Victor Sen Young (born Victor Cheung Young or
Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1915 – body discovered November 9, 1980[3][2]) was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the western series Bonanza. He was born in San Francisco, California to Gum Yung Sen and his first wife, both immigrants from China.[4]
When his mother died during the flu epidemic of 1919, his father placed Victor and his younger sister, Rosemary, in a children's shelter, and returned to his homeland to seek another wife. He returned in 1922 with his new wife, Lovi Shee, once again forming a household with his two children.[5]
^DOB per California Birth Index, californiabirthindex.org. Accessed June 19, 2023.
^ abWisconsin State Journal, November 10, 1980, Section 1, p. 10
^DOB per California Birth Index, californiabirthindex.org. Accessed June 19, 2023.
^His father's name is given in the dedication to the Great Wok Cookbook.
^United States Census, 1930, Household of Gum Young Sen, San Francisco (Districts 251-409), San Francisco, California. NARA Publication: T626, roll 209; Enumeration District Number: 0393; Family Number: 584; Sheet Number and Letter: 30B; Line Number: 59
to Gum YungSen and his first wife, both immigrants from China. When his mother died during the flu epidemic of 1919, his father placed Victor and his...
Creole, respectively. The family's cook was Chinese immigrant Hop Sing (VictorSenYung). The family lived on a thousand-square-mile (2,600 km2) ranch called...
Lonely Man". Hop Sing is portrayed by Chinese American character actor VictorSenYung, a veteran of more than 160 appearances in movies and on television...
co-written by Richard E. Cunha, that stars Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, and VictorSenYung. Made in the tongue-in-cheek style of Men's adventure magazines, Nazisploitation...
(Mitch Vogel), a teenage orphan who is adopted by Ben. Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In the ninth season, David Canary...
Camp, Johnny Doran, William Engesser, Laurette Spang, Tommy Norden, VictorSenYung, Russ Marin and Christopher Norris. Three episodes of the series featured...
Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing...
Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and VictorSenYung as "number two son" Jimmy. Detective Chan rushes to the hospital to...
Australia, but sets out to find the murderer. Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan VictorSenYung as Jimmy Chan (Number 2 son) Joseph Crehan as Captain Black Willie...
Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing...
Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing...
Shaolin masters, Robert Ito, James Hong, Benson Fong, Richard Loo, and VictorSenYung frequently appeared in the series. A second controversy was over whose...
mystery film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Sidney Toler, VictorSenYung and Tanis Chandler. It is the second-to-last film starring Toler as...
Gormley, a recently retired railroad conductor of Los Angeles, and actor VictorSenYung were wounded and survived. These are the first passengers killed or...
Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing...
Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon). Veteran actor VictorSenYung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing...
Sing were later added, following the deaths of Dan Blocker (1972), VictorSenYung (1980), Lorne Greene (1987), and Michael Landon (1991). The house contained...
"Hoss" Cartwright Michael Landon as Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright VictorSenYung as Hop Sing Philip Ahn Claude Akins Lewis Allen John Anderson Edward...
shack on a San Pablo Bay barge. The barge's owner, fisherman Takeo (VictorSenYung), reminds him how they met the previous night and that he agreed to...
directed by Harry Lachman and starring Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan and VictorSenYung. Toler played Charlie Chan in 22 feature films, beginning with Charlie...
Atwill as Cliveden Compton Mary Nash as Miss Jennie Finch VictorSenYung as Jimmy Chan (as SenYung) Kane Richmond as Richard Cabot Chris-Pin Martin as Sergeant...
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