| Peter Chong | |
| Birth Name: | John Kohnie Kuh |
| Birth Date: | December 2, 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education: | Oberlin College |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Peter Chong (born John Kohnie Kuh, and sometimes credited as Goo Chong or Peter Chong Goe; December 2, 1898 – January 13, 1985) was a Chinese-American character actor who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Chong was born in 1898 at Honolulu, Hawaii.[2] He attended Oberlin College; he eventually earned a master's degree and a PhD.
He appeared in a number of Broadway productions and had a vaudeville act before going to Hollywood to work in film.[3] [4] When he arrived in Los Angeles, he was under contract at Warner Brothers.[5] He also worked part-time as an interpreter for the Los Angeles Police Department.[6] For much of his career, he was cast in Japanese, Indonesian, and Hawaiian roles — he didn't play a Chinese role until 1953.[7]
He and his first wife, Ah He "Soo" Young, had a vaudeville act together.[8] His second marriage was to Eileen Loh, a schoolteacher; they had a daughter together named Molly.