# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidney-toler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:31:22.018Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidney-toler"
name: "Sidney Toler"
slug: "sidney-toler"
description: "Sidney Toler was an American actor, playwright, and theatre director. The second non-Asian actor to play the role of Charlie Chan on screen, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the Chinese-American detective in 22 films made between 1938 and 1946. Before becoming Chan, Toler played supporting roles in 50 motion pictures, and was a highly regarded comic actor on the Broadway stage."
tagline: "American actor, playwright and theatre director (1874-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sidney-Toler-1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1874-04-28"
deathDate: "1947-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.70616933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866010/"
    handle:    "nm0866010"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سیدنی تولر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
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    title: "Сидни Толер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Sidney Toler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump