{{short description|American actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Clarence Lung | image = Clarence_Lung_in_Operation_Petticoat_1959.jpg | image_size = | caption = Clarence Lung in Operation Petticoat 1959 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|10|20}} | birth_place = Idaho, U.S. | baptised = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|10|15|1914|10|20}} | death_place = | occupation = Actor | other_names = | years_active = 1937–1972 | spouse = }}
'''Clarence Lung''' (October 20, 1914 – October 15, 1993) was a film and television actor. He appeared in films such as ''Dragon Seed'', ''Song of the Sarong'', ''Experiment in Terror'', ''Prisoner Of War'', ''Operation Petticoat'', ''China'' and ''The Hundred Days of the Dragon''. Among the television programs he appeared in were ''Secret Agent X-9'' and ''China Smith''.
==Biography== Lung was born in Idaho to George Lung and Lillian Pfeiffer. His parents divorced when he was young, and he grew up in Colorado with his mother and sister.
Lung's television credits include ''Guys Like O'Malley'', a story about an observation post during the Korean war, in which he appeared along with James Best and Neville Brand.<ref>The Blade Thursday, September 8, 1960 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19600908&id=0LlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079,4153980&hl=en TV and Radio Program Guide, Tonight's TV Key Previews 8:30P.M.-Channels 4, 4Cs, 35, 33: Producers ' Choice. "Guys LIke O'Malley" (Repeat)]</ref> In film, one of his early roles was a small part in ''The Good Earth''.<ref>Movies Dvds New Releases [http://moviesdvdnewreleases.com/the-good-earth-1937.html The Good Earth (1937)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164903/http://moviesdvdnewreleases.com/the-good-earth-1937.html |date=2015-04-02 }}</ref> Later he played Attorney Yung in ''Experiment in Terror'', a film that starred Glenn Ford and Lee Remick.<ref>Rotten Tomatoes [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/experiment_in_terror/ Experiment in Terror (1962)]</ref> He had a supporting role in ''Dragon Seed'' that starred Katharine Hepburn.<ref>The Daily Times Beaver And Rochester Monday September 25, 1944 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1996&dat=19440925&id=5j4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X68FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5760,3934999&hl=en Seven Rialto Theatre]</ref> In that film, he had the distinction of being the only American actor of Chinese descent to play an adult member of the Tan family and have screen credit.<ref>''The Films of Agnes Moorehead'' by Axel Nissen [https://books.google.com/books?id=dcQcAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Clarence+Lung%22&pg=PA57 Page 57 ''Dragon Seed'' Notes]</ref> He appeared alongside John Lupton and James Hong in the 1959 film ''Blood and Steel''.<ref>''World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide'' by Terry Rowan [https://books.google.com/books?id=OdvGBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Clarence+Lung%22+death&pg=PA56 Page 56]</ref>
Later on, he ran one of actor Benson Fong's Ah Fong restaurants in Los Angeles County.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 Apr 1965|title=Dinner Menu|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/32762787/?terms=%22clarence+lung%22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610052747/http://www.newspapers.com/image/32762787/?terms=%22clarence+lung%22 |archive-date=2020-06-10 |access-date=2020-06-10|website=Valley News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 Dec 1965|title=Birth of Chinese Restaurant Business|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/382300557/?terms=%22clarence+lung%22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610052748/http://www.newspapers.com/image/382300557/?terms=%22clarence+lung%22 |archive-date=2020-06-10 |access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1937|| ''The Good Earth'' || || Uncredited |- |1943|| ''China'' || Guerrilla || Uncredited |- |1943|| ''Gung Ho!'' || Japanese Officer || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''The Fighting Seabees'' || Japanese Officer || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''The Purple Heart'' || Japanese Lieutenant || Uncredited |- |1944|| ''Dragon Seed'' || Fourth Cousin || |- |1944|| ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' || Orderly || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''God Is My Co-Pilot'' || Chinese Civilian || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Song of the Sarong'' || Leader || Uncredited |- |1945|| ''Secret Agent X-9'' || Takahari || Serial |- |1945|| ''First Yank Into Tokyo'' || Major Ichibo || |- |1945|| ''Prison Ship'' || Japanese Radio Officer || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''Lost City of the Jungle'' || Chief Tonga || Serial, [Chs. 11-12] |- |1953|| ''Forbidden'' || Waiter || Uncredited |- |1954|| ''World for Ransom'' || Johnny Chan || |- |1954|| ''Prisoner Of War'' || MVD Officer || |- |1956|| ''The Rawhide Years'' || Chinese Steward || Uncredited |- |1959|| ''Operation Petticoat'' || Sgt. Ramon Gillardo || |- |1959|| ''Never So Few'' || Scout || Uncredited |- |1959|| ''Blood and Steel'' || Japanese Soldier || |- |1960|| ''Walk Like a Dragon'' || Eurasian || Uncredited |- |1961|| ''Bachelor in Paradise'' || Bartender || Uncredited |- |1961|| ''Blue Hawaii'' || Lonnie, Bartender || Uncredited |- |1962|| ''Experiment in Terror'' || Attorney Yung || Uncredited |- |1970|| ''Which Way to the Front?'' || Japanese Naval Officer || Uncredited |}
==Links== * {{IMDb name|0526693}} * [http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=23726 Clarence Lung at Aveleyman]
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