Job Actor
Years active 1906-1937
Top Roles The Cantor, Inspector Charlie Chan, Colonel von Hindau, Cesare Borgia, Charlie Chan
Top GenresDrama, Silent Films, Mystery, Crime, Romance, Comedy
Top TopicsDetectives, Pre-Code Cinema, Romance (Comic)
Top Collaborators , (Director), (Director), (Director)
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The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

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The Black Camel

The Black Camel

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Warner Oland Overview:

Actor, Warner Oland, was born Johan Verner Ölund on Oct 3, 1879 in Nyby, Sweden. Oland died at the age of 58 on Aug 6, 1938 in Stockholm, Sweden and was laid to rest in Southborough Rural Cemetery in Southborough, MA.

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Warner Oland Quotes:

Charlie Chan: Hasty conclusion like hind legs of mule - kick backwards.

Charlie Chan: Kindness in heart much better than gold in bank.

Charlie Chan: Grain of sand in eye may hide mountain.

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Warner Oland Facts
Soon after his last film, another Chan entry titled Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937), which was completed in the fall of 1937, Oland began experiencing symptoms of dementia. He was apprehended walking outside his neighborhood in his underwear in the company of his prized miniature schnauzer completely disoriented. He returned to Sweden and sadly, Oland died the following August after a brief bout with pneumonia.
He didn't need make-up when he played Charlie Chan; all he would do is curl down his moustache and curl up his eyebrows. In fact, the Chinese often mistook him for one of their own countrymen. He attributed this to the fact that his Russian grandmother was of Mongolian descent.
Buried in Southborough Rural Cemetery, Southborough, Massachusetts. His gravestone, a rough oval, was made from one of the steps of his beloved home in this town.
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