<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Keye Luke (Chinese: 陸錫麒, Cantonese: Luk Shek Kee; June 18, 1904--January 12, 1991) was a Chinese - born American actor . He was known for playing Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939--1941 Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the television series Kung Fu, and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films . He was the first Chinese - American contract player signed by RKO, Universal Pictures and Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer and was one of the most prominent Asian actors of American cinema in the mid-twentieth century . </P> <P> Luke was born in Guangzhou, China, to a father who owned an art shop, but grew up in Seattle . He was part of the Luke family, a relative of Wing Luke, for whom Seattle's Wing Luke Asian Museum was named . He had four siblings who all emigrated from China to California during the Depression . His younger brother Edwin Luke also became an actor in the Charlie Chan series . In Seattle, Luke attended Franklin High School, where he contributed cartoons and illustrations to school publications . Keye Luke became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944--in a moment fictionally recreated in Lisa See's novel Shanghai Girls . </P>

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