Word: oland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Limehouse fog, wily, sinister Fu Manchu outwitted his Anglo-Saxon pursuers in and out of 13 books and the most exotic parts of the world, assembled a memorable team of Oriental ogres to dispose of his victims, lured such connoisseurs of evil as Boris Karloff and Warner (Charlie Chan) Oland to portray him on screen, almost died horribly at times but was so popular and profitable that he managed to survive and thrive: Rohmer sold him to movies, radio and TV. A mystery himself, Rohmer avoided people, tinkered with spiritualism, in later years wearied of Fu. His last book...