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Richard Loo was a third generation Chinese-American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. A prolific actor, he appeared in over 120 films between 1931 and 1982.
Born
Thursday, 01 October 1903
Died
Sunday, 20 November 1983
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Sgt. Tanaka | 2002 |
The James Bond Story | Hai Fat | 1999 |
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Hai Fat | 1995 |
Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
Kung Fu: The Movie | Master Sun | 1986 |
The Incredible Hulk | Kam Chong | 1977 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Chen Lee | 1977 |
The Quest | Dr. Li Po | 1976 |
The Man with the Golden Gun | Hai Fat | 1974 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Sgt. Tanaka | 2002 |
The James Bond Story | Hai Fat | 1999 |
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Hai Fat | 1995 |
Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
Kung Fu: The Movie | Master Sun | 1986 |
The Incredible Hulk | Kam Chong | 1977 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Chen Lee | 1977 |
The Quest | Dr. Li Po | 1976 |
The Man with the Golden Gun | Hai Fat | 1974 |
Police Story | Eddie Lee | 1973 |
The Delphi Bureau | Shen Si | 1972 |
Kung Fu | Master Sun / Wu Chang / Ho Fai, The Weapons Master / Chen | 1972 |
The Sixth Sense | Matsuo | 1972 |
Chandler | Leo | 1971 |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Tanaka | 1971 |
One More Train to Rob | Mr. Chang | 1971 |
Which Way to the Front? | Japanese Naval Officer | 1970 |
McCloud | Y.S. Chen | 1970 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | Kenji Yamashita | 1969 |
Here Come the Brides | Chi Pei | 1968 |
Hawaii Five-O | Wong Tou | 1968 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self | 1968 |
It Takes a Thief | Wong / Dr. Langpoor / Clown | 1968 |
Ironside | Lin Chu Tai | 1967 |
The Sand Pebbles | Major Chin | 1966 |
Family Affair | Mr. Chen | 1966 |
The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Admiral Osuma | 1965 |
I Dream of Jeannie | Wong | 1965 |
Honey West | Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief | 1965 |
The Wild Wild West | Wang Chung | 1965 |
I Spy | Mr. Tsung | 1965 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Yahama | 1964 |
Bewitched | Mr. Tanaka | 1964 |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Li Tung | 1964 |
Burke's Law | Grass Slipper | 1963 |
The Outer Limits | Li-Chin Sung | 1963 |
A Girl Named Tamiko | Otani | 1962 |
Diamond Head | Yamagata | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Sam Benedict | Andrew Ling | 1962 |
Confessions of an Opium Eater | George Wah | 1962 |
The Dakotas | George Yang | 1962 |
The Beachcomber | Ah Wei | 1962 |
7 Women from Hell | Sgt. Takahashi | 1961 |
Follow the Sun | District Attorney | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Mr. Chang | 1960 |
Hong Kong | Low / Chung | 1960 |
Hawaiian Eye | C.K. Yang | 1959 |
The Scavengers | 1959 | |
Bonanza | General Mu Tsung | 1959 |
Hong Kong Affair | Li Noon | 1958 |
The Quiet American | Mr. Heng | 1958 |
Tombstone Territory | Quong Key | 1957 |
Maverick | Lee Hong Chang | 1957 |
Perry Mason | Mr. Eng | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Liu Yang | 1957 |
Battle Hymn | Gen. Kim / Gen. Kim (scenes deleted) | 1957 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Hong Kong Saloon Manager | 1956 |
The Conqueror | Captain of Wang's Guard | 1956 |
Crossroads | Colonel | 1955 |
Navy Log | General Hashimoto | 1955 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Robert Hung | 1955 |
House of Bamboo | Inspector Kito's Voice | 1955 |
TV Reader's Digest | Lew Gar Mun / Officer | 1955 |
Soldier of Fortune | Gen. Po Lin | 1955 |
The Shanghai Story | Junior Officer / Officer | 1954 |
Living It Up | Dr. Lee | 1954 |
The Bamboo Prison | Commandant Hsai Tung | 1954 |
Hell and High Water | Hakada Fujimori | 1954 |
China Venture | Chang Sung | 1953 |
Destination Gobi | Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp | 1953 |
Target Hong Kong | Fu Chao | 1953 |
Mr. & Mrs. North | John Wing | 1952 |
Cavalcade of America | Ho Chung | 1952 |
Four Star Playhouse | Jo-Kai | 1952 |
My Little Margie | Mr. Tang | 1952 |
5 Fingers | Japanese Ambassador | 1952 |
I Was an American Spy | Col. Masamato | 1951 |
Operation Pacific | Japanese Fighter Pilot | 1951 |
Chinatown Chump | Chinese Counterfeiter | 1951 |
The Steel Helmet | Sgt. Tanaka / Sergeant Tanaka | 1951 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actor | 1950 |
Malaya | Colonel Genichi Tomura | 1949 |
Fireside Theatre | Major Chang | 1949 |
The Clay Pigeon | Ken Tokoyama - aka The Weasel / Ken Tokoyama | 1949 |
State Department: File 649 | Marshal Yun Usu | 1949 |
Rogues' Regiment | Kao Pang | 1948 |
The Cobra Strikes | Hyder Ali | 1948 |
Half Past Midnight | Lee Gow | 1948 |
To the Ends of the Earth | Commissioner Lu | 1948 |
Women in the Night | Colonel Noyama | 1948 |
Web of Danger | Wing | 1947 |
Seven Were Saved | Colonel Yamura / Col. Yamura | 1947 |
The Beginning or the End | Japanese Officer | 1947 |
Tokyo Rose | Colonel Suzuki | 1946 |
Prison Ship | Capt. Osikawa / Capt. Okisawa | 1945 |
First Yank Into Tokyo | Col. Hideko Okanura | 1945 |
Back to Bataan | Maj. Hasko | 1945 |
China's Little Devils | Colonel Huraji / Col. Huraji | 1945 |
China Sky | Col. Yasuda | 1945 |
Betrayal from the East | Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani | 1945 |
God Is My Co-Pilot | Tokyo Joe | 1945 |
The Keys of the Kingdom | Lt. Shon | 1944 |
The Story of Dr. Wassell | Chinese Doctor on Train | 1944 |
The Purple Heart | General Ito Mitsubi | 1944 |
Jack London | Japanese Ambassador | 1943 |
Rookies in Burma | Colonel Matsuda | 1943 |
So Proudly We Hail! | Japanese Radio Announcer / Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) | 1943 |
Destroyer | Japanese Submarine Commander | 1943 |
Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium | 1943 |
Yanks Ahoy | Japanese Submarine Officer | 1943 |
China | Lin Yun | 1943 |
Flight for Freedom | Mr. Yokahata | 1943 |
The Falcon Strikes Back | Jerry | 1943 |
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | General Chan | 1943 |
City Without Men | Japanese Spy | 1943 |
Road to Morocco | Chinese Announcer | 1942 |
Manila Calling | Filipino | 1942 |
Flying Tigers | Dr. Tsing | 1942 |
Across the Pacific | First Officer Miyuma | 1942 |
Wake Island | Mr. Saburo Kurusu | 1942 |
Little Tokyo, U.S.A. | Oshima | 1942 |
Bombs Over Burma | Japanese Colonel | 1942 |
Submarine Raider | Chauffeur Suji | 1942 |
Remember Pearl Harbor | Mandolin-Playing Japanese Radioman | 1942 |
Star Spangled Rhythm | Emperor Hirohito - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number | 1942 |
A Yank on the Burma Road | Commandant | 1942 |
Secret of the Wastelands | Quan | 1941 |
They Met in Bombay | Japanese Officer | 1941 |
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Henchman | 1941 |
Doomed to Die | Tong Leader | 1940 |
The Fatal Hour | Jeweler | 1940 |
Barricade | Colonel Commander of Rescue Party | 1939 |
Island of Lost Men | Gen. Ahn Ling | 1939 |
Daughter of the Tong | Wong | 1939 |
Lady of the Tropics | Delaroch's Chauffeur | 1939 |
Miracles for Sale | Chinese Soldier in Demo | 1939 |
Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Tong Chief | 1939 |
Panama Patrol | Tommy Young | 1939 |
Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Masked Chinese Hood | 1939 |
North of Shanghai | Jed's Pilot | 1939 |
Shadows Over Shanghai | Fong | 1938 |
Too Hot to Handle | Charlie | 1938 |
Blondes at Work | Sam Wong | 1938 |
Thank You, Mr. Moto | Cop at Shooting Site | 1937 |
West of Shanghai | Mr. Cheng / Cheng | 1937 |
That Certain Woman | Elevator Operator | 1937 |
Outlaws of the Orient | The General | 1937 |
The Singing Marine | Shanghai Hotel Official | 1937 |
The Good Earth | Chinese Farmer | 1937 |
The Soldier and the Lady | Tartar / Tartar (Uncredited) | 1937 |
Lost Horizon | Shanghai Airport Official | 1937 |
China Passage | Lia Sen's Husband | 1937 |
Stowaway | Chinese Merchant | 1936 |
After the Thin Man | Headwaiter | 1936 |
Mad Holiday | Li Yat | 1936 |
Shadow of Chinatown | Chinese Man on Street | 1936 |
Roaming Lady | Chinese Seaman | 1936 |
China Seas | Chinese Inspector at Gangplank | 1935 |
Shadows of the Orient | Yung Yow | 1935 |
Captured in Chinatown | Ling Hatchet Man | 1935 |
Stranded | Chinese Groom | 1935 |
The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Bystander Outside Store | 1934 |
Limehouse Blues | Customer at Harry Young's | 1934 |
The Painted Veil | Chinese Peasant | 1934 |
Student Tour | Geisha's Customer | 1934 |
Now and Forever | Hotel Clerk | 1934 |
The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Capt. Li / Captain Li | 1932 |
The Secrets of Wu Sin | Charlie San | 1932 |
War Correspondent | Bandit | 1932 |