Richard Loo
Born in Maui, Hawaii, USA — Oct 01 1903• Died Nov 20 1983
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Richard Loo (October 1, 1903 – November 20, 1983) was an American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1982. Chinese by ancestry and Hawaiian by birth, Loo spent his youth in Hawaii, then moved to California as a teenager. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and began a career in business. The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced Loo to start over. He became involved with…
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Perry Mason
Mr. Eng
Bewitched
Bonanza
General Mu Tsung
Hawaii Five-O
Wong Tou
Maverick
My Three Sons
Studio One
Family Affair
Burke's Law
Grass Slipper
The Incredible Hulk
The Outer Limits
Li-Chin Sung
The Wild Wild West
Four Star Playhouse
Jo-Kai
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
I Dream of Jeannie
Wong
McCloud
Y.S. Chen (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Yahama
Police Story
December Bride
Cavalcade of America
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Honey West
Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief
Navy Log
The Dakotas
The Man with the Golden Gun
Hai Fat
Hong Kong
Leo
Around the World in 80 Days
Saloon Manager (uncredited)
Delphi Bureau
Shen Si
The Beachcomber
Ah Wei
The Man Called X
The Sand Pebbles
Major Chin
Wake Island
Living It Up
Dr. Lee
Lost Horizon
Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
The Conqueror
Captain of Wang's guard
Across the Pacific
First Officer Miyuma
China Seas
Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
Destination Gobi
Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp
One More Train to Rob
Mr. Chang
Too Hot to Handle
Charlie (uncredited)
Half Past Midnight
Lee Gow
So Proudly We Hail
Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Soldier of Fortune
Gen. Po Lin
That Certain Woman
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Chandler
Leo
God Is My Co-Pilot
Tokyo Joe
China Sky
Col. Yasuda
Roaming Lady
Chinese Seaman
Kung Fu
Master Sun
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
The Clay Pigeon
Ken Tokoyama
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Robert Hung
Road to Morocco
Chinese Announcer (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
Lt. Shon
5 Fingers
The Soldier and the Lady
Tartar (Uncredited)
Lady of the Tropics
Delaroch's Chauffeur
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Confessions of an Opium Eater
George Wah
Prison Ship
Capt. Okisawa
Kung Fu: The Movie
Master Sun
Battle Hymn
Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)
Destroyer
Japanese Submarine Commander
Malaya
Colonel Genichi Tomura
The Quiet American
Mr. Heng
The Good Earth
Farmer (uncredited)
Hell and High Water
Hakada Fujimori
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Kenji Yamashita
Back to Bataan
Maj. Hasko
China
Lin Yun
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Tong Chief
The Falcon Strikes Back
Jerry
Stranded
Chinese Groom (uncredited)
Now and Forever
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
I Was an American Spy
Col. Masamato
Student Tour
Geisha's Customer
Behind the Rising Sun
Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium
Stowaway
Chinese Merchant (uncredited)
House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
The Purple Heart
General Ito Mitsubi
Star Spangled Rhythm
Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)
China Venture
Chang Sung
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blondes at Work
Sam Wong (uncredited)
The Shanghai Story
Officer
Web of Danger
Wing
Flight for Freedom
Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
Doomed to Die
Tong Leader
The Steel Helmet
Sergeant Tanaka
A Girl Named Tamiko
Otani
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Secret of the Wastelands
Quan
State Department: File 649
Marshal Yun Usu
The Fatal Hour
Jeweler
Tokyo Rose
Colonel Suzuki
North of Shanghai
Jed's Pilot
First Yank into Tokyo
Col. Hideko Okanura
Shadows Over Shanghai
Fong
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
Master Sun
To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Lu (uncredited)
Target Hong Kong
Fu Chao
Island of Lost Men
General Ahn Ling
Diamond Head
Yamagata (uncredited)
Barricade
Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Captain Li
Women in the Night
Colonel Noyama
Seven Were Saved
Colonel Yamura
The Scavengers
The Bamboo Prison
Commandant Hsai Tung
Panama Patrol
Tommy Young
Daughter of the Tong
Wong
Mad Holiday
Li Yat (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes
Hyder Ali
West of Shanghai
Mr. Cheng
Hong Kong Affair
Li Noon
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Charlie San
Miracles for Sale
Chinese Soldier in Demo
Beyond Our Own
James Wong
Betrayal from the East
Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
War Correspondent
Bandit (uncredited)
Rogues' Regiment
Kao Pang
Yanks Ahoy
Japanese Submarine Officer (uncredited)
China's Little Devils
Colonel Huraji