Name
Dale Ishimoto
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-04-03
Deathday
2004-03-04 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Delta County, Colorado, USA
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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Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White ...
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Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and...
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When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, ther...
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- 2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja as Old Japanese Man
- 1982 Dangerous Company as Mr. Hikaru
- 1984 Ninja III: The Domination as Okuda
- 1967 Beach Red as Capt. Tanaka
- 1994 In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance as Mr. Ing
- 1975 Sharks' Treasure as Ishi
- 1977 Mad Bull as Smitty
- 1974 When the North Wind Blows as Yermak
- 1958 Run Silent, Run Deep as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
- 1968 Cocoon as Arcturus Construction Guard
- 1962 The Nun and the Sergeant as Pak
- 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
- 1964 Moro Witch Doctor as Manuel Romblon
- 1981 Enter the Ninja as Komori
- 1965 King Rat as Yoshima
- 1970 The Games as Japanese Doctor
- 1976 Midway as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
- 1984 Cannonball Run II as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
- 1990 Come See the Paradise as Mr. Ogata
- 1970 M*A*S*H as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
- 1998 Inconceivable as Mr. Akiyama
- 1961 Operation Bottleneck as Matsu
- 1960 The Great Impostor as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
- 1963 PT 109 as Commander (uncredited)
- 1967 The Sweet and the Bitter
- 1983 Smorgasbord as Japanese Mechanic
- 1956 The King and I as Crewman (uncredited)
- 1966 Family Affair ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 2 episodes ) as Chinese Sergeant
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Stockwell's contact
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Man #1
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes )
- 1986 Rambo: The Force of Freedom ( 65 episodes )
- 1969 The Bill Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Shimura
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Lao
- 1959 Hawaiian Eye ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Saburi
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant Yamazaki
- 1958 Sea Hunt ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 Philip Marlowe ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Beachcomber ( 1 episode ) as Nakamira
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1962 McHale's Navy ( 2 episodes )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Taro Yamamoto
- 1957 Panic! ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Baa Baa Black Sheep ( 1 episode ) as Japanese Mechanic
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Matsu
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Yu
