Benson Fong

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Benson Fong was an American character actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films, including several entries in the Charlie Chan series.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Benson Fong canonical 9

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
business Ah Fong restaurant chain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-08-01 ⓘ
employer 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
Walt Disney Productions ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chinese American ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Chinese ⓘ
familyName Fong ⓘ
genre character acting ⓘ
givenName Benson ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
name Benson Fong ⓘ
notableRole Chinese priest in The Keys of the Kingdom ⓘ
Tommy Chan in Charlie Chan film series ⓘ
notableWork Across the Pacific ⓘ
Charlie Chan film series ⓘ
Flower Drum Song (film) ⓘ
linked to: Flower Drum Song

His Majesty O'Keefe ⓘ
linked to: Piccadilly Jim

Kung Fu (TV series) ⓘ
linked to: Kung Fu

Our Man Flint ⓘ
The Keys of the Kingdom ⓘ
The Love Bug ⓘ
The Mask of Dimitrios ⓘ
The Thin Man Goes Home ⓘ
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
restaurateur ⓘ
partOf Chinese Americans in Hollywood ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
residence Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Gloria Fong ⓘ
workLocation Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo → stars → Benson Fong ⓘ
Benson Fong → name → Benson Fong ⓘ
Our Man Flint → starring → Benson Fong ⓘ
Deception (1946 film) → castMember → Benson Fong ⓘ
subject linked to: Deception
Gloria Fong → spouse → Benson Fong ⓘ
Ah Fong restaurant chain → founder → Benson Fong ⓘ