{"id":4919,"date":"2017-11-27T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2017-11-27T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:01:11","slug":"chan-is-missing-actor-wood-moy-dies-at-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4919","title":{"rendered":"‘Chan Is Missing,’ actor Wood Moy Dies at 99"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asian American actor of stage and screen Wood Moy<\/a> died on Nov. 8 at the age of 99. Moy was best known for his role in Wayne Wang\u2019s 1982 independent black and white noir\u00a0Chan is Missing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Born in Canton, China, Moy came to the United States in 1921, but attended\u00a0St. John\u2019s University in Shanghai, where he started to develop an interest in acting. In 1937, he returned stateside and attended New York University where he earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in 1941. He also\u00a0during World War II\u00a0in the U.S. Army\u2019s 987th Signal Company, one of two all-Chinese-American outfits.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In 1947, Moy along with his future wife, Mamie Louie, and his future brother-in-law, Henry Louie arrived in San Francisco from Cleveland to grow\u00a0East Wind<\/em>, a magazine that focused on the Chinese-American experience.<\/p>\n

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Moy was was the first member to join\u00a0Frank Chin\u2019s Asian American Theatre Training Program at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He went on to write the play Lo Foo and the Missing Ming Artifact<\/em>\u00a0for the Asian American Theater Company in 1983 where he played detective Charlie Chan. In 1994, he appeared in the Berkeley and Los Angeles theatrical adaptations of\u00a0Maxine Hong Kingston\u2019s novel,\u00a0The Woman Warrior <\/em>as well as the plays\u00a0The Wash<\/em>and\u00a0Pay the Chinaman.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chan Is Missing\u00a0<\/em>was a groundbreaking film as it was seen as the first Asian American independent film. Directed and produced by Wang, the film based its title on the Charlie Chan film series about the aforementioned immigrant Honolulu-based detective. Subverting the Charlie Chan trope, the film follows two cabbies (one of them being Moy), searching for the mysterious Chan, who has disappeared with their money The film explores the issues experienced by Chinese-Americans in American society. In 1995, the film was named for inclusion into the Library of Congress\u2019 National Film Registry for its cultural significance.<\/p>\n

Moy\u2019s other film and television credits include 1978\u2019s\u00a0Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em>as well as\u00a0Final Analysis, Class Action, Howard the Duck\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Knight Rider<\/em>.<\/p>\n

His wife\u00a0Mamie died in 2007. Moy is survived by his children Lincoln, Kenneth and Cynthia and his grandchildren Brian, Matthew, Jacqueline, Travis and Quentin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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