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Victor Sen Yung (; October 18, 1915 – November 1, 1980)〔 was an American character actor. He was born in San Francisco, California, to Gum Yung Sen and his first wife, both immigrants from China.〔His father's name is given in the dedication to the ''Great Wok Cookbook''.〕 When 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. His father returned in 1922, with his new wife Lovi Shee, once again forming a household with his two children.〔''United States Census, 1930'', Household of Gum Young Sen, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California. NARA Publication: T626, roll 209; Enumeration District Number: 0393; Family Number: 584; Sheet Number and Letter: 30B; Line Number: 59〕 During his acting career, Victor was given billing under a variety of names, including Sen Yung, Sen Young, Victor Sen Young, and Victor Young. == Career == 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. In this movie, Sidney Toler replaced the recently deceased Warner Oland as Charlie Chan and Sen Yung replaced Oland's "number one son" Lee, who had been played by Keye Luke. Sen Yung played Jimmy Chan in 11 Charlie Chan films between 1938 and 1942. He played the crucial role of lawyer's clerk Ong Chi Seng alongside Bette Davis in ''The Letter'' (1940). In common with other Chinese-American actors, Sen Yung was cast in Japanese parts during World War II, such as his role as the treacherous Japanese-American Joe Totsuiko in the 1942 Humphrey Bogart film ''Across the Pacific''. During World War II Sen Yung joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. During his military service, he was replaced in the Charlie Chan series by Benson Fong, who played "number three son," Tommy Chan. 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''.〔''San Antonio Light'', Sep. 29, 1944, p. 8-C〕 After the war, Sen Yung resumed his Hollywood career. The Charlie Chan series was now in the hands of Monogram Pictures, with Sidney Toler continuing in the leading role. Toler's health was failing by 1946; author Scott MacGillivray contends that Monogram was conserving Toler's energy and shooting around him wherever possible, even reusing two-year-old footage to finish Toler's last film. To relieve the burden on Toler, Monogram hired his original screen foil, Sen Yung (now billing himself as Victor Sen Young). He and Mantan Moreland shared the spotlight in Toler's final two films, ''Shadows over Chinatown'' and ''The Trap''. Following Toler's death in 1947, Sen Yung made five additional Chan films with Roland Winters playing Charlie Chan. In his last appearance in the Chan series, Sen Yung appeared with "number one son" Lee Chan (Luke), their only appearance together. Curiously, in the Roland Winters films, Sen Yung played Tommy Chan, not Jimmy. Victor Sen Young continued to work in motion pictures but also moved into television, playing affable or earnest Asian characters. He is probably best remembered as Hop Sing, the cook on the long-running television series ''Bonanza'', appearing in 102 episodes between 1959 and 1973. Sen Yung authored ''The Great Wok Cookbook'' in 1974. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Sen Yung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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