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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Lal Chand Mehra<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = August 14, 1897<br />
| birth_place = Amritsar, India<br />
| death_date = October 21, 1980<br />
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA<br />
| education = [[University of Punjab]]<br>[[University of California Berkeley]]<br />
| occupation = Actor, academic<br />
| spouse = Georgia Williams (m. 1933)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lal Chand Mehra''' was an Indian character actor and academic active in Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzi1QjokREkC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=%22lal+chand+mehra%22&source=bl&ots=WhA-hgGsxc&sig=ACfU3U2BPsbmfR2RNZwlGPivmIkdip_otQ&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwsdfkuuHlAhWVIDQIHXBnCDY4KBDoATAGegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=%22lal%20chand%20mehra%22&f=false|title=The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances|last=Kear|first=Lynn|last2=Rossman|first2=John|date=2016-03-30|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476602875|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Mehra was born into a prominent Hindu family in [[Amritsar|Amritsar, India]]. He attended the University of Punjab as an undergraduate,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKhqh3HFH8AC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=%22lal+chand+mehra%22&source=bl&ots=h8b-jhGlRK&sig=ACfU3U3BbIwiLBO_f2j5WWD1LTyvaq4oHA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi294mYu-HlAhWDHDQIHRZ2Cz84MhDoATADegQIBRAB#v=onepage&q=%22lal%20chand%20mehra%22&f=false|title=From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse: Highbrow and Lowbrow Transgression in Cinema's First Century|last=Cline|first=John|last2=Weiner|first2=Robert G.|date=2010-07-17|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810876552|language=en}}</ref> and got his postgraduate degrees in education and philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380438578/?terms=%22lal+chand+mehra%22|title=Radiography|last=|first=|date=8 Sep 1935|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref><br />
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In Hollywood, he worked as an actor and also as a technical director on films that called for knowledge of Indian culture and customs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/585448856/?terms=%22lal+chand+mehra%22|title=In Hollywood|last=|first=|date=24 Mar 1929|website=The Bristol Herald Courier|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19340223.2.29&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Madera Tribune 23 February 1934 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref> He also gave lectures on Indian culture and current events throughout Southern California and on the radio. He told reporters he planned on eventually going back to India and directing films, but it does not appear that he returned to India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He married concert violinist Georgia Williams in 1933.<br />
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== Selected filmography ==<br />
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*''[[Escape to Burma]]'' (1955)<br />
*''[[Man-Eater of Kumaon]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[The Caribbean Mystery]]'' (1945)<br />
*''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]'' (1944)<br />
*''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' (1942)<br />
*''[[Bombay Clipper]]'' (1942)<br />
*''[[Drums of Fu Manchu]]'' (1940)<br />
*''[[Island of Lost Men]]'' (1939)<br />
*''[[Mr. Moto's Last Warning]]'' (1939)<br />
*''[[Storm Over Bengal]]'' (1938)<br />
*''[[The Thirteenth Chair (1937 film)|The Thirteenth Chair]]'' (1937)<br />
*''[[The Leathernecks Have Landed]]'' (1936)<br />
*''[[The Mask of Fu Manchu]]'' (1932)<br />
*''[[The Thirteenth Chair (1929 film)|The Thirteenth Chair]]'' (1929)<br />
*''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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