Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Cookie Kukai in "The Sea Hound" (1947). Born into a prominent family, the eldest son of pastor and court interpreter Kui Sing Chan, after attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the University of Southern California, he began his career as leading man in stock companies. Upon being introduced to director Joseph Kane while attending a dinner party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, he was so impressed by his professionalism, dark good looks, and distinctive voice, that he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Oh, Susanna!" (1936). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 150 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, uncles, patriarchs, wealthy bachelors, aristocrats, artists, musicians, clergymen, servants, waiters, butlers, chauffeurs, doormen, waiters, eccentrics, landlords, neighbors, curmudgeons, sailors, soldiers, authority figures, detectives, reporters, villains, sidekicks, henchmen, retail clerks, salesmen, managers, mechanics, technicians, doctors, farmers, gamblers, conmen, bartenders, politicians, immigrants, vendors, mailmen, launderers, and shopkeepers. He appeared in such feature films as "The General at Dawn" (1936), "Swing High, Swing Low" (1937), "Trade Winds" (1938), "Reno" (1939), "Secret of the Wastelands" (1941), "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942), "Lady of Burlesque" (1943), "The Purple Heart" (1944), "Back to Bataan" (1945), "Canyon Passage" (1946), "Singapore" (1947), "The Stratton Story" (1949), "A Lady Without a Passport" (1950), "The House on Telegraph Hill" (1951), "Macao" (1952), "Forbidden" (1953), "A Star is Born" (1954), "Blood Alley" (1955), "The Revolt of Mamie Stover" (1956), "Man of a Thousand Faces" (1957), "Hong Kong Confidential" (1958), "Never So Few" (1959), "Ice Palace" (1960), "Flower Drum Song" (1961), "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "Once a Thief" (1965), "The Phynx" (1970), "One More Train to Rob" (1971), and "Herbie Rides Again" (1974). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Dangerous Assignment," "Hopalong Cassidy," "The Lone Wolf," "Terry and the Pirates," "Cowboy G-Men," "Front Page Detective," "Waterfront," "Crossroads," "Screen Directors Playhouse," "Death Valley Days," "Lawman," "The Californians," "Mike Hammer," "77 Sunset Strip," "Yancy Derringer," "Checkmate," "Laramie," "Hawaiian Eye," "Klondike," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Bachelor Father," "Frontier Circus," "Perry Mason," "Sam Benedict," "Bronco," "Rawhide," "Gunsmoke," "Kraft Suspense Theatre," "My Three Sons," "Batman," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "The Big Valley," "Get Smart," "Bewitched," "The Flying Nun," "Mannix," "Here's Lucy," "Kung Fu," "McMillian & Wife," "Bonanza," and "The Partridge Family." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was an interpreter and script translator for several major studios, had been a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, had been cited as "One of Hollywood's Most Fascinating Atmosphere Players" per gossip columnist Louella Parsons, and presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts. Upon his 1974 retirement, Chan, who never married nor had any children, spent the remainder of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and was involved in charitable and religious causes, until his death.