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George Kuwa
Person

George Kuwa

Specialty
Acting
Birth
April 7, 1885 · 46 years
Death
October 13, 1931
Origin
Hiroshima, Japan

Technical Alias

Keichii Kuwahara

Professional Trajectory

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.[

Registered Filmography