Anecdotes

Interred at Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas.

Toward the end of his career, he achieved his greatest success playing Charlie Chan as well as other Asian characters. This was despite the fact that the bulky six-footer, who would sometimes tower over other cast members, was most unlike a Chinese man of that generation.

Playing the role of Charlie Chan is the actors biggest legacy.

The third non-Asian to play the role of Charlie Chan, Toler was of primarily Scottish ancestry.

He and wife Viva Tattersall co-wrote a Broadway play entitled "Ritzy" in 1930, years before they married. Toler also directed.