Wood Moy (10 June 1918 â€" 8 November 2017) was an American film and
theater actor from New York City. He developed an interest in acting
while attending St. John's University, Shanghai. He was an early
member of the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco. He is
best known for a lead role in Chan Is Missing, the debut film by Wayne
Wang.In 1972, Mr. Moy was the first to join the Asian American Theatre
Training Program lead by Frank Chin at the American Conservatory
Theatre. In 1983, Moy wrote the play "Lo Foo and the Missing Ming
Artifact" for the Asian American Theater Company. In "Lo Foo," Moy
plays detective Charlie Chan, lured out of retirement to pursue a
stolen artifact. In 1994, Moy was cast in the Berkeley and Los Angeles
theatrical adaptations of Maxine Hong Kingston's novel, The Woman
Warrior, as Ah Goong. Moy also appeared in The Wash at Eureka Theatre
and Pay the Chinaman at the Zephyr Theatre. He died in November 2017
at the age of 99.Media related to Wood Moy at Wikimedia Commons
theater actor from New York City. He developed an interest in acting
while attending St. John's University, Shanghai. He was an early
member of the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco. He is
best known for a lead role in Chan Is Missing, the debut film by Wayne
Wang.In 1972, Mr. Moy was the first to join the Asian American Theatre
Training Program lead by Frank Chin at the American Conservatory
Theatre. In 1983, Moy wrote the play "Lo Foo and the Missing Ming
Artifact" for the Asian American Theater Company. In "Lo Foo," Moy
plays detective Charlie Chan, lured out of retirement to pursue a
stolen artifact. In 1994, Moy was cast in the Berkeley and Los Angeles
theatrical adaptations of Maxine Hong Kingston's novel, The Woman
Warrior, as Ah Goong. Moy also appeared in The Wash at Eureka Theatre
and Pay the Chinaman at the Zephyr Theatre. He died in November 2017
at the age of 99.Media related to Wood Moy at Wikimedia Commons
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