Victor Sen Yung

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Victor Sen Yung ( Chinese  揚森 ; * October 18, 1915 in San Francisco as Sen Yew Cheung ; † November 9, 1980 in North Hollywood ) was an American actor of Chinese descent.

biography

When his mother died of the Spanish flu in 1919 , he and his sister were placed in a children's home. His father returned home and came back to the United States in the mid-1920s, having remarried.

At the age of twelve, Victor Sen Yung began working as a houseboy for a family in Nob Hill. He then studied animal husbandry at the University in Berkeley . In 1938 he began acting under the name Victor Yung . He also appeared under the names Sen Young , Victor Sen Young , Victor Young and Sen Yung during his career . He also worked for a chemical company and brought samples of a flame retardant to 20th Century Fox to sell. Instead of buying the chemicals, he was cast in Honolulu for the role of Charlie Chan's number 2 son in the movie Charlie Chan . He then starred in twelve Charlie Chan films, later as Son No. 1. He became world-famous as Koch Hop Sing on the Ponderosa in the television series Bonanza , in which he appeared in 107 episodes from 1959 to 1973.

In 1974, Sen Yung published a book on Cantonese cooking called the Great Wok Cookbook (Nash Publishing). He died in his home on November 9, 1980 from poisoning caused by a gas leak in an oven.

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  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950958/bio
personal data
SURNAME Yung, Victor Sen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sen Young; Young, Victor Sen; Sen Yung; Young, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1980
Place of death North Hollywood , California