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 amateur, then professional, theater companies and in 1931 made his first film. Like most Asian actors in non-Asian countries, he played primarily small, stereotypical roles, though he rose quickly to familiarity, if not fame, in a number of films. His stern features led him to be a favorite movie villain, and the outbreak of World War II gave him greater prominence in roles as vicious Japanese soldiers in such successful pictures as The Purple Heart (1944) and God Is My Co-Pilot (1945). Loo was most often typecast as the Japanese enemy pilot, spy or interrogator during World War II. In the film The Purple Heart he plays a Japanese Imperial Army general who commits suicide because he cannot break down the American prisoners. According to his daughter, Beverly Jane Loo, he didn't mind being typecast as a villain in these movies as he felt very patriotic about playing those parts. In 1944 he appeared as a Chinese army lieutenant opposite Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom. He had a rare heroic role as a war-weary Japanese-American soldier in Samuel Fuller's Korean War classic The Steel Helmet (1951), but he spent much of the latter part of his career performing stock roles in films and minor television roles. In 1974 he appeared as the Thai billionaire tycoon Hai Fat in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, opposite Roger Moore and Christopher Lee. Loo was also a teacher of Shaolin monks in three episodes of the 1972–1975 hit TV series Kung Fu and made a further three appearances as a different character. His last acting appearance was in The Incredible Hulk TV series in 1981, but he continued to act in Toyota commercials into 1982. Loo died of a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20, 1983, age 80. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Burke's Law
as Grass Slipper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1963
I Dream of Jeannie
as Wong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1965
Hawaii Five-O
as Wong Tou
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Perry Mason
as Mr. Eng
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
The Beachcomber
as Ah Wei
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 1962
Honey West
as Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
The Outer Limits
as Li-Chin Sung
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1963
Hong Kong
as Leo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 01, 1960
Cavalcade of America
as Ho Chung
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
Four Star Playhouse
as Jo-Kai
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
Kung Fu
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Family Affair
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1966
December Bride
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1954
The Incredible Hulk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 1977
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
My Three Sons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1960
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1977
Studio One
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Bewitched
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1964
The Wild Wild West
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
Police Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 20, 1973
McCloud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1970
Navy Log
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
The Dakotas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1963
Cavalcade of America
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
The Man Called X
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 27, 1956
Maverick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
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