Sidney Toler: Before Charlie Chan
Today, Sidney Toler (Hooper G. Toler Jr., 1874-1947) is almost exclusively known for replacing Warner Oland as the title character in the sensitivity-challenged Charlie Chan mysteries, covering the years 1938-46. That this should be so is an indictment of how the industry works and has always worked. For Toler was an almost unbelievably accomplished man […]