A Volkswagen commercial with Charlie Chan (circa 1968)
A newspaper article that I recently acquired on eBay, and received today, mentions a Volkswagen TV commercial (circa 1968) that features "Charlie Chan." Searching Google, I quickly came across the actual commercial, which can be seen at this address:
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Dear Swing Man,
I, too, wish that we could have more truly FUN commercials as the "minute mystery" featuring Charlie Chan. Mainly, I think the problem today may be the cost of the commercial air time today. I would imagine it is much more pricey than it once was.
As I watched this ad, I seemed to vaguely recall possibly watching it so many years ago. In the article that I read which mentioned a "series" of Chan VW commercials, I wondered and still do, as to whether any more were, indeed shot. Maybe we could contact the car company ans see what information can be found.
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Rush,
TYSM for not only finding this commercial but bringing it to our attention!
I have pulled it up on my Charlie Chan Annex page (click on the link above) along with a youtube.com video of Raul Roulien in a rather long clip of "Orchids in the Moonlight" from "Flying Down to Rio" (1933).
He's the one who plays Max Minchin in "Eran Trace" (1931).
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BTW Rush, Do you or anyone know who played Charlie in the commercial? This being a 1968 commercial, He could have played Charlie instead of ROSS MARTIN in RETURN OF CHARLIE CHAN.
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I'm not sure of his name, but with the voice and the shape of Charlie's head/face, it suggested to me the fellow in the old TV series "The Millionaire" who went around passing out checks to deserving folks.
Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen (or sure don't recall) that VW commercial.
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I recently came upon the 1968 Charlie Chan Volkswagen TV commercial with Marvin Miller as Charlie Chan. I was wondering if anybody knows the name of the actor who portrays "Number One Son" in the commercial?