Sidney Toler and Arleen Whelan in Castle in the Desert (1942)
Caption: Sidney Toler and Arleen Whelan in Castle in the Desert (1942)
Actor, Writer
Born: April 28, 1874
Star sign: Taurus
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944), Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944), Black Magic (1944), The Jade Mask (1945)
Source: IMDB
The son of Colonel H.G. Toler, breeder of trotting horses, Sidney Toler acted on stage by the time he was seven years old. He was an established star of the theater by the 1890's, long before his career in motion pictures. He was also active as a playwright and had a good enough voice to be cast as a lead baritone with an operatic stock company at...