The New Adventures of Charlie Chan is a crime drama series that aired in the United States in syndicated television from June 1957 to 1958. The first five episodes were made by Vision Productions in the United States, before production switched to the United Kingdom under ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America.

Overview

The series, consisting of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, follows the investigations of the fictional detective Charlie Chan, created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1925. The series follows the convention, established in the Charlie Chan films, of having the Asian character Chan played by a Western actor while his son(s) were played by actual Asians. James Hong, who played Number One Son, said J. Carrol Naish had Hong fired from the show after Naish took against him for missing a line in rehearsal and said "What do you think this is? A school for Chinese actors?", which Hong ascribed to Naish having a 'deep prejudice'.

Cast

Main

Guest stars

Guest stars, most notably under ITC, include:

Episode list

Season 1

This list appears to be in production order. The first five episodes were filmed in the US by Vision, the remaining episodes in the UK by ITC.

Comic book

DC Comics published a six-issue comic adaptation from June 1958 to April 1959, written by John Broome and drawn by Sid Greene.