Chester Gan

Chester Gan

Nacimiento : 1908-07-04, San Francisco, California, USA

Muerte : 1959-06-29

Perfil

Chester Gan

Películas

Squadron of Doom
Kai Chek
Tiburones de acero
Lee Wong
Al teniente Ward Stewart y a su equipo les han asignado una importante misión dentro del submarino Albacore. Investigan a un pequeño barco que resulta ser un Q-ship nazi. Los miembros del Albacore consiguen escapar de la emboscada, pero cuando llegan a Nueva Londres, Stewart y el capitán del submarino se ven envueltos en un triángulo amoroso que afectará a la misión más peligrosa que jamás hayan tenido que afrontar en toda su vida.
China
Japanese General
Poco antes de Pearl Harbour, el oportunista americano David Jones y su socio Johnny Sparrow están en China para vender petróleo al ejército japonés invasor, sin importarle el sufrimiento de los chinos. Durante un viaje a Shanghai, Jones conoce a la compasiva maestra Carolyn Grant y las chispas no tardan en saltar entre estos personajes de fuerte voluntad. Pero cuando Jones es testigo de una atrocidad japonesa, sus sentimientos hacia sus clientes (y Carolyn) comienzan a cambiar...
Infierno en la tierra
A comienzos de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el fotógrafo Johnny Williams (George Montgomery), de viaje por Birmania y China, es capturado por los japoneses, pero consigue escapar con la ayuda de Miss Young (Gene Tierney) una bella y enigmática china. Ambos intentan regresar desde las líneas enemigas para dar una valiosa información militar que Johnny ha descubierto.
Heart of the Golden West
Popen's Chinese Cook
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.
Los tigres voladores
Mike
Jim Gordon manda una unidad de los famosos Tigres Voladores, el grupo de voluntarios americanos que combatió a los japoneses en China, antes de que los Estados Unidos entraran en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Gordon debe enviar a su grupo de pilotos contra un enemigo muy superior, mientras lidia con las dispares personalidades de sus componentes.
A través del Pacífico
Capt. Higoto
Bogart interpreta a un oficial de artillería del ejército nortamericano que, en 1941, tras un juicio militar, cae en desgracia y decide abandonar el país. Consigue un trabajo en América Central, pero cuando está a punto de irse descubre que los japoneses proyectan atacar el Canal de Panamá y las bases americanas en Pearl Harbor.
Moontide
Henry Hirota
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Escape from Hong Kong
Tamoto
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
El halcón maltés
Bit Part (uncredited)
Un detective privado es abordado por una misteriosa mujer, que dice estar amenazada. Pero tanto el perseguidor como el hombre encargado de su protección aparecen muertos. Todo parece girar alrededor de una estatua de un halcón de valor incalculable.
Burma Convoy
Keela
A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
Rawhide Rangers
Sing Lo
A group of frontier businessmen set up a protective organization for the purpose of extorting money from the local ranchers.
The Get-Away
Sam, Black's Butler
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Singapore Woman
Waiter at Crow's Nest (uncredited)
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Man-Made Monster
Chinese Boy, Wong
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Victory
Wang
Un inglés que vive retirado, lejos del mundanal ruido, tendrá que enfrentarse con tres peligrosos personajes para ayudar a una muchacha que se encuentra en una difícil situación.
The Carson City Kid
Wong Lee
The Carson City Kid and partner Laramie are outlaws. When his partner is caught the Kid, his identity being unknown, takes a job in Jessup's saloon. Here he see Jessup cheat Waren out of his money. Warren then robs Jessup posing as the Kid but gets caught. To gain his freedom, Laramie identifies Warren as the Kid. Realizing Jessup is the man that killed his brother, the Kid must find a way to clear Warren and get Jessup.
Pals of the Silver Sage
Ling
Six-year-old Sugar Grey has inherited a ranch, which she will lose to her cousin Jeff Grey if a certain number of cattle aren't delivered on time.
'Til We Meet Again
Hong Kong Policeman (uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
My Little Chickadee
Chinese Train Passenger (uncredited)
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.
Westbound Stage
Charlie
A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been attacked by looters. Soon they too are attacked.
Barricade
Mongol Bandit Leader
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Ling - Ward's Assistant (uncredited)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
King of Chinatown
Mr. Foo
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Sing
Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Mandarin Cafe Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mientras participa en un concurso del periódico local en el que se les pide a los escolares que envíen una noticia, la hija del abogado local Carson Drew, Nancy, intercepta una asignación de historia real. Ella "cubre" la investigación de la muerte de una mujer que fue envenenada. Nancy no cree que la joven acusada del crimen sea culpable y acorrala a su vecino Ted para que busque una evidencia vital y tropieza con la identidad del verdadero asesino.
North of Shanghai
Policeman 'C'
In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over and decide to team up. They are further assisted by a Chinese cameraman. The three of them manage to expose of spy ring operating out of the Shanghai office of the woman's newspaper.
Blackwell's Island
Wong (uncredited)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Shadows Over Shanghai
Lun Sat Li
A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
The Mexicali Kid
Mo Cort-Chinese Cook
Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a ranch and gets Jack to pose as the heir to the ranch. After the papers are signed he plans to have jack killed. But the Kid recognizes Gorson's henchmen as the men Jack is after and decides to help him.
Air Devils
Hotel Waiter
Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.
En busca del oro
Wong - McCooey's Servant (uncredited)
Terminado el periodo de la fiebre del oro en California, empezó la rivalidad entre granjeros y mineros en el valle de Sacramento. El Coronel Chris Ferris (Claude Rains), un rico agricultor, se opone firmemente a la minería hidráulica, un nuevo método desarrollado en los años 70, durante la fiebre del oro, porque está inundando las tierras de cultivo más prósperas de la región. A pesar de la postura de Ferris, Jared Whitney (George Brent), un ingeniero de minas del Este, no sólo se hace amigo del hijo del coronel (Tim Holt), sino que además se enamora de Serena (Olivia de Havilland), la bella hija De Ferris.
International Settlement
Green Dragon Proprietor
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
Maniquí
Chinese Waiter (Uncredited)
Después de un desgraciado matrimonio con un delincuente, Jessie, una mujer que desea abandonar el humilde barrio de Nueva York en el que siempre ha vivido, hace realidad su sueño cuando conoce al naviero Hennessey.
Love Is a Headache
Louie, Peter's Butler (uncredited)
Charlotte, más conocida como Charlie, es una actriz de teatro cuya última obra ha sido un fracaso. No le ayuda mucho la columna semanal de Peter, amigo de la infancia que estuvo enamorada de ella (y todavía lo está), donde resaltaba los aspectos negativos de su trabajo. En tal tesitura, Peter, conmovido por la muerte del tipo que limpiaba las ventanas de su estudio, que deja dos huérfanos, lanza una campaña apoyando su adopción. El agente de Charlie se entera, y decide que la adopción será una magnífica promoción para la carrera de su actriz.
Una nación en marcha
Chinese Workman
Historia sobre el desarrollo de las comunicaciones terrestres en los EE.UU. durante su rápida expansión en el siglo XIX. La película se centra en la vida de Ramsey McCay, empleado de la recién creada asociación entre Henry Wells y William Fargo, y de cómo gracias a su especial dedicación, la Wells-Fargo llega a convertirse en una gran empresa de correos y transporte de mercancías hacia el Oeste, presente en los mayores acontecimientos de la época.
Redención
Crew Member
El capitán Lovett ordenó a su primer oficial Thompson deshacerse de su tripulación, que se dedica al tráfico de esclavos, y contratar a marineros respetables, pero cuando se trae a su nueva novia Nancy a bordo, se encuentra con el mismo tipo de situación, incluido el comercio de esclavos.
The Mighty Treve
Chang
Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.
Mad Holiday
Vendor (uncredited)
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Ace Drummond
Kai-Chek
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to find out why a mysterious villain known only as 'The Dragon' is trying to prevent the newly formed International Airways from setting up an airport there. Ace meets Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her archaeologist father who has disappeared. Together they search for answers to the puzzles.
Sea Spoilers
Oil
Cuando el comandante de la Guardia Costera se acerca al yate donde navegaba su novia, se encuentra con el cadáver de su dueño, con pieles de foca que iban a ser contrabandeadas, y con la desaparición de su novia.
Una chica de provincias
Wing (uncredited)
Kay, una humilde muchacha provinciana, conoce una noche a Bob Dakin, un joven millonario que ha bebido más de la cuenta y que, en ese estado, le propone matrimonio. A la mañana siguiente, una vez sobrio, se da cuenta del error que ha cometido e intenta salir del atolladero, pero no será tan fácil.
Sutter's Gold
Charlie - Chinese Waiter
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Klondike Annie
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Lumber Camp Cook
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
Last of the Pagans
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
East of Java
Crewman
Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers.
Moonlight on the Prairie
Barbara's Cook
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
Stormy
Chinaman (uncredited)
A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Tung's Secret Service Agent
Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
Fighting Thru
Wong
Cattlemen Protective Agent Reb Russell arrives to try and stop the cattle rustling. He gains a friend when he saves Jack Thorn from Lenahan and his men. They hire on at the Lund ranch and when her cattle are rustled and she is kidnaped they follow the trail, It's Lenahan and his gang and Reb soon finds himself a prisoner.
The Red Rider
Wing
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
Lazy River
Kee's Henchman
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
Meet the Baron
Chinese Man (uncredited)
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.