Victor Wong

Victor Wong (31 July 1927 - 12 September 2001) (Chinese : ???) was a Chinese American actor who appeared mostly in small roles.

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31 July - 1927 - 12 September - 2001 - Chinese American - Actor

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Wong was a first-generation Chinese-American, born in San Francisco's Chinatown to Chinese immigrant parents. His father was a Confucian scholar who had established himself as a journalist in Shanghai before migrating with his Baptist wife.

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San Francisco - Immigrant - Confucian - Journalist - Shanghai

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Wong attended University of California at Berkeley to study journalism. He has also attended Graduate School of Theology, University of Chicago for theology and MFA at San Francisco Art Institute. In 1968, Wong was working as a newscaster for KQED, covering Chinatown. The stress of the newsroom may have contributed to his contracting Bell's Palsy in 1974, which caused the left side of his face to droop, and his newscaster career was finished.

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University of California at Berkeley - University of Chicago - KQED - Bell's Palsy

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After his news career ended, Wong turned to acting, starting in the local Asian-American theatre, and later landing larger roles on the stages New York City. This led to television work and eventually, into movies. In between film roles, Wong lived in Sacramento, California, where he supported the local performing arts. In 1992, he acted in the Hong Kong movie called Cageman (??). Wong died of heart failure in 2001.

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New York City - Sacramento, California - 1992 - Hong Kong - Cageman

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