George Kuwa
Birthday: 1885-04-07
Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Biography: 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.[
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Daddy
Believing her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens' farm a...
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The Half Breed
Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evel...
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The Cossack Whip
Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he ...
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The Warning
This story of the British Silent Service operating on the coast of China finds Tom Fellows, captain ...
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After the Storm
Mistakenly believing his wife, Molly Dane ,has been unfaithful to him, ship captain Manin Dane takes...
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A Trip to Chinatown
A young hypochondriac who believes that he has only a week to live. His name, by the way, is Welland...
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The Chinese Parrot
The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its ow...
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Chinatown Charlie
A likeable pickpocket happens to stumble onto a white slavery ring while plying his trade in Chinato...
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Broken Barriers
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and fa...
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The Countess Charming
Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where he m...
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The Yellow Pawn
An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in love, bu...
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Rimrock Jones
Rimrock Jones is the toughest and most likeable prospector in a thriving Arizona copper camp. Having...
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Sick Abed
When showing a woman customer some ranch property, real estate agent John Weems's car is disabled by...
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Perch of the Devil
Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend...
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Daughter of the Dragon
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective...
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The Dice Woman
Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks dow...
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Oh, Doctor!
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is n...
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Bought and Paid For
Jimmy Gilley is engaged to Fanny Blaine. Jimmy would like to live in a more luxurious style, so he a...
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The World's Applause
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted a...
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Midsummer Madness
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels ...
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Moran of the Lady Letty
Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-to...
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Sweepstakes
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race....
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The Bottle Imp
Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father...
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Curlytop
Big Bill Branigan, one of the tough characters of London's Limehouse district, falls in love with Cu...
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When the Clouds Roll By
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in th...
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The Invisible Fear
A young woman mistakenly believes she has killed a man in a struggle to repel his unwanted advances....
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Her Unwilling Husband
In this farce, Mavis Jerome, is an actress who has just broken up with her fiancé, Homer Owen. She g...
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Money Talks
Sam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and still...
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The Eternal Struggle
Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vanc...
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The House Without a Key
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not...
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The House of Shame
Harvey Baremore is upset with any perceived extravagance from his demure wife Druid, while he is sec...
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The Willow Tree
After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old legend a...
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A Son of His Father
'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the villainous H...
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Wicked
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband...
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The Enchanted Hill
Lee Purdy, the owner of a ranch on "Enchanted Hill," is subjected to repeated attacks by unknown ass...
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The Man from Wyoming
Ned Bannister, manager of a sheep ranch, is accused of the murder of David Messiter, a neighboring c...
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The Nutcracker
A man flees his frustrating home and work life and is injured by a streetcar....
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Five Days to Live
Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao...
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Melting Millions
Melting Millions is a 1927 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet....
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White Pants Willie
Philip Charters, the President of International Motors, and his daughter, Helen, drive up to the sho...
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Toby's Bow
A great novelist succumbs to worldly pleasures and shirks the writing of which he is capable. His pu...
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The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted is a lost 1925 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by...
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The Storm Daughter
A brutal sea captain sets out to seduce a beautiful young girl but finds himself falling in love for...
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