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Warner Oland
Warner Oland
3 October 1879 - 6 August 1938
Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden
Warner Oland was born in the small village of Nyby in Bjurholm parish in the county of Vasterbotten, Sweden. Bjurholm is situated about 60 kilometers outside the town of Umea. Warner Olands real name was Johan Verner Olund. He emigrated with his parents to USA on 15 October 1892. His father was the shopkeeper Jonas Olund and his mother was Maria Johanna Forsberg.
“Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set” Charlie Chan
Oland got a big break when the actress Alla Nazimova spotted him performing Shakespeare and signed him to her 1906 touring company of Ibsen's plays.
Before his success playing Charlie Chan, Oland played Al Jolson's father in "The Jazz Singer" (1927), notable of course because of its sound sequences.
During the run of the Chan series, Oland appeared in other films too, notably "Shanghai Express" (1932), with Marlene Dietrich; "The Painted Veil" (1934), with Greta Garbo; and "Werewolf of London" (1935).
Truly a remarkable man, Warner Oland (or "Jack" to his friends) spoke several languages, and was a scholar of philosophy, classical music and art, and a translator of the works of Strindberg. He was married to painter Edith Shearn in 1908.
Oland left the set one day in 1937, and did not return. Alcohol was ruining his marriage and his health, and he decided to sail to Europe to regroup. He died of bronchial pneumonia in Sweden on August 6, 1938.
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Hawaii is the only state in the United States where male life expectancy exceeds 70 years. Hawaii also leads all states in life expectancy in general, with an average of 73.6 years for both males and females.
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