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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1923
Died
March 4, 2004
Place of Birth
Delta County, Colorado, USA
Dale Ishimoto
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dale Ishimoto (April 3, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was an American actor of Japanese descent. He was born in Delta, Colorado in 1923 and was raised in Guadalupe, California. After being sent to the Gila River internment camp in Arizona, Ishimoto volunteered to fight in World War II, joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After two years, he was awarded a Purple Heart and given a medical discharge. After starting a business in Chicago, he moved back to California, where he grew up, and started his acting career by acting at the Altadena Playhouse. He became a "familiar figure" for playing "villainous Japanese soldiers". Over the course of his career, he acted in a wide variety of movies, such as a Japanese army captain in Beach Red (1967), a Korean doctor in MASH (1970), a karate instructor in Superchick (1973), and as Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya in Midway (1976). He became famous in the late 1990s for his appearances in television commercials for Nissan in which he portrayed Yutaka Katayama, the company's former president. He also appeared in one episode of Wanted:Dead or Alive"
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
2.0
Mr. Akiyama
Inconceivable
1998
5.6
Old Japanese Man
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
5.7
Mr. Ing
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
6.2
Mr. Ogata
Come See the Paradise
1990
7.2
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
6.1
Okuda
Ninja III: The Domination
1984
5.4
Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Cannonball Run II
1984
7.5
Stockwell's contact
The A-Team
1983
6.0
Mr. Hikaru
Dangerous Company
1982
Credits
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Inconceivable
as Mr. Akiyama
1998
2.0
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Old Japanese Man
1997
5.6
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Mr. Ing
1994
5.7
Come See the Paradise
as Mr. Ogata
1990
6.2
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986
7.2
Ninja III: The Domination
as Okuda
1984
6.1
Cannonball Run II
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
1984
5.4
The A-Team
as Stockwell's contact
1983
7.5
Dangerous Company
as Mr. Hikaru
1982
6.0
Enter the Ninja
as Komori
1981
5.4
Mad Bull
as Smitty
1977
0.0
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Japanese Mechanic
1976
7.6
Midway
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
1976
6.6
Sharks' Treasure
as Ishi
1975
4.6
When the North Wind Blows
as Yermak
1974
4.9
Kung Fu
as Chinese Sergeant
1972
7.7
The Odd Couple
as Man #1
1970
7.8
The Games
as Japanese Doctor
1970
7.1
M*A*S*H
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
1970
7.0
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Shimura
1969
5.4
Hawaii Five-O
as Arcturus construction guard
1968
7.1
Cocoon
as Arcturus Construction Guard
1968
8.0
Beach Red
as Capt. Tanaka
1967
6.5
Mission: Impossible
as Saburi
1966
7.6
Family Affair
1966
6.7
King Rat
as Yoshima
1965
7.1
Moro Witch Doctor
as Manuel Romblon
1964
4.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Matsu
1964
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mr. Yu
1964
7.1
PT 109
as Commander (uncredited)
1963
6.0
McHale's Navy
1962
6.6
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The Beachcomber
as Nakamira
1962
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The Nun and the Sergeant
as Pak
1962
1.0
Operation Bottleneck
as Matsu
1961
5.5
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
1960
5.9
The Great Impostor
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
1960
6.9
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
The Twilight Zone
as Sergeant Yamazaki
1959
8.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Taro Yamamoto
1958
6.8
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
1958
6.9
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
Perry Mason
as Lao
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Panic!
1957
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