Acting
Roland Winters
- Born
- Nov 22, 1904 · Aged 84
- Died
- Oct 22, 1989
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 45
- TV credits
- 19
Also known as (1)
- Roland Winternitz
Biography
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…
