Editing Keye Luke (section)

{{Short description|American actor (1904–1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Keye Luke<br />陸錫麒
| image         = Keye Luke (1976).jpg
| caption       = Luke in 1976
| birth_name    = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1904|6|18}}
| birth_place   = Canton, [[Qing Empire]] {{small|(present-day [[Guangzhou]], People’s Republic of China)}}
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1991|1|12|1904|6|18}}
| death_place   = [[Whittier, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Rose Hills Memorial Park]] in Whittier
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1934–1990
| spouse        = {{Marriage|Ethel Davis|1942|1979|end=died}}
| children      = 1
| relatives     = [[Edwin Luke]] (brother)
| signature     = Keye Luke Signature.png
| module        = {{Infobox|child=yes
| header1       = Signature (Chinese)
| below         = [[File:English and Chinese signatures of Keye Luke on a 3" x 5" index card (cropped to Chinese signature).jpg|50px|alt=陸錫麒, Luke's signature in Chinese, from an index card]]
}}
}}
{{Chinese
|order=ts
|t=陸錫麒
|s=陆锡麒
|j=luk6 sek3 kei4
|p=Lù Xīqí
}}
'''Keye Luke''' ({{zh|t=[[wikt:陸|陸]][[wikt:錫|錫]][[wikt:麒|麒]]|first=t|p=Lù Xīqí|j=Luk6 Sek3 Kei4}}; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a [[Chinese Americans|Chinese-born American]] actor, and a founding member of the [[Screen Actors Guild]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Keye Luke, Actor, Is Dead at 86; 'No. 1 Son' and 'Kung Fu' Master| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=January 16, 1991| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/16/obituaries/keye-luke-actor-is-dead-at-86-no-1-son-and-kung-fu-master.html?scp=11&sq=david%20carradine%20kung%20fu&st=cse|access-date=2010-08-17| first=Peter B.| last=Flint}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Keye Luke| url=https://variety.com/1991/scene/people-news/keye-luke-99127524/| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=January 21, 1991| access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> He portrayed Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the [[Charlie Chan]] films, the original [[Kato (The Green Hornet)|Kato]] in the 1939–1941 [[The Green Hornet (serial)|''Green Hornet'']] film serials, [[Brak (character)|Brak]] in the 1960s ''[[Space Ghost (TV series)|Space Ghost]]'' cartoons, Master Po in the television series ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'', and Mr. Wing in the ''[[Gremlins]]'' films. He was the first Chinese-American contract player signed by [[RKO]], [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and was one of the most prominent Asian actors of American cinema in the mid-20th century.<ref name="Blake">{{cite web| website=Files of Jerry Blake| title=Keye Luke| date=9 January 2013| url=https://filesofjerryblake.com/serial-sidekicks/keye-luke/| access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>