George Kuwa

George Kuwa

George Kuwa (born Keichii Kuwahara) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1931. He was the first actor to portray Charlie Chan on-screen in the 1926 film serial The House Without a Key.[

  • Title: George Kuwa
  • Popularity: 0.707
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1885-04-07
  • Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Keichii Kuwahara
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George Kuwa Movies

  • 1923
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    Daddy

    Daddy

    1 1923 HD

    Believing her husband to be unfaithful, Helene Savelli takes her son, Jackie, to the Holdens' farm and dies shortly afterward. The Holdens keep...

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  • 1922
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    The Half Breed

    The Half Breed

    1 1922 HD

    Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evelyn's other suitor is Ross Kennion, a widower with...

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  • 1916
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    The Cossack Whip

    The Cossack Whip

    8 1916 HD

    Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks...

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  • 1927
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    The Warning

    The Warning

    1 1927 HD

    This story of the British Silent Service operating on the coast of China finds Tom Fellows, captain of an opium-smuggling ship, going into a...

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  • 1928
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    After the Storm

    After the Storm

    1 1928 HD

    Mistakenly believing his wife, Molly Dane ,has been unfaithful to him, ship captain Manin Dane takes his young son Joe and leaver her. Twenty years...

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  • 1926
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    A Trip to Chinatown

    A Trip to Chinatown

    1 1926 HD

    A young hypochondriac who believes that he has only a week to live. His name, by the way, is Welland Strong. He decides to visit his uncle in the...

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  • 1928
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    Chinatown Charlie

    Chinatown Charlie

    1 1928 HD

    A likeable pickpocket happens to stumble onto a white slavery ring while plying his trade in Chinatown.

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  • 1927
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    The Chinese Parrot

    The Chinese Parrot

    1 1927 HD

    The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective...

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  • 1924
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    Broken Barriers

    Broken Barriers

    1 1924 HD

    A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover...

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  • 1917
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    The Countess Charming

    The Countess Charming

    1 1917 HD

    Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where he meets and falls in love with Betty Lovering and...

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  • 1916
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    The Yellow Pawn

    The Yellow Pawn

    1 1916 HD

    An artist is in the countryside, painting, when he meets a girl in a roadster. They fall in love, but the girl marries a lawyer for his money. She...

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  • 1918
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    Rimrock Jones

    Rimrock Jones

    1 1918 HD

    Rimrock Jones is the toughest and most likeable prospector in a thriving Arizona copper camp. Having already been cheated out of several valuable...

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  • 1920
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    Sick Abed

    Sick Abed

    1 1920 HD

    When showing a woman customer some ranch property, real estate agent John Weems's car is disabled by a terrible storm, and he and his client are...

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  • 1927
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    Perch of the Devil

    Perch of the Devil

    1 1927 HD

    Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake,...

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  • 1928
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    The Showdown

    The Showdown

    1 1928 HD

    Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.

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  • 1931
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    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of the Dragon

    5.1 1931 HD

    At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

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  • 1926
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    The Dice Woman

    The Dice Woman

    1 1926 HD

    Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells...

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  • 1925
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    Oh, Doctor!

    Oh, Doctor!

    5.5 1925 HD

    Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an...

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  • 1918
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    The Woman in the Web

    The Woman in the Web

    1 1918 HD

    An adventure serial released in 1918

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  • 1922
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    Bought and Paid For

    Bought and Paid For

    1 1922 HD

    Jimmy Gilley is engaged to Fanny Blaine. Jimmy would like to live in a more luxurious style, so he and Fanny urge her sister Virginia to marry the...

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  • 1923
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    The World's Applause

    The World's Applause

    1 1923 HD

    Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married...

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  • 1921
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    Midsummer Madness

    Midsummer Madness

    1 1921 HD

    Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage....

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  • 1922
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    Moran of the Lady Letty

    Moran of the Lady Letty

    6.5 1922 HD

    Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-too-scrupulous smuggler. When the ship encounters...

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  • 1931
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    Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

    4.5 1931 HD

    A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

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  • 1917
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    The Bottle Imp

    The Bottle Imp

    1 1917 HD

    Lopaka, a poor Hawaiian fisherman, falls in love with Kokua, a young girl of royal blood. Her father refuses to let him marry her, though, unless...

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  • 1924
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    Curlytop

    Curlytop

    1 1924 HD

    Big Bill Branigan, one of the tough characters of London's Limehouse district, falls in love with Curlytop because of her sweet innocence. He leaves...

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  • 1919
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    When the Clouds Roll By

    When the Clouds Roll By

    6.8 1919 HD

    Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the...

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  • 1921
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    The Invisible Fear

    The Invisible Fear

    1 1921 HD

    A young woman mistakenly believes she has killed a man in a struggle to repel his unwanted advances.

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  • 1920
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    Her Unwilling Husband

    Her Unwilling Husband

    1 1920 HD

    In this farce, Mavis Jerome, is an actress who has just broken up with her fiancé, Homer Owen. She goes to her brother-in-law's island...

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  • 1922
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    Enter Madame

    Enter Madame

    5.5 1922 HD

    Directed by Wallace Worsley.

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  • 1925
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    Head Winds

    Head Winds

    5 1925 HD

    Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.

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  • 1926
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    Money Talks

    Money Talks

    1 1926 HD

    Sam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and still he is confident. When Phoebe boards a luxury...

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  • 1923
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    The Eternal Struggle

    The Eternal Struggle

    1 1923 HD

    Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vancouver.

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  • 1926
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    The House Without a Key

    The House Without a Key

    1 1926 HD

    A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to...

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  • 1928
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    The House of Shame

    The House of Shame

    6 1928 HD

    Harvey Baremore is upset with any perceived extravagance from his demure wife Druid, while he is secretly stealing from his boss John Kimball to ply...

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  • 1920
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    The Willow Tree

    The Willow Tree

    1 1920 HD

    After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old legend about the Willow Tree Princess, who kills herself...

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  • 1925
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    A Son of His Father

    A Son of His Father

    1 1925 HD

    'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the villainous Holdbrook to foreclose on the Los Rosas ranch and...

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  • 1931
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    Wicked

    Wicked

    1 1931 HD

    Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.

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  • 1926
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    The Enchanted Hill

    The Enchanted Hill

    1 1926 HD

    Based on a Peter B. Kyne novel, The Enchanted Hill featureds a triangle romance between Jack Holt, rancher's daughter Mary Brian and jealous foreman...

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  • 1924
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    The Man from Wyoming

    The Man from Wyoming

    1 1924 HD

    Ned Bannister, manager of a sheep ranch, is accused of the murder of David Messiter, a neighboring cattle rancher. Bannister's employer, Halloway,...

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