- Interred at Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas.
- Toward the end of his career, he achieved his greatest success playing Charlie Chan as well as other Asian characters. This was despite the fact that the bulky six-footer, who would sometimes tower over other cast members, was most unlike a Chinese man of that generation.
- Playing the role of Charlie Chan is the actors biggest legacy.
- The third non-Asian to play the role of Charlie Chan, Toler was of primarily Scottish ancestry.
- He and wife Viva Tattersall co-wrote a Broadway play entitled "Ritzy" in 1930, years before they married. Toler also directed.
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