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'''Charlie Chan''' is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers. Biggers had been vacationing in Hawaii in 1919, when he read a newspaper account of a Chinese-American detective, Chang Apana, connected with the Honolulu Police Department. Fascinated by the idea of an Oriental hero as a contrast to the ubiquitous [[Yellow Peril]] villains of the period, Biggers included an Oriental detective named Chan as a peripheral character in his novel ''House Without a Key'' (1925). In the 1926 novel ''The Chinese Parrot'', Chan took center stage, and his successful adventures spanned four more Biggers novels: ''Behind the Curtain'' (1928), ''The Black Camel'' (1929), ''Charlie Chan Carries On'' (1930) and ''Keeper of the Keys'' (1932).
The character's most familiar portrayals, however, were in a series of nearly 50 films. By the time of Biggers' death in 1933, all but the last of the novels had been adapted for film (the last was adapted for the New York stage). Contrary to popular belief, Chan ''was'' portrayed by Asian actors in his earliest appearances -- but not Chinese: The Japanese actors George Kuwa and Sôjin played the detective in his first two films, and E.L. Park, probably a Korean, in his third. None of these portrayals was deemed particularly successful, either by Biggers or by the public.
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