Clarence Lung was a film and television actor. He appeared in films
such as Dragon Seed, Song of the Sarong, Experiment in Terror,
Prisoner Of War, Operation Petticoat, China and The Hundred Days of
the Dragon. Among the television programs he appeared in were Secret
Agent X-9 and China Smith.Clarence was born in Idaho to George Lung
and Lillian Pfeiffer. His parents divorced when he was young, and he
grew up in Colorado with his mother and sister.Clarence's television
credits include Guys Like O'Malley, a story about an observation post
during the Korean war, in which he appeared along with James Best and
Neville Brand. In film, one of his early roles was a small part in The
Good Earth. Later he played Attorney Yung in Experiment in Terror, a
film that starred Glenn Ford and Lee Remick. He had a supporting role
in Dragon Seed that starred Katharine Hepburn. In that film, he had
the distinction of being the only American actor of Chinese descent to
play an adult member of the Tan family and have screen credit. He
appeared alongside John Lupton and James Hong in the 1959 film Blood
and Steel.Later on, he ran one of actor Benson Fong's Ah Fong
restaurants in Los Angeles County.
such as Dragon Seed, Song of the Sarong, Experiment in Terror,
Prisoner Of War, Operation Petticoat, China and The Hundred Days of
the Dragon. Among the television programs he appeared in were Secret
Agent X-9 and China Smith.Clarence was born in Idaho to George Lung
and Lillian Pfeiffer. His parents divorced when he was young, and he
grew up in Colorado with his mother and sister.Clarence's television
credits include Guys Like O'Malley, a story about an observation post
during the Korean war, in which he appeared along with James Best and
Neville Brand. In film, one of his early roles was a small part in The
Good Earth. Later he played Attorney Yung in Experiment in Terror, a
film that starred Glenn Ford and Lee Remick. He had a supporting role
in Dragon Seed that starred Katharine Hepburn. In that film, he had
the distinction of being the only American actor of Chinese descent to
play an adult member of the Tan family and have screen credit. He
appeared alongside John Lupton and James Hong in the 1959 film Blood
and Steel.Later on, he ran one of actor Benson Fong's Ah Fong
restaurants in Los Angeles County.
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