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Oh, correction please... Ziyuan Xu is also in the cast list for 'Charlie Chan and Combatting of Enemy Overlord' (1948) and he has top billing. I'm pretty sure that Ziyuan Xu must therefore be Shanghai's answer to Warner Oland.
... since E. L. Park was so far down the cast list, I mean
The Hong Kong Film Archive website lists 9 films starring Ziyuan Xu (or Xinyuan Xu) in its archive, but the two Chan titles are not among them... 檢索結果 9 符合檢索的題名: Xu, Xinyuan, 1886- 排序以: 設限由: 1. The soul of China 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1948 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Bu, Wancang, 1903-1974, 拼音. director. 2. Hero of our time 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1948 [Release]. 著者/製作人: But, Fu, 拼音. director. scriptwriter. producer. 3. Virtue in the dust 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1949 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Cheng, Bugao, 1898-1973/6/20- 拼音. director. 4. Sorrows of the forbidden city 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1948 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Chu, Shek-ling, 1899/9/1-1967/1/5, 拼音. director. 5. Orioles banished from the flowers 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1948 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Fang, Peilin, ?-1947, 拼音. director. 6. Bloodsuckers 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1950 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Wang Yin, 1911/6/25-1988/4/13, 拼音. director. cast. 7. Walking on thin ice 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1948 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Wang Yin, 1911/6/25-1988/4/13, 拼音. director. scriptwriter. cast. 8. Mysterious heroine 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1949 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Yam, Pang-nin, 1892-1968/2/23, 拼音. director. scriptwriter. 9. The net of divine retribution 類型: [motion picture] / 出版/公映年份: 1947 [Release]. 著者/製作人: Yeung, Kung-leong, ?-1965/9/23, 拼音. director.