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Victor Sen Yung (born Victor Cheung Young or Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1915 – body discovered November 9, 1980 [1] [2]) was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the western series Bonanza.
As Hop Sing, Yung became one-half of one of the first interracial relationships on TV in the United States. After Bonanza , Yung starred as Uncle Charlie in Bachelor Father .
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series.
Veteran actor Victor Sen Yung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing a desire to leave the series, and so prospective replacements were introduced via Barry Coe as Little Joe's wayward maternal half-brother Clay, and Guy Williams as Ben's nephew Will Cartwright. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his ...
Veteran actor Victor Sen Yung played the ranch cook, Hop Sing. In 1964, Pernell Roberts began expressing a desire to leave the series, and so prospective replacements were introduced via Barry Coe as Little Joe's wayward maternal half-brother Clay, and Guy Williams as Ben's nephew Will Cartwright. However, Roberts was persuaded to complete his ...
Hop Sing, Hopsing or variation, may refer to: . Hop Sing (Bonanza), a fictional character, a stereotypical Chinese housekeeper on the 1959-1973 TV Western Bonanza Hop Sing Tong (Chinese: 合勝堂; pinyin: Héshèng Táng; Jyutping: Hap 6 sing 3 Tong 4), the Hop Sing (合勝), a tong (堂), an ethnic Chinese organization, founded in the U.S. in 1875
The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, without Ray Evans's lyrics, were used during the series's long run. [3] In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, [4] and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. [5]
"The Bodyguard" — a stage adaptation of the 1992 Whitney Houston film about a famous singer who falls in love with a former Secret Service agent — is currently on a tour of the United Kingdom ...