Chinese-born American actor (1904–1991) who played Donald Cory, governor of the Elba II asylum, in the third-season Original Series episode Whom Gods Destroy.
Keye Luke was an actor and artist, born in China in 1904 and raised in the United States, who became known as Number One Son Lee Chan in the Charlie Chan films of the 1930s. Later generations knew him as Master Po in the television series Kung Fu and as the shopkeeper in Gremlins (1984).
In Whom Gods Destroy he played Donald Cory, the Federation official in charge of the last asylum for the criminally insane. Garth of Izar imprisons Cory and takes on his appearance to lure Kirk and Spock down to the colony; the real governor is tortured in his own rehabilitation chair before order is restored.
Luke also did extensive voice work in animation. He died in 1991.