George Kuwa
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.[
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3944 |
| Birthday | 1885-04-07 |
| Place of Birth | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Also Known As | Keichii Kuwahara, |
1923
Daddy
7/1
Believing her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens' farm and dies shortly afterward. The Holdens keep Jackie...
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Daddy
1922
The Half Breed
7/1
Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evelyn's other suitor is Ross Kennion, a widower with...
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The Half Breed
1916
The Cossack Whip
8/2
Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks...
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The Cossack Whip
1927
The Warning
10/1
This story of the British Silent Service operating on the coast of China finds Tom Fellows, captain of an opium-smuggling ship, going into a notorious...
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The Warning
1928
After the Storm
9/1
Mistakenly believing his wife, Molly Dane, has been unfaithful to him, ship captain Manin Dane takes his young son Joe and leaver her. Twenty years la...
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After the Storm
1926
A Trip to Chinatown
10/1
A young hypochondriac who believes that he has only a week to live. His name, by the way, is Welland Strong. He decides to visit his uncle in the sho...
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A Trip to Chinatown
1927
The Chinese Parrot
10/1
The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective C...
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The Chinese Parrot
1928
Chinatown Charlie
7/1
A likeable pickpocket happens to stumble onto a white slavery ring while plying his trade in Chinatown.
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Chinatown Charlie
1924
Broken Barriers
3.667/3
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover t...
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Broken Barriers
1917
The Countess Charming
0/0
Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where he meets and falls in love with Betty Lovering and unw...
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The Countess Charming
1916
The Yellow Pawn
0/0
An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in love, but the girl marries a lawyer for his money. She sho...
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The Yellow Pawn
1918
Rimrock Jones
0/0
Rimrock Jones is the toughest and most likeable prospector in a thriving Arizona copper camp. Having already been cheated out of several valuable copp...
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Rimrock Jones
1920
Sick Abed
7/1
When showing a woman customer some ranch property, real estate agent John Weems's car is disabled by a terrible storm, and he and his client are force...
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Sick Abed
1927
Perch of the Devil
7/1
Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake,...
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Perch of the Devil
1928
The Showdown
8/1
Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.
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The Showdown
1931
Daughter of the Dragon
5.205/22
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
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Daughter of the Dragon
1926
The Dice Woman
7/1
Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells he...
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The Dice Woman
1925
Oh, Doctor!
6.25/4
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adul...
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Oh, Doctor!
1918
The Woman in the Web
0/0
15 chapter adventure serial: 1. Caught in the Web; 2. The Open Switch; 3. The Speeding Doom; 4. The Clutch of Terror; 5. The Hand of Mystery; 6. Full...
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The Woman in the Web
1922
Bought and Paid For
7/1
Jimmy Gilley is engaged to Fanny Blaine. Jimmy would like to live in a more luxurious style, so he and Fanny urge her sister Virginia to marry the wea...
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Bought and Paid For
1923
The World's Applause
9/1
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married...
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The World's Applause
1921
Midsummer Madness
3.333/3
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. On...
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Midsummer Madness
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
6.688/8
Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-too-scrupulous smuggler. When the ship encounters th...
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Moran of the Lady Letty
1931
Sweepstakes
5.667/3
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
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Sweepstakes
1917
The Bottle Imp
0/0
Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless Lopa...
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The Bottle Imp
1924
Curlytop
10/1
Big Bill Branigan, one of the tough characters of London's Limehouse district, falls in love with Curlytop because of her sweet innocence. He leaves h...
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Curlytop
1919
When the Clouds Roll By
6.75/20
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting...
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When the Clouds Roll By
1921
The Invisible Fear
9/1
A young woman mistakenly believes she has killed a man in a struggle to repel his unwanted advances.
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The Invisible Fear
1920
Her Unwilling Husband
10/1
In this farce, Mavis Jerome, is an actress who has just broken up with her fiancé, Homer Owen. She goes to her brother-in-law's island retreat, but he...
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Her Unwilling Husband
1922
Enter Madame
7/3
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
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Enter Madame
1925
Head Winds
6.5/2
Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.
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Head Winds
1926
Money Talks
0/0
Sam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and still he is confident. When Phoebe boards a luxury yach...
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Money Talks
1923
The Eternal Struggle
10/1
Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vancouver.
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The Eternal Struggle
1926
The House Without a Key
8/1
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to W...
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The House Without a Key
1928
The House of Shame
7/2
Harvey Baremore is upset with any perceived extravagance from his demure wife Druid, while he is secretly stealing from his boss John Kimball to ply h...
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The House of Shame
1920
The Willow Tree
8/1
After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old legend about the Willow Tree Princess, who kills herself s...
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The Willow Tree
1925
A Son of His Father
9/1
'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the villainous Holdbrook to foreclose on the Los Rosas ranch and m...
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A Son of His Father
1931
Wicked
5.5/4
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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Wicked
1926
The Enchanted Hill
9/1
Lee Purdy, the owner of a ranch on "Enchanted Hill," is subjected to repeated attacks by unknown assailants. He meets Gail Ormsby, the owner of the ne...
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The Enchanted Hill
1924
The Man from Wyoming
8/1
Ned Bannister, manager of a sheep ranch, is accused of the murder of David Messiter, a neighboring cattle rancher. Bannister's employer, Halloway, wou...
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The Man from Wyoming
1926
The Nutcracker
7/1
A man flees his frustrating home and work life and is injured by a streetcar.
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The Nutcracker
1922
Five Days to Live
9/1
Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao Ai. Her cruel foster father owns a restaurant whe...
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Five Days to Live
1927
Melting Millions
9/1
Melting Millions is a 1927 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
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Melting Millions
1927
White Pants Willie
9/1
Philip Charters, the President of International Motors, and his daughter, Helen, drive up to the shop of Willie Bascom, an auto mechanic. Charters is...
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White Pants Willie
1919
Toby's Bow
8/1
A great novelist succumbs to worldly pleasures and shirks the writing of which he is capable. His publisher sends him away from the nightlife of New Y...
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Toby's Bow
1925
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
7/1
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted is a lost 1925 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Bess Meredyth. It is based on the 1923 novel The...
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The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1924
The Storm Daughter
9/1
A brutal sea captain sets out to seduce a beautiful young girl but finds himself falling in love for the first time.
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The Storm Daughter
1919
Man of Might
8/1
1919 film serial.
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