在七十年代电视片集《功夫》中演盲眼老和尚的陆锡麒是三十年代的小生。他原来在雷电华公司工作，为中国题材的电影做顾问。1935年，当时很受欢迎的《陈查礼探案》拍至第三集时要加入陈查礼的长子陈利的角色，就找了陆锡麒出任，他折了八集后离开。1941年接替波里斯·卡洛夫演出《黄先...
The son of Colonel H.G. Toler, breeder of trotting horses, Sidney Toler acted on stage by the time he was seven years old. He was an established star of the theater by the 1890's, long before his career in motion pictures. He was also active as a playwrig...
Popular leading man in 1940's Hollywood who, with his suave demeanor, exotically handsome looks and well-modulated voice, was first called upon to portray mysterious or villainous characters. Soon he would be teamed with other "exotics" (e.g. Maria Montez and Sabu) in a series of escapist adventures, filmed in glorious Technicolor and set in lands of fable, which proved most popular with movie audiences of the World War II years. But with the end of the war, his career (like that of Montez) would decline. He ultimately returned to his city of birth to pursue opportunities in commercial photography.
