# Peter Chong (actor)
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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Chong
| birth_name = John Kohnie Kuh
| birth_date = December 2, 1898
| birth_place = [Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu%2C_Hawaii), U.S.
| death_date = {{dda|1985|1|13|1898|12|2}}
| death_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S.
| education = [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College)
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[Soo Yong](/source/Soo_Yong)|1929|1933|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|Eileen Loh|1945}}
}}
}}
'''Peter Chong''' (born '''John Kohnie Kuh''', and sometimes credited as '''Goo Chong''' or '''Peter Chong Goe'''; December 2, 1898 – January 13, 1985) was a Chinese-American character actor who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76elDwAAQBAJ&q=%22peter+chong%22+actor&pg=PA1741|title=The Encyclopedia of Best Films: A Century of All the Finest Movies, K-R|last=Nash|first=Jay Robert|date=2019-11-01|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538134153|language=en}}]
== Biography ==
=== Origins ===
Chong was born in 1898 at Honolulu, Hawaii.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/421990666/?terms=%22goo+chong%22|title=McClintick May Run Legend on Cut Rates|last=|first=|date=22 Oct 1938|website=The New York Daily News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}] He attended [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College); he eventually earned a master's degree and a PhD.
=== Acting career ===
He appeared in a number of Broadway productions and had a vaudeville act before going to Hollywood to work in film.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/544871260/?terms=%22goo+chong%22|title=Gossip of the Theatre|last=|first=|date=15 Nov 1928|website=The Standard Union|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/peter-chong-goe-vault-0000095290|title=Peter Chong Goe|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2019-11-10}}] When he arrived in Los Angeles, he was under contract at Warner Brothers.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52914985/?terms=%22peter+chong%22+actor|title=Theatre|last=Pollack|first=Arthur|date=20 Dec 1946|website=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}] He also worked part-time as an interpreter for the Los Angeles Police Department.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385963325/?terms=%22peter+chong%22+actor|title=Chong in Picture|last=|first=|date=14 May 1953|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}] For much of his career, he was cast in Japanese, Indonesian, and Hawaiian roles — he didn't play a Chinese role until 1953.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580119825/?terms=%22peter+chong%22|title=Peter Chong Finally Cast as Chinese|last=|first=|date=18 Feb 1953|website=The Valley Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}]
=== Personal life ===
He and his first wife, [Ah He "Soo" Young](/source/Soo_Yong), had a vaudeville act together.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/320882900/?terms=%22peter+chong%22+actor|title=Chinese Elope!|last=|first=|date=29 Jul 1927|website=The Central New Jersey Home News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-10}}] His second marriage was to Eileen Loh, a schoolteacher; they had a daughter together named Molly.
== Partial filmography ==
{{Div col}}
*''[The Letter](/source/The_Letter_(1929_film))'' (1929) - Servant (uncredited)
*''[Mission to Moscow](/source/Mission_to_Moscow)'' (1943) - Japanese Ambassador Shigemitsu (uncredited)
*''[Around the World](/source/Around_the_World_(1943_film))'' (1943) - Mr. Wong (uncredited)
*''[Up in Arms](/source/Up_in_Arms)'' (1944) - Japanese Lieutenant (uncredited)
*''[The Purple Heart](/source/The_Purple_Heart)'' (1944) - Mitsuru Toyama
*''[Betrayal from the East](/source/Betrayal_from_the_East)'' (1945) - Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
*''[First Yank Into Tokyo](/source/First_Yank_Into_Tokyo)'' (1945) - Dr. Kai Koon (uncredited)
*''[The Beginning or the End](/source/The_Beginning_or_the_End)'' (1947) - Japanese General (uncredited)
*''[Intrigue](/source/Intrigue_(1947_film))'' (1947) - Editor
*''[To the Ends of the Earth](/source/To_the_Ends_of_the_Earth_(1948_film))'' (1948) - Joe (uncredited)
*''[Easter Parade](/source/Easter_Parade_(film))'' (1948)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZHPgXgIjfoC&q=%22peter+chong%22+actor&pg=PA3|title=Screening Asian Americans|last1=Feng|first1=Peter X.|last2=Affron|first2=Charles|last3=Affron|first3=Mirella Jona|last4=Lyons|first4=Robert|date=2002|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813530253|language=en}}] - Sam - Don's Valet (uncredited)
*''[On the Town](/source/On_the_Town_(film))'' (1949) - Bartender (uncredited)
*''[The Reformer and the Redhead](/source/The_Reformer_and_the_Redhead)'' (1950) - Henry - Chinese Cook (uncredited)
*''[Francis Goes to the Races](/source/Francis_Goes_to_the_Races)'' (1951) - Wong, Travers' Servant (uncredited)
*''[Smuggler's Gold](/source/Smuggler's_Gold_(film))'' (1951) - Boat Captain (uncredited)
*''[Smuggler's Island](/source/Smuggler's_Island)'' (1951) - Cajo (uncredited)
*''[Peking Express](/source/Peking_Express_(film))'' (1951) - Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
*''[A Yank in Indo-China](/source/A_Yank_in_Indo-China)'' (1952) - General Wang
*''[The World in His Arms](/source/The_World_in_His_Arms)'' (1952) - Wung Lo (uncredited)
*''[Target Hong Kong](/source/Target_Hong_Kong)'' (1953) - Mandarin (uncredited)
*''[Remains to Be Seen](/source/Remains_to_Be_Seen_(film))'' (1953) - Ling Tan
*''[South Sea Woman](/source/South_Sea_Woman)'' (1953) - Woo Ching (uncredited)
*''[Torch Song](/source/Torch_Song_(1953_film))'' (1953) - Peter
*''[Forbidden](/source/Forbidden_(1953_film))'' (1953) - Dr. Sing (uncredited)
*''[Miss Sadie Thompson](/source/Miss_Sadie_Thompson)'' (1953) - Chung (uncredited)
*''[Hell and High Water](/source/Hell_and_High_Water_(1954_film))'' (1954) - Japanese Eddy (uncredited)
*''[The Left Hand of God](/source/The_Left_Hand_of_God)'' (1955) - Fen Tso Lin - Merchant (uncredited)
*''[Tribute to a Bad Man](/source/Tribute_to_a_Bad_Man)'' (1956) - Cooky
*''[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness](/source/The_Inn_of_the_Sixth_Happiness)'' (1958) - Yang
*''[This Earth Is Mine](/source/This_Earth_Is_Mine_(1959_film))'' (1959) - Chu
*''[The Mountain Road](/source/The_Mountain_Road)'' (1960) - Chinese Colonel
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== References ==
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Category:1898 births
Category:1985 deaths
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Jersey City, New Jersey
Category:Oberlin College alumni
Category:American male actors of Chinese descent
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