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?


Frankie Wing: [singing] That's how I see them, gliding through my memoree.


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He was also an accomplished artist. He did several production drawings for the Charlie Chan movie series. Some of his work is still in Hollywood's Graumann's Chinese Theater.

In 1972, Yung, returning to Los Angeles from San Francisco, was among the passengers on a PSA airliner hijacked by two Bulgarians demanding ransom and passage to Siberia. Yung was wounded along with another passenger, and a third passenger and the two hijackers were killed when FBI agents stormed the plane on the ground at San Francisco.

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.

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