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Richard Loo (1903–1983)

One of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s, Richard Loo was most often stereotyped as the Japanese enemy flier, spy or interrogator during the Second World War. Chinese by ancestry and Hawaiian by birth, Loo spent his youth in Hawaii, then moved to California as a teenager... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1981 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
Kam Chong
East Winds (1981) … Kam Chong
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Chen Lee
The Secret of the Jade Kwan Yin (1977) … Chen Lee
 
1977 Police Story (TV series)
Eddie Lee
The Blue Fog (1977) … Eddie Lee
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
Dr. Li Po
Welcome to America, Jade Snow (1976) … Dr. Li Po
 
1972-1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Master Sun / Chen / Ho Fai, The Weapons Master / …
The Devil's Champion (1974) … Ho Fai, The Weapons Master
Arrogant Dragon (1974) … Wu Chang
The Tong (1973) … Chen
Blood Brother (1973) … Master Sun
 
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Tanaka
The Attacker (1974) … Tanaka
 
1973 McCloud (TV series)
Y.S. Chen
The Solid Gold Swingers (1973) … Y.S. Chen (uncredited)
 
1973 Ironside (TV series)
Lin Chu Tai
In the Forests of the Night (1973) … Lin Chu Tai
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Shen Si
The Deadly Little Errand (1972) … Shen Si
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Matsuo
With This Ring, I Thee Kill! (1972) … Matsuo
 
1971 Chandler
Leo
 
1971 One More Train to Rob
Mr. Chang
 
1970 Which Way to the Front?
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1970 One More Time (uncredited)
 
1968-1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Clown / Dr. Langpoor / Wong
Project X (1970) … Wong
Payoff in the Piazza (1969) … Dr. Langpoor
A Case of Red Turnips (1968) … Clown
 
1970 Bewitched (TV series)
Mr. Tanaka
Samantha's Better Halves (1970) … Mr. Tanaka
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Chi Pei
Marriage, Chinese Style (1969) … Chi Pei
 
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Kenji Yamashita
A Matter of Humanities (1969) … Kenji Yamashita
 
1968 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Wong Tou
Twenty-Four Karat Kill (1968) … Wong Tou
 
1967 My Three Sons (TV series)
Chang
Weekend in Paradise (1967) … Chang
 
1967 Family Affair (TV series)
Mr. Chen
The Mother Tongue (1967) … Mr. Chen
 
1966 The Sand Pebbles
Major Chin
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Dr. Yahama
The Indian Affairs Affair (1966) … Dr. Yahama
 
1966 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
Wong
Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper (1966) … Wong
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Wang Chung
The Night the Dragon Screamed (1966) … Wang Chung
 
1966 The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series)
Admiral
The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves: Part 2 (1966) … Admiral
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Grass Slipper
Deadlier Than the Male (1965) … Grass Slipper
 
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Li Tung
Time Bomb (1965) … Li Tung
 
1965 Honey West (TV series)
Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief
The Owl and the Eye (1965) … Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
Mr. Tsung
So Long, Patrick Henry (1965) … Mr. Tsung
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Mr. Eng
The Case of the Floating Stones (1963) … Mr. Eng
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Liu Yang
The Widow O'Rourke Story (1963) … Liu Yang
 
1963 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Li-Chin Sung
The Hundred Days of the Dragon (1963) … Li-Chin Sung
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
George Yang
The Chooser of the Slain (1963) … George Yang
 
1963 Diamond Head
Yamagata (uncredited)
 
1963 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
C. K. Yang
Two Too Many (1963) … C. K. Yang
 
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko
Otani
 
1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater
George Wah
 
1962 The Beachcomber (TV series)
Ah Wei
Charlie Six Kids (1962) … Ah Wei
 
1961 Bonanza (TV series)
General Mu Tsung
Day of the Dragon (1961) … General Mu Tsung
 
1961 Seven Women from Hell
Sgt. Takahashi
 
1961 Follow the Sun (TV series)
 
1961 Maverick (TV series)
Lee Hong Chang
The Golden Fleecing (1961) … Lee Hong Chang
 
1960-1961 Hong Kong (TV series)
Leo / Thug
Suitable for Framing (1961) … Thug
The Jade Empress (1960) … Leo
 
1959 The Scavengers
 
1958 Hong Kong Affair
Li Noon
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Quong Key
Tong War (1958) … Quong Key
 
1957 Battle Hymn
Gen. Kim
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Hong Kong Saloon Manager (uncredited)
 
1955-1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Lew Gar Mun / Officer
The Smuggler (1956) … Lew Gar Mun
The Brainwashing of John Hayes (1955) … Officer
 
1954-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Ho Chung
Diplomatic Outpost (1956) … Ho Chung
Ordeal in Burma (1954)
 
1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Jo-Kai
Wall of Bamboo (1956) … Jo-Kai
 
1956 The Man Called X (TV series)
Assassination (1956)
 
1956 The Conqueror
Captain of Wang's guard
 
1956 Crossroads (TV series)
Colonel
Calvary in China (1956) … Colonel
 
1956 Navy Log (TV series)
General Hashimoto
Dr. Van (1956) … General Hashimoto
 
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Robert Hung
 
1955 House of Bamboo
Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
General Po Lin
 
1954 The Bamboo Prison
Commandant Hsai Tung
 
1954 My Little Margie (TV series)
Mr. Tang
San Francisco Story (1954) … Mr. Tang
 
1954 December Bride (TV series)
Client
The Chinese Dinner (1954) … Client
 
1954 Living It Up
Dr. Lee
 
1954 The Shanghai Story
Junior Officer
 
1954 Hell and High Water
Hakada Fujimori
 
1953 China Venture
Chang Sung
 
1953 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Major Chang
The Traitor (1953) … Major Chang
I Cover Korea (1953)
 
1953 Summer Theatre (TV series)
Foo Young (1953)
 
1953 Destination Gobi
Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)
 
1953 Target Hong Kong
Fu Chao
 
1952 5 Fingers
Japanese Ambassador (uncredited)
 
1951 I Was an American Spy
Col. Masamato
 
1951 Operation Pacific
Japanese Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
 
1951 Chinatown Chump (short)
Chinese Counterfeiter
 
1951 The Steel Helmet
Sgt. Tanaka
 
1949 Malaya
Colonel Genichi Tomura
 
1949 The Clay Pigeon
Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel
 
1949 State Department: File 649
Marshal Yun Usu
 
1948 Rogues' Regiment
Kao Pang
 
1948 The Golden Eye (scenes deleted)
 
1948 The Cobra Strikes
Hyder Ali
 
1948 Half Past Midnight
Lee Gow
 
1948 To the Ends of the Earth
Commissioner Lu (uncredited)
 
1948 Women in the Night
Col. Noyama
 
1947 Beyond Our Own (short)
 
1947 Web of Danger
Wing
 
1947 Seven Were Saved
Colonel Yamura
 
1947 The Beginning or the End
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
 
1946 Tokyo Rose
Colonel Suzuki
 
1945 Prison Ship
Capt. Osikawa
 
1945 First Yank Into Tokyo
Col. Hideko Okanura
 
1945 Back to Bataan
Maj. Hasko
 
1945 China's Little Devils
Colonel Huraji
 
1945 China Sky
Col. Yasuda
 
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
Tokyo Joe
 
1945 Betrayal from the East
Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
 
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
Lt. Shon
 
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
 
1943 Rookies in Burma
Colonel Matsuda (uncredited)
 
1943 Jack London
Japanese Ambassador (uncredited)
 
1943 So Proudly We Hail!
Japanese Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1943 Destroyer
Japanese Submarine Commander
 
1943 Behind the Rising Sun
Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium (uncredited)
 
1943 Yanks Ahoy
Japanese Submarine Officer (uncredited)
 
1943 China
Lin Yun
 
1943 The Falcon Strikes Back
Jerry/Mr. Wong
 
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
General Chan (uncredited)
 
1943 Flight for Freedom
Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
 
1943 City Without Men
Japanese Spy (uncredited)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Emperor Hirohito - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited)
 
1942 Road to Morocco
Chinese Announcer (uncredited)
 
1942 Flying Tigers
Dr. Tsing (uncredited)
 
1942 Manila Calling
Filipino (uncredited)
 
1942 Across the Pacific
First Officer Miyuma
 
1942 Wake Island
Mr. Saburo Kurusu (uncredited)
 
1942 Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Oshima
 
1942 Bombs Over Burma
Col. Kim
 
1942 Submarine Raider
Chauffeur Suji (uncredited)
 
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor
Mandolin-Playing Japanese Radioman (uncredited)
 
1942 A Yank on the Burma Road
Commandant (uncredited)
 
1941 Secrets of the Wasteland
Quan - Wo Tai Chen Co.
 
1941 They Met in Bombay
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
 
1941 Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (uncredited)
 
1940 Doomed to Die
Tong Leader
 
1940 The Fatal Hour
Jeweler
 
1939 Barricade
Colonel Commander of Rescue Party (uncredited)
 
1939 Daughter of the Tong
Wong, Hotel Clerk
 
1939 Island of Lost Men
Gen. Ahn Ling
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics
Delaroch's Chauffeur (uncredited)
 
1939 Miracles for Sale
Chinese Soldier in Demo (uncredited)
 
1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Tong Chief
 
1939 Panama Patrol
Tommy Young
 
1939 North of Shanghai
Jed's Pilot
 
1938 Shadows Over Shanghai
Fong
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle
Charlie (uncredited)
 
1938 Blondes at Work
Sam Wong (uncredited)
 
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
Police Officer at Shooting Site (uncredited)
 
1937 West of Shanghai
Mr. Cheng
 
1937 That Certain Woman
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
 
1937 Outlaws of the Orient
The General (uncredited)
 
1937 The Singing Marine
Shanghai Hotel Official (uncredited)
 
1937 The Soldier and the Lady
Tartar (uncredited)
 
1937 Lost Horizon
Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
 
1937 The Good Earth
Chinese Farmer (uncredited)
 
1936 After the Thin Man
Lichee Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1936 Stowaway
Chinese Merchant (uncredited)
 
1936 Mad Holiday
Li Yat (uncredited)
 
1936/II Shadow of Chinatown
Chinese Man on Street (uncredited)
 
1936/I Shadow of Chinatown
Loo, Chinese Man on Street [Chs. 5-7] (uncredited)
 
1936 Roaming Lady
Chinese Man (uncredited)
 
1935 China Seas
Chinese inspector at gangplank (uncredited)
 
1935 Captured in Chinatown
Ling Hatchet Man (uncredited)
 
1935 Shadows of the Orient
Yung Yow - Chinese Henchman (uncredited)
 
1935 Stranded
Chinese Groom (uncredited)
 
1934 The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Bystander Outside Store (uncredited)
 
1934 The Painted Veil
Chinese Peasant (uncredited)
 
1934 Student Tour
Geisha's Customer (uncredited)
 
1934 Now and Forever
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
 
1932 The Secrets of Wu Sin
Charlie San
 
1932 War Correspondent
Bandit (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.123 (1971) … Himself
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
Episode #1.32 (1951) … Himself - Actor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (TV documentary)
Sgt. Tanaka (uncredited)
 
1999 The James Bond Story (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1986 Kung Fu: The Movie (TV movie)
Master Sun (uncredited)
 
1972 Kung Fu (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1949). Stage Play: South Pacific. Musical drama. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James Michener. Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical staging by Joshua Logan... See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Trivia:

Daughters with Bessie Loo, Beverly Jane Loo and Angeles Marie Loo. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra