Allen Jung (August 8, 1909 – September 12, 1982) was an American film and television actor who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Biography
Allen was born in Oakland, California. He attended the University of California, where he learned how to speak Japanese. He credited his education for preparing him to play Japanese roles. He also earned his pilot's license around this time.
He began his career as an actor in the early 1930s; he was a member of the Chinese Cinema Players, an organization in Los Angeles.
During World War II, he joined the U.S. Navy.
He was married to Japanese actress
Toshia Mori; he later married Helen Yu-Ling Wong in Shanghai.
Selected filmography
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Star Spangled Girl
''Star Spangled Girl'' is a 1971 American romantic comedy film directed by Jerry Paris and based on the 1966 Neil Simon play '' The Star-Spangled Girl''. It stars Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, and Elizabeth Allen.
Plot
In a Los ...
'' (1971)
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The Love Bug
''The Love Bug'' (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 American sports film, sports adventure film, adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh (producer), Bill Walsh a ...
'' (1968)
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The Party'' (1968)
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House'' (1967)
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The Last of the Secret Agents?'' (1966)
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Kentucky Jones
''Kentucky Jones'' is an American comedy-drama television series starring Dennis Weaver which centers around a widowed Southern California veterinarian and rancher raising an adopted Chinese boy. Original episodes aired from September 19, 1964, u ...
'' (TV series, episode "Ike′s Song," 1964)
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Blood and Steel'' (1959)
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The Purple Heart'' (1944)
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Rookies in Burma'' (1943)
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Guadalcanal Diary'' (1943)
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Behind the Rising Sun'' (1943)
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We've Never Been Licked
''We've Never Been Licked'' (or ''Texas Aggies'', ''Texas to Tokyo'', and ''Fighting Command'') is a 1943 World War II propaganda film produced by Walter Wanger and released by Universal Pictures. Released in the UK under the title, ''Texas to To ...
'' (1943)
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Yanks Ahoy'' (1943)
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Night Plane from Chungking'' (1943)
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Mission to Moscow
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
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*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
* Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
* Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
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'' (1943)
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G-Men vs. The Black Dragon'' (1943)
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Flying Tigers
The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States Ar ...
'' (1942)
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Somewhere I'll Find You
''Somewhere I'll Find You'' is a 1942 film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The film took almost two years to complete and was the last film Gable starred in before he enlisted ...
'' (1942)
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Submarine Raider
'' Submarine Raider'' is a 1942 American war film directed by Lew Landers and starring John Howard.
Plot
A Japanese aircraft carrier is heading to Hawaii, it sinks a civilian yacht. An American submarine receives their distress call. Three of the ...
'' (1942)
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A Yank on the Burma Road'' (1942)
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Terry and the Pirates
''Terry and the Pirates'' is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndica ...
'' (1940)
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Murder by Television'' (1935)
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She Learned About Sailors'' (1934)
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
''The Mask of Fu Manchu'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard (playwright), John Willard, it was based on the List of works by Sax Rohmer, 1 ...
'' (1932)
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1909 births
1982 deaths
American male film actors
American male actors of Chinese descent
Male actors from Oakland, California