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- Birth nameEdward L. Park
- Edward Leon Park, sometimes known as E. L. Park or Ed Park, was the owner of a costume store in L.A.'s Chinatown when he was recruited to play Charlie Chan in Behind That Curtain (1929). He was the first Chinese American to play Charlie Chan on-screen. He was married to Oie Chan and had two daughters, Bo-Ling and Bo-Ching Park, who all played minor parts in Charlie Chan films.- IMDb mini biography by: Katie Gee Salisbury
- SpouseOie Chan (2 children)
- Not much is known about the first person to play Charlie Chan in a Fox production. Indeed, it is not even known if he was a professional actor. What is known is that he was the last person of Asian extraction to play the part.
- Served as an interpreter at the Angel Island immigration station for many years before coming to Los Angeles in 1928.
- His death obituary listed him as being born 1876, his WWI draft says he was born April 1881.
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