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Roland Winters

Roland Winters

Actor, Writer

Born November 22, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died October 22, 1989

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Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz) was an American actor who played many character parts in films and television but today is best remembered for portraying Charlie Chan in six films in the late 1940s.

Monogram Pictures eventually selected Winters to replace Sidney Toler in the Charlie Chan film series. Winters was 44 when he made the first of his six Chan films, The Chinese Ring in 1947 and ending with Charlie Chan and the Sky Dragon (also known as Sky Dragon) in 1949. His other Chan films were "Docks of New Orleans", "Shanghai Chest", "The Golden Eye" and "The Feathered Serpent". He also had character roles in three other feature films while he worked on the Chan series.

Yunte Huang, in Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History, noted differences in the actors' appearances, especially that Winters' "tall nose simply could not be made to look Chinese." Huang also cited the actor's age, writing, "at the age of forty-four, he also looked too young to resemble a seasoned Chinese sage."

In contrast to Huang, Ken Hanke wrote in his book, Charlie Chan at the Movies: History, Filmography, and Criticism, "Roland Winters has never received his due ... Winters brought with him a badly needed breath of fresh air to the series." He cited "the richness of the approach and the verve with which the series was being tackled" during the Winters era." Similarly, Howard M. Berlin, in his book, Charlie Chan's Words of Wisdom, commented that "Winters brought a much needed breath of fresh air to the flagging film series with his self-mocking, semi-satirical interpretation of Charlie, which is very close to the Charlie Chan in Biggers' novels."

After the series finished, Winters continued to work in film and television until 1982. He was in the movies So Big and Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, played Elvis' father in Blue Hawaii and a judge in the Elvis film Follow That Dream. He made appearances as the boss on the early TV series Meet Millie as the boss and the courtroom drama Perry Mason. In one episode of the Bewitched TV series, he played the normally unseen McMann of McMann and Tate. He also portrayed Mr. Gimbel in Miracle on 34th Street in 1973.

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Filmography

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Type

Year

Cane Fire Poster

Cane Fire Documentary2020Fred Gates in Blue Hawaii

A Conflict of Interest TV Movie1982Senator Thaddeus Jones

You Can't Go Home Again Poster

You Can't Go Home Again TV Movie1979Judge Bland

The Dain Curse Poster

The Dain Curse Mini-Series1978Hubert Collinson

Adam's Rib Poster

Adam's Rib TV Series1973Judge Ransom

Miracle on 34th Street Poster

Miracle on 34th Street TV Movie1973Mr. Gimbel

Loving Feature Film1970Plommie

Doc TV Movie1969Watkins

The Debbie Reynolds Show Poster

The Debbie Reynolds Show TV Series1969Gov. Bartholomew

The Carol Burnett Show Poster

The Carol Burnett Show TV Series1967Various Characters

Green Acres Poster

Green Acres TV Series1965Mr. Gerber

Mister Roberts Poster

Mister Roberts TV Series19651 episode, 1965

My Brother the Angel Poster

My Brother the Angel TV Series1965Leonard J. Costello

Archie TV Movie1964Mr. Weatherbee

Bewitched Poster

Bewitched TV Series1964McMann

Broadside Poster

Broadside TV Series1964Admiral Bronson

Gomer Pyle: USMC Poster

Gomer Pyle: USMC TV Series1964Dan Merrill

Profiles in Courage Poster

Profiles in Courage TV Series1964Pickering

The Addams Family Poster

The Addams Family TV Series1964Ralph J. Hulen

The Cara Williams Show Poster

The Cara Williams Show TV Series1964Brewster

Arrest and Trial Poster

Arrest and Trial TV Series1963Charles Connaught

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Poster

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV Series1963Walter Schaeffer

The Farmer's Daughter Poster

The Farmer's Daughter TV Series1963Ingmar Engstrom

Vacation Playhouse Poster

Vacation Playhouse TV Series1963Vincent J. Vincent

Follow That Dream Poster

Follow That Dream Feature Film1962Judge

Life with Archie TV Movie1962Mr. Weatherbee

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Series1962Ivar West

The Lucy Show Poster

The Lucy Show TV Series1962Dean Bennett

A String of Beads Poster

A String of Beads TV Movie1961

Alcoa Premiere Poster

Alcoa Premiere TV Series1961Granby

Blue Hawaii Poster

Blue Hawaii Feature Film1961Fred Gates

Everything's Ducky Poster

Everything's Ducky Feature Film1961Capt. Lewis Bollinger

Hazel TV Series1961Bixby

The Defenders Poster

The Defenders TV Series1961Jeff Brubaker

The DuPont Show of the Week Poster

The DuPont Show of the Week TV Series1961Henry Drummond

Cash McCall Poster

Cash McCall Feature Film1960Gen. Andrew Danvers

Route 66 Poster

Route 66 TV Series1960Dr. Frank Hillman

The Comedy Spot Poster

The Comedy Spot TV Series19601 episode, 1960

The Iceman Cometh Poster

The Iceman Cometh TV Movie1960The General

Dennis the Menace Poster

Dennis the Menace TV Series1959Gabe Bromley

Never Steal Anything Small Poster

Never Steal Anything Small Feature Film1959Doctor

Play of the Week Poster

Play of the Week TV Series1959General Piet Wetjoen

Startime Poster

Startime TV Series1959Fannington

Colgate Theatre Poster

Colgate Theatre TV Series1958The Texan

Little Women Poster

Little Women TV Movie1958Mr. Winters

Naked City Poster

Naked City TV Series1958Aubrey Hacker

Date with the Angels Poster

Date with the Angels TV Series1957Corey

Jet Pilot Poster

Jet Pilot Feature Film1957Col. Sokolov

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957Archer Bryant

Top Secret Affair Poster

Top Secret Affair Feature Film1957Sen. Burdick

Assignment: Mexico TV Movie1956T. Graham

Bigger Than Life Poster

Bigger Than Life Feature Film1956Dr. Ruric

Broken Arrow Poster

Broken Arrow TV Series1956James Perry

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Poster

The Kaiser Aluminum Hour TV Series1956General Millet

The 20th Century-Fox Hour Poster

The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Series1955Gil Warren

The Millionaire Poster

The Millionaire TV Series1955Dexter

A Lion Is in the Streets Poster

A Lion Is in the Streets Feature Film1953Prosecutor

So Big Feature Film1953Klaas Pool

You Are There Poster

You Are There TV Series1953Theodore Roosevelt

Meet Millie TV Series1952J.R. Boone Sr.

Omnibus TV Series19521 episode, 1960

She's Working Her Way Through College Poster

She's Working Her Way Through College Feature Film1952Fred Copeland

Doorway to Danger TV Series1951John Lawrence

Follow the Sun Poster

Follow the Sun Feature Film1951Dr. Graham

Goodyear Playhouse Poster

Goodyear Playhouse TV Series1951George

Inside Straight Poster

Inside Straight Feature Film1951Alexander Tomson

Raton Pass Poster

Raton Pass Feature Film1951Sheriff Perigord

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951Boss

The Red Skelton Hour Poster

The Red Skelton Hour TV Series1951Cobbler

Between Midnight and Dawn Poster

Between Midnight and Dawn Feature Film1950Leo Cusick

Convicted Poster

Convicted Feature Film1950Vernon Bradley - Attorney

Guilty of Treason Poster

Guilty of Treason Feature Film1950Soviet Comissar Belov

Killer Shark Poster

Killer Shark Feature Film1950Jeffrey White

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Dr. Sturgis

Robert Montgomery Presents Poster

Robert Montgomery Presents TV Series1950

Sierra Passage Poster

Sierra Passage Feature Film1950Sam Cooper

The Jack Benny Program Poster

The Jack Benny Program TV Series1950General Sneed #1

The Underworld Story Poster

The Underworld Story Feature Film1950Stanley Becker

The Web TV Series19501 episode, 1951

The West Point Story Poster

The West Point Story Feature Film1950Harry Eberhart

To Please a Lady Poster

To Please a Lady Feature Film1950Dwight Barrington

Treasury Men in Action Poster

Treasury Men in Action TV Series19501 episode, 1951

A Dangerous Profession Poster

A Dangerous Profession Feature Film1949Jerry McKay

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Poster

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Feature Film1949T. Hanley Brooks

Captain Carey, U.S.A. Poster

Captain Carey, U.S.A. Feature Film1949Manfredo Acuto

Malaya Feature Film1949Bruno Gruber

Mama TV Series1949Uncle Chris

Martin Kane Poster

Martin Kane TV Series1949Jake Barron

Once More, My Darling Poster

Once More, My Darling Feature Film1949Col. Head

The Sky Dragon Poster

The Sky Dragon Feature Film1949Charlie Chan

Tuna Clipper Poster

Tuna Clipper Feature Film1949E.J. Ransom

Cry of the City Poster

Cry of the City Feature Film1948Ledbetter

Docks of New Orleans Poster

Docks of New Orleans Feature Film1948Charlie Chan

Kidnapped Poster

Kidnapped Feature Film1948Capt. Hoseason

Shanghai Chest Poster

Shanghai Chest Feature Film1948Charlie Chan

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series1948Charles Brooks

The Feathered Serpent Poster

The Feathered Serpent Feature Film1948Charlie Chan

The Golden Eye Poster

The Golden Eye Feature Film1948Charlie Chan

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948Actor

The Return of October Poster

The Return of October Feature Film1948Colonel Wood

Kraft Theatre Poster

Kraft Theatre TV Series1947

The Chinese Ring Poster

The Chinese Ring Feature Film1947Charlie Chan

13 Rue Madeleine Poster

13 Rue Madeleine Feature Film1946Van Duyval

Citizen Kane Poster

Citizen Kane Feature Film1941Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall

Writer

2

Four Star Playhouse Poster

Four Star Playhouse TV Series1952

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950

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