Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Acting 1915-10-18 San Francisco, California, USA

Victor Sen Young (born Victor Cheung Young or Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1915 – body discovered November 9, 1980) was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the Western series Bonanza. He was born in San Francisco, California to Gum Yung Sen and his first wife, both immigrants from China. His mother died during the flu epidemic of 1919. His father placed Victor and his younger sister, Rosemary, in a children's shelter, and returned to his homeland to seek another wife. He returned in 1922 with his new wife, Lovi Shee, forming a household with his two children. Sen Yung made his first significant acting debut in the 1938 film Charlie Chan in Honolulu, as the Chinese detective's "number two son", Jimmy Chan. Sen Yung played Jimmy Chan in 11 Charlie Chan films between 1938 and 1942. Moonlighting from the popular Chan series, Sen Yung won critical acclaim playing the nuanced role of Ong Chi Seng, a young attorney assisting Howard Joyce, in defending Leslie Crosbie, in The Letter. Like other Chinese-American actors, he was cast in Japanese parts during World War II, like his role as the treacherous Japanese-American Joe Totsuiko in the 1942 Humphrey Bogart film Across the Pacific. During World War II he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces just as his erstwhile co-star Sidney Toler was set to revive the dormant Charlie Chan series at Monogram Pictures. Sen Yung's military obligations forced him to decline rejoining the series immediately, but Monogram gave him a standing invitation to work there after his tour of duty. Sen Yung's military service included work in training films at the First Motion Picture Unit and a role in the Army Air Forces' play and film Winged Victory. In 1946 Sen Yung resumed his Hollywood career at Monogram, now billed as Victor Sen Young, and reunited with Sidney Toler. Toler's health was failing; Monogram was conserving Toler's waning energy, limiting his scenes and giving him long rest periods during filming. To relieve the burden on Toler, Monogram entrusted much of the action to Victor Sen Young; he and either Mantan Moreland or Willie Best shared much of the footage in Toler's final three films, Dangerous Money, Shadows Over Chinatown, and The Trap. The addition of Moreland as Chan's black chauffeur, Birmingham Brown, reflected the fact that by this time the Chan pictures had a significant following among black Americans, who liked a film series that for once did not feature a white hero. Moreland's popularity in the Chan pictures was so great that he was booked for a nationwide vaudeville tour. Following Toler's death in 1947, Victor Sen Young appeared in five of the remaining six Charlie Chan features. His character "Jimmy" was renamed "Tommy". Victor Sen Young continued to work in motion pictures and television in roles ranging from featured players (affable or earnest Asian characters) to bit roles (clerks, houseboys, waiters, etc.). Arguably even more than for his work in the Charlie Chan films, Victor Sen Yung is remembered as "Hop Sing," the irascible cook and general factotum on the iconic television series Bonanza, appearing in 107 episodes between 1959 and 1973. Sen Yung was also an accomplished and talented chef. He frequently appeared on cooking programs and authored The Great Wok Cookbook in 1974.

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1980 Mr. Wing
1977 Hospital Attendant
1975 Wei Chi
1975 Mr. Chen
1975 Soong
1974 Ah Choy
1973 Mr. Sing / Carni man / Mr. Green
1972 Old Mandarin
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1972 Master Ling (uncredited)
1972 Chu
1972 Farmer
1970 Chun Fat (uncredited)
1970 Joseph the Butler
1968 Self (archive footage)
1968 Oke Saki
1968 Headwaiter
1968 Dr. Leo Kuh
1968 Murphy
1965 Mayor Eto
1965 Baron Kyosai
1965 Abe Fu Yung
1965 Joseph Sakanishi
1965 Mr. Kwong
1964
1964 Servant
1962 Wing Young
1961 Frankie Wing
1961 Dr. Wing Chin-Ni
1961
1961 Self
1961 Charlie, 1st Tattoo Parlor Owner
1960 Bartender
1960 Dr. Wing Chin-Ni
1960 Yang
1959 Hop Sing (uncredited)
1959 Hop Sing
1959 Sam
1959 Al
1958 Sammy Ching
1958 Korean farmer
1958 Capt. Chon
1958 Chang
1958 Hon Lee
1957 North Korean Sniper Prisoner
1957 Mickey Fong
1957 Sheng
1956 Hank - Bayliss' Houseboy (uncredited)
1956 Chang - Steward (uncredited)
1956 Airline Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1956 Broadcaster (uncredited)
1956 Ling Tang
1955 John Wong
1955 Goldie - Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1955 Lt. Thatch
1955 Cpl. Wang
1955
1954 Sun Lee
1954 Mickey - Chinese Man (uncredited)
1954 Detonation Ship Radioman
1954 Jack Wong
1953 Allan Chung
1953 Johnny Wing (uncredited)
1953 Blue Gardenia Waiter (uncredited)
1952 Postal Clerk (uncredited)
1952 Mr. Howe (uncredited)
1952 Tom
1952 Harry Wong
1951 Chinese Captain (uncredited)
1951 Ching Moon
1951 Chinese Clerk (uncredited)
1951 Oscar, Chris' Valet
1951 Chinese Manager (uncredited)
1951 Ignacio
1950 Sammy Chung
1950 Mr. Sing
1950 MC at the Blue Duck (uncredited)
1950 Long Time
1950 Chinese cafeteria employee
1949 Hotel Proprietor
1949 Oriental Dock Worker
1949 Major
1949 Lem Kee
1949 Vincent (uncredited)
1949 Houseboy
1949 Johnny Han
1948 Tommy Chan
1948 Tommy Chan
1948 Tommy Chan (as Victor Sen Young)
1948 Chinese Pilot (uncredited)
1948 Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)
1948 Sam
1947 Chang
1947 Tommy Chan
1947 Wing - Houseboy
1947 Sam
1947 Western Union Clerk (uncredited)
1946 Jimmy Chan
1946 Jimmy Chan
1946 Waiter (uncredited)
1946 Lin Chow
1945 Omaya
1944 Lee (uncredited)
1943 Lin Wei
1943 Captain Po
1943 Chinese Man (uncredited)
1942 Jimmy Takeo
1942 Joe Totsuiko
1942 Fu Yen
1942 Armando
1942 Jefferson Gow
1941 Jimmy Chan
1941 Jimmy Chan
1941 Gin Ling (uncredited)
1940 Jimmy Chan
1940 Jimmy Chan
1940 Jimmy Chan
1940 Jimmy Chan
1940 Ong Chi Seng
1939 Jimmy Chan
1939 Jimmy Chan
1939 Chinese Entertainer with Sword
1939 Undetermined Role
1939 Harold Chong
1938 James Chan
1938 Wang
1938 Soldier
1938 Bellboy / Onlooker in Street
1937 Peasant (uncredited)
1937 Minor Role (uncredited)
1937 Onlooker with Street Acrobats / Elevator Operator (uncredited)