Victor Sen Yung Overview:

Actress, Victor Sen Yung, was born Sen Yung on Oct 18, 1915 in San Francisco, CA. Sen Yung died at the age of 65 on Nov 1, 1980 in North Hollywood, CA .

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By Caftan Woman on Jun 10, 2009 From Caftan Woman

Sen Yung October 18, 1915 - November 9, 1980 Again in Caftan Woman's world we look at an actor and performance sadly overlooked by the Academy in the Classic Hollywood of Yore. San Francisco born Sen Yung and his sister spent most of their early years in a children's shelter following the death ... Read full article


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Victor Sen Yung Quotes:

Jimmy Chan: I'll never go on a case like this again without a gat.


Joe Totsuiko: Pull up a chair, Joe. Thanks, I will. What's that you're knocking yourselves out with? Hey, waiter, I'll have one of those. Well, how we doing?


Jimmy Chan: You can scare a person to death, but if you do it deliberately, that's murder.


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Victor Sen Yung Facts
Perhaps more familiar to TV audiences as Hop Sing, the ranch cook, in "Bonanza" (1959).

Played the role of "Number Two Son" in 25 Charlie Chan films during the late 1930s and most of the 1940s; his comedic character was alternately named James, Jimmy, or Tommy Chan.

Yung served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, first making training films at the First Motion Picture Unit, then as a member of the cast of "Winged Victory," the Air Forces' theatrical play and film (as Sgt. Victor Young). He then requested officer training and apparently reached the rank of captain.

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