (1930)
Character: Igo - Waiter in Honky Tonk (uncredited)
George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.
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History Is Made at Night (1937)
Character: N/A
An American woman seeking divorce from her wealthy, controlling husband falls for a romantic Parisian who saves her from his entrapment.
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Tokyo Joe (1949)
Character: Lt. Gen. 'The Butcher' Takenobu (uncredited)
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
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Mr. Wu (1927)
Character: Executioner (uncredited)
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
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Old Ironsides (1926)
Character: Pirate (uncredited)
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.
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The Singing Marine (1937)
Character: Chang
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.
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Shanghai Bound (1927)
Character: Scarface
Landing at a Chinese port, tough sea captain Bucklin and his passengers are threatened by a marauding war lord, who intends to kill the captain and hold the others hostage as part of his campaign of destruction against all white men.
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Chinatown Nights (1929)
Character: Woo Chung, Riley's principal henchman
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he is in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.
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East Is West (1930)
Character: Hop Toy
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
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Sundown (1941)
Character: Kuypens' Shenzi Aide (uncredited)
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Character: Chan Lai
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon
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Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Character: Chong
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
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The Letter (1940)
Character: Head Boy
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
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Radio Patrol (1932)
Character: Valet (uncredited)
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.
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Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Character: Lao (uncredited)
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
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The Woman from Moscow (1928)
Character: Groom
A princess falls in love with the man who killed her cousin. The lover swears it was in self-defense. A lost film.
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China Passage (1937)
Character: Wong (uncredited)
Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on success or killed on failure. The diamond is stolen as they take possession of it.
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Character: Lem Kee (uncredited)
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
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Moran of the Marines (1928)
Character: Sun Yat
After getting into a fight with a drunkard, Mike Moran spends 10 days on the rock pile and is disinherited by his wealthy uncle; out of luck and work, Mike joins the Marines and is soon court-martialed for kissing Vivian Marshall, a general's daughter. Mike's unit is ordered to China, and Mike goes along under guard. Vivian accompanies her father and is captured by a Chinese bandit; Mike rescues her and is himself taken prisoner. Vivian leads a Marine detachment to his rescue, and Mike is quickly pardoned, reinstated by his uncle, and firmly established in Vivian's affections. A lost film.
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West of Shanghai (1937)
Character: General Mah
American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.
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Japanese War Bride (1952)
Character: Japanese servant
A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.
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Klondike Annie (1936)
Character: N/A
Singer Rose Carlton, otherwise known as 'The San Francisco Doll', accidentally kills her controlling boyfriend when he tries to prevent her from leaving. To evade the police, Rose sets sail for Nome with captain Bull Bracket. When the ship takes on another passenger, reformer Annie Alden, Carlton's life is changed forever, and she sets out to honor a deeply personal debt.
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