Charlie Chan's Successor

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 30, 6 January 1939, Page 2

Charlie Chan's Successor

FTER a two-month search, involving the screen-test-ing of 35 players, 20th Cen-tury-Fox Studios. announce that they have signed the man to play the name part in future Charlie Chan films. Successor to the late Warner Oland is veteran stageactor of 30 years’ experiense, Sidney Toler, who has ap } peared in films only since 4930. re Selection came as a surprise to most of Hollywood’s film colony, who were freely | tipping squat, heavily-be-spectacied ex-Group Theatre player J. Edward Bromberg and others.