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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
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The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

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    …the crime drama TV series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–58) as Barry Chan, the titular character’s son. The role of Charlie Chan was played by a white actor, J. Carrol Naish, who taped his eyelids in a crude imitation of a Chinese man. As Hong later recalled, Naish,…

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    …the crime drama TV series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–58) as Barry Chan, the titular character’s son. The role of Charlie Chan was played by a white actor, J. Carrol Naish, who taped his eyelids in a crude imitation of a Chinese man. As Hong later recalled, Naish,…

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