George Kuwa

According to contemporaneous reports, Kuwa was born in Hiroshima, Japan on 7 April 1885. His father was a judge and wanted George to follow suit.{{Cite web|date=28 Aug 1928|title=At the Theatres|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/506002616/?terms=%22george%20kuwa%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Times Colonist|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=18 Jan 1925|title=George Kuwa Is Martyr to Drama|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/409526490/?terms=%22george%20kuwa%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Billings Gazette|language=en}}

Kuwa moved to the U.S. around 1916 or 1917 and began a career in Hollywood. Like many Japanese actors of the era, he often played Chinese characters. He made several films in Japan as well before returning to the U.S.

He died in Los Angeles on 13 October, 1931 at the age of 46.{{Cite web|date=27 May 1930|title=Screen Gossip|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/306459928/?terms=%22george%20kuwa%22&match=1|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Times|language=en}}

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• The Soul of Kura San (1916)
• The Yellow Pawn (1916)
• The Bottle Imp (1917)
• The Countess Charming (1917)
• Rimrock Jones (1918)
• The Woman in the Web (1918)
• Toby's Bow (1919)
• The Willow Tree (1920)
• Sick Abed (1920)
• The Round-Up (1920)
• Officer 666 (1920)
• Midsummer Madness (1921)
• The Invisible Fear (1921)
• Nobody's Fool (1921)
• Five Days to Live (1922)
• Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
• Bought and Paid For (1922)
• Sherlock Brown (1922)
• The Half Breed (1922)
• Enter Madame (1922)
• The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
• The World's Applause (1923)
• Daddy (1923)
• The Eternal Struggle (1923)
• The Storm Daughter (1924)
• Curlytop (1924)
• The Man from Wyoming (1924)
• Broken Barriers (1924)
• Oh Doctor! (1925)
• Head Winds (1925)
• A Son of His Father (1925)
• The Enchanted Hill (1926)
• A Trip to Chinatown (1926)
• The Dice Woman (1926)
• The Silver Treasure (1926)
• The Nutcracker (1926)
• That Model from Paris (1926)
• The House Without a Key (1926)
• Melting Millions (1927)
• Perch of the Devil (1927)
• White Pants Willie (1927)
• The Night Bride (1927)
• The Chinese Parrot (1927)
• The Warning (1927)
• The Secret Hour (1928)
• The Showdown (1928)
• Chinatown Charlie (1928)
• After the Storm (1928)
• Wicked (1931)

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