Willie Fung

Willie Fung was an early Hollywood film actor who played supporting roles in 138 American films between 1922 and 1944 with a nice trunk load of genre films in the mix. Fung made his film debut in 1922 with 'Hurricane's Gal' starring Dorothy Phillips, Robert Ellis and Wallace Beery and his first Genre role was in 1926 with 'The Blackbird' starring Lon Chaney and directed by Tod Browning. He appeared with Lon Chaney in three more films, 'The Road to Mandalay' also directed by Browning, 'Tell It to the Marines' and 'Where East is East' which is again directed by Browning. And as should be expected from Hollywood during this period, he also appeared with Anna May Wong a couple times in 'Old San Francisco' and the uber-hit 'Shanghai Express'. It's truly amazing how many times the word "Chinese" is used when his characters part is listed at all. For example, at various times he's billed as Chinese Bartender, Chinese Headwaiter, Chinese Merchant, Chinese Sailor with Rifle, Chinese Cook, Chine