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Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz; November 22, 1904 – October 22, 1989) [1] was an American actor who played many character parts in films and television but today is best remembered for portraying Charlie Chan in six films in the late 1940s.
Roland Winters was born on 22 November 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Docks of New Orleans (1948), Blue Hawaii (1961) and The Chinese Ring (1947). He was married to Helen Lewis and Ada Carver Howe. He died on 22 October 1989 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Roland Winters was born on November 22, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Docks of New Orleans (1948), Blue Hawaii (1961) and The Chinese Ring (1947). He was married to Helen Lewis and Ada Carver Howe. He died on October 22, 1989 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz) was an American actor who played many character parts in films and television but today is best remembered for portraying Charlie Chan in six films in the late 1940s.
At the age of 43, Roland Winters, more than thirty years younger than the late Sidney Toler, and virtually the same age as Keye Luke, who would again appear as Chan’s Number One Son, Lee, opposite him in both The Feathered Serpent (1948) and The Sky Dragon (1949).
Winters made six Chan films, starting with The Chinese Ring in 1947 and ending with Charlie Chan and the Sky Dragon (also known as Sky Dragon) in 1949. His other Chan films were "Docks of New Orleans" (1948), "Shanghai Chest" (1948), "The Golden Eye" (1948) and "The Feathered Serpent" (1948).
Oct 27, 1989 · Roland Winters, the last and least known of the three film actors who regularly portrayed Charlie Chan, has died of a stroke at the Actors’ Fund Nursing Home in Englewood, N.J.
Oct 25, 1989 · Roland Winters, an actor whose film portrayals included Charlie Chan and Elvis Presley's father, died of a stroke on Sunday at the Actors' Fund Nursing Home in...
Roland Winters. Highest Rated: 91% Bigger Than Life (1956) Lowest Rated: 22% Blue Hawaii (1961) Birthday: Nov 22, 1904. Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Roland Winters was an actor who...
Dec 15, 2023 · Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz; November 22, 1904 – October 22, 1989) was an American actor who played many character parts in films and television but today is best remembered for portraying Charlie Chan in six films in the late 1940s.