Warner Oland

Actor

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Also Known As

Werner Ohlund

Birth Place

Sweden

Born

October 03, 1880

Died

August 06, 1938

Biography

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In the US from boyhood. Oland entered films in 1912, often as character heavies, and in 1931 played the first of his Charlie Chan roles for which is chiefly remembered....

Filmography

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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)

Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)

Photos & Videos

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Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Both Their Souls Are Rotten

Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Friends At All

Family & Companions

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Edith Shearn

Wife

Actor. Born 1870, died 1968.

Biography

In the US from boyhood. Oland entered films in 1912, often as character heavies, and in 1931 played the first of his Charlie Chan roles for which is chiefly remembered.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1938)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)

Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Werewolf of London (1935)

Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)

Shanghai (1935)

His Excellency, Lun Sing

Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)

Charlie Chan in London (1934)

Inspector Charlie Chan

Mandalay (1934)

The Painted Veil (1934)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)

Before Dawn (1933)

Dr. Paul Cornelius

As Husbands Go (1933)

Hippolitus ["Hippy"] Lomi

Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)

Shanghai Express (1932)

A Passport to Hell (1932)

Baron Von Sydow

The Son-Daughter (1932)

Fen Sha [also known as The Sea Crab]

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Drums of Jeopardy (1931)

The Black Camel (1931)

The Big Gamble (1931)

Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)

Dishonored (1931)

Colonel Von Hindau

Paramount on Parade (1930)

The Vagabond King (1930)

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)

Dangerous Paradise (1930)

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)

The Faker (1929)

Hadrian, the faker

Chinatown Nights (1929)

The Mighty (1929)

The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)

Wheel of Chance (1928)

Mosher Turkeltaub

Stand and Deliver (1928)

The Scarlet Lady (1928)

Dream of Love (1928)

Tell It to the Marines (1927)

Chinese bandit leader

Good Time Charley (1927)

Good Time Charley [Charles Edward Keene]

A Million Bid (1927)

Don Juan (1927)

What Happened to Father (1927)

W. Bradberry, father

Old San Francisco (1927)

The Jazz Singer (1927)

The Cantor [Papa Rabinowitz]

Sailor Izzy Murphy (1927)

Monsieur Jules de Gondelaurier

When a Man Loves (1927)

Twinkletoes (1926)

The Mystery Club (1926)

The Marriage Clause (1926)

Man of the Forest (1926)

Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)

Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)

Lew Walters/Judge Dyer

Flower of Night (1925)

The Winding Stair (1925)

Infatuation (1925)

So This Is Marriage (1924)

One Night in Rome (1924)

Curlytop (1924)

The Fighting American (1924)

His Children's Children (1923)

The Pride of Palomar (1922)

East Is West (1922)

The Yellow Arm (1921)

Hurricane Hutch (1921)

The Phantom Foe (1920)

The Third Eye (1920)

The Avalanche (1919)

Mandarin's Gold (1919)

The Twin Pawns (1919)

The Witness for the Defense (1919)

Captain Ballantyne

The Lightning Raider (1919)

The Naulahka (1918)

Convict 993 (1918)

The Mysterious Client (1918)

The Yellow Ticket (1918)

The Cigarette Girl (1917)

The Fatal Ring (1917)

The Eternal Sapho (1916)

The Reapers (1916)

The Rise of Susan (1916)

Sinclair La Salle

The Eternal Question (1916)

The Unfaithful Wife (1915)

Destruction (1915)

Cast (Short)

Movies On Sundays (1935)

Misc. Crew (Short)

Some of the Greatest (1955)

Archival Footage

Life Events

Photo Collections

Shanghai Express - Movie Posters

Shanghai Express - Movie Posters

Shanghai Express - Jumbo Lobby Card

Shanghai Express - Jumbo Lobby Card

Shanghai Express - Lobby Cards

Here are a few Lobby Cards from Paramount's Shanghai Express (1932), starring Marlene Dietrich. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Charlie Chan at the Circus - Movie Poster

Here is the Window Card from Fox's Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936), starring Warner Oland. Window Cards were 14x22 mini posters designed to be placed in store windows around town during a film's engagement. A blank space at the top of the poster featured theater and playdate infromation.

The Jazz Singer - Scene Stills

Here are some scene stills from The Jazz Singer (1927), Warner Bros' ground-breaking "Talkie" starring Al Jolson.

Videos

Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Both Their Souls Are Rotten Pompous clergyman Carmichael (Lawrence Grant) unloads on Brit military doctor Harvey (Clive Brook) about Hui Fei (Anna May Wong) and Magdalen (Marlene Dietrich, a.k.a. Shanghai Lily), whose subsequent chat suggests a complex history, early on the trip in Shanghai Express, 1932.

Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Friends At All Warner Oland as Chang, now revealed as a ruthless Chinese revolutionary, has stopped the train to interrogate passengers, so Magdalen (Marlene Dietrich, a.k.a. Shanghai Lily, employing her astonishing ability with language) acts as interpreter, Emile Chautard the French officer, in Shanghai Express, 1932.

Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Most Respectable People The train stalled by city hassles, first Doc (Clive Brook) then parson Carmichael (Lawrence Grant) visit similarly-employed Magdalen (Marlene Dietrich) and Hui Fei (Anna May Wong), then Mrs. Haggerty (Louise Closser Hale) misreads the situation, in Joseph von Sternberg’s Shanghai Express, 1932.

Shanghai Express (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Everything But A Turkish Bath Terrific hubbub, Joseph von Sternberg directing and introducing Anna May Wong, Louise Closser Hale and fussy Lawrence Grant, then star Marlene Dietrich, mysterious Warner Oland, and uniformed “Doc,” (Clive Brook), all departing “Peiping,” in Paramount’s Shanghai Express, 1932.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Temptations Of The Flesh Introduction of leading man John Barrymore, meeting Manon (Dolores Costello), en route to life in a convent, in the hit Warner Brothers treatment of Manon Lescaut, the 1731 novel by the Abbe Prevost, restored by UCLA and the George Eastman House, When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Too Frail To Please Manon (Dolores Costello), having escaped from her brother (Warner Oland), who’s trying to sell her into prostitution, searches for her lover Fabien (John Barrymore), who’s been tricked into believing she left him, winding up in the same Paris tavern, in Warner Brothers’ When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Please Trust Me As A Friend Fabien (John Barrymore), entranced by the beauty of Manon (Dolores Costello), abandons his pursuit of the priesthood and rescues her from her brother (Warner Oland), who’s just sold her into prostitution, in 18th century France, in When A Man Loves, 1927, adapted from Manon Lescaut.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Two Innocents Having met that day and escaped, her from being sold into de facto prostitution and him from enrollment in seminary, Manon (Dolores Costello) and Fabien (John Barrymore) arrive in Paris ca. 1730, learning about one another, in Warner Brothers’ When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) When We Are Rich Impoverished after escaping to 1730’s Paris, unmarried Fabien (John Barrymore) and Manon (Dolores Costello) happily pretend they can raise the rent, when her evil brother (Warner Oland) appears, looking to deliver her to a lecherous nobleman, in When A Man Loves, 1927.

Mandalay (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Just Where You Pinned Them Rangoon mobster Nick (Warner Oland) is summoned to the police chief (younger than usual Reginald Owen) over the behavior of his charge Tanya, a.k.a."Spot White," (Kay Francis), who rather turns the tables, in Warner Bros.' Mandalay, 1934.

Don Juan (1926) -- (Movie Clip) The Borgia After prologue on the youth of the title character, a leap to Borgia-ruled Rome, introducing Cesare (Warner Oland), Lucrezia (Estelle Taylor), Donati (Montagu Love), Spanish maiden della Varnese (Mary Astor) and dishy servant Maria (Myrna Loy), all awaiting John Barrymore, in Don Juan, 1926.

Don Juan (1926) -- (Movie Clip) It's Death To Defy The Borgia Spanish Adriana (Mary Astor) and father (Josef Swickard) are introduced, intimidated, at the court of the Borgia, (Estelle Taylor, Warner Oland, Montagu Love as Donati) plotting while the title character (John Barrymore) arrives, distracted by a maid (Helene Costello), observed by Maria (Myrna Loy), in Don Juan, 1926.

Companions

Edith Shearn

Wife

Actor. Born 1870, died 1968.

Bibliography

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