George Kuwa

George Kuwa
Kuwa with Jackie Coogan in the 1923 film Daddy
Born
Keiichi Kuwahara

(1885-04-07)7 April 1885
Hiroshima, Japan
Died13 October 1931(1931-10-13) (aged 46)
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationActor
Years active1916–1931

George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen in the 1926 film serial The House Without a Key.[1]

  1. ^ Hanke (1989), xii.