Roland Winters was born on November 22, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Roland Winternitz. He was an actor and writer, known for Blue Hawaii (1961), Bigger Than Life (1956) and The Chinese Ring (1947). He was married to Ada C. Howe. He died on October 22, 1989 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Made just one appearance (in 1968) as the reclusive McMann, co-director of the advertising agency McMann & Tate, in the TV series 'Bewitched'.
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In the 1970s Winters's voice appeared in a number of radio spots for Manhattan's House of Chan, in which he expounded on the joys of eating at his "cousin's" famous restaurant. He concluded each commercial with "tell 'em Charlie sent you".
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At the age of 43, Roland Winters, more than thirty years younger than his predecessor, the late Sidney Toler, and virtually the same age as Keye Luke who would again appear as Chan's number one son, Lee, first appeared as Charlie Chan in 1948.
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In 1931, Winters got the job of announcing Braves and Red Sox games on radio station WNAC. He continued to work in radio until 1947.
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Made his Broadway debut in 1924 with "The Firebrand," which was produced by a friend of his brother.
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He was in his middle teens when he worked on a cargo ship that sailed to Central America and later to the West Indies during the summer. It was at about this time that Winters began his career on the stage, working in theater groups around Boston.
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Son of Felix Winternitz, a violinist and composer who had achieved great success through his world tours during the late 19th century. By the time of Roland's birth, Felix had settled in Boston as a professor at the New England Conservatory.
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Hollywood's third Charlie Chan was also a veteran character actor, often specializing in businessman types, and radio announcer. He was the sixth actor to play Charlie Chan. He was the third non-Oriental actor.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Arrest and Trial
1964
TV Series
Charles Connaught
Archie
1964
TV Movie
Mr. Weatherbee
The Lucy Show
1963
TV Series
Dean Bennett
The Defenders
1962-1963
TV Series
Warden Wilson / Jeff Brubaker
Kraft Mystery Theater
1963
TV Series
Dennis the Menace
1962
TV Series
Gabe Bromley
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
TV Series
Ivar West
The Jack Benny Program
1962
TV Series
General Sneed #1
The DuPont Show of the Week
1962
TV Series
Henry Drummond
Alcoa Premiere
1962
TV Series
Granby
Follow That Dream
1962
Judge
Life with Archie
1962
TV Movie
Mr. Weatherbee
Blue Hawaii
1961
Fred Gates
Everything's Ducky
1961
Capt. Lewis Bollinger
Naked City
1961
TV Series
Aubrey Hacker
A String of Beads
1961
TV Movie
Play of the Week
1960
TV Series
General Piet Wetjoen
The Iceman Cometh
1960
TV Movie
The General (Piet Wetjoen)
Omnibus
1960
TV Series
The Comedy Spot
1960
TV Series
Cash McCall
1960
General Andrew 'Andy' Danvers
Startime
1959
TV Series
Fannington
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
Doctor
Little Women
1958
TV Movie
Mr. Winters
Colgate Theatre
1958
TV Series
The Texan
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
Dexter Smith
Date with the Angels
1958
TV Series
Corey
Schlitz Playhouse
1953-1957
TV Series
Kraft Theatre
1952-1957
TV Series
Jet Pilot
1957
Col. Sokolov
Studio One in Hollywood
1957
TV Series
Charles Brooks / Mr. Bosworth
Goodyear Playhouse
1957
TV Series
George
You Are There
1957
TV Series
Theodore Roosevelt
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1957
TV Series
Gil Warren
Broken Arrow
1957
TV Series
James Perry
Top Secret Affair
1957
Sen. Burdick
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956-1957
TV Series
General Millet
Lux Video Theatre
1951-1956
TV Series
Wardley / The Bishop / Mr. Morton, Laywer / ...
Bigger Than Life
1956
Dr. Ruric
Assignment: Mexico
1956
TV Movie
T. Graham
Mama
1949-1956
TV Series
Uncle Chris
Meet Millie
1953-1954
TV Series
J.R. Boone Sr. / J.R. Boone, Sr.
So Big
1953
Klaas Pool
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Robert Montgomery Presents
1952-1953
TV Series
She's Working Her Way Through College
1952
Fred Copeland
Treasury Men in Action
1951
TV Series
Doorway to Danger
1951
TV Series
John Lawrence (1952)
Follow the Sun
1951
Dr. Graham
The Web
1951
TV Series
Raton Pass
1951
Sheriff Perigord
Inside Straight
1951
Alexander Tomson
Sierra Passage
1950
Sam Cooper
The West Point Story
1950
Harry Eberhart
To Please a Lady
1950
Dwight Barrington
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Leo Cusick
Convicted
1950
Vernon Bradley, Attorney
The Underworld Story
1950
Stanley Becker
Killer Shark
1950
Jeffrey White
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1950
Manfredo Acuto
Guilty of Treason
1950
Soviet Comissar Belov
Martin Kane
1950
TV Series
Jake Barron
Malaya
1949
Bruno Gruber
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Jerry McKay
Once More, My Darling
1949
Colonel Head
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
T. Hanley Brooks
The Sky Dragon
1949
Charlie Chan
Tuna Clipper
1949
E.J. Ransom
The Feathered Serpent
1948
Charlie Chan
Kidnapped
1948
Capt. Hoseason
The Return of October
1948
Colonel Wood
Cry of the City
1948
Ledbetter
The Golden Eye
1948
Charlie Chan
Shanghai Chest
1948
Charlie Chan
Docks of New Orleans
1948
Charlie Chan
The Chinese Ring
1947
Charlie Chan
13 Rue Madeleine
1946
Van Duyval (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall (uncredited)
A Conflict of Interest
1982
TV Movie
Senator Thaddeus Jones
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
TV Movie
Judge Bland
The Dain Curse
1978
TV Mini-Series
Hubert Collinson
Adam's Rib
1973
TV Series
Judge
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
TV Movie
Mr. Gimbel
Loving
1970
Plommie
Green Acres
1965-1969
TV Series
Mr. Gerber / Judson Felton / Judson Carter Felton
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
TV Series
Gov. Bartholomew
Doc
1969
TV Movie
Watkins
The Red Skelton Hour
1956-1969
TV Series
Diamond Jim Brady / Millionaire / Fritz Flicker / ...