Richard Loo

Personal Info

Birthday

October 1, 1903

Day of Death

1983-11-20

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Maui, Hawaii, USA

Richard Loo

Biography

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

I Dream of Jeannie

Four Star Playhouse

Hawaii Five-O

The Outer Limits

Burke's Law

Honey West

Cavalcade of America

Filmography

2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Chiang-Kai-Shek
1974
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Hai Fat
1972
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Sun
1971
Chandler
as Leo
One More Train to Rob
as Mr. Chang
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Kenji Yamashita
1966
The Sand Pebbles
as Major Chin
1962
Diamond Head
as Yamagata (uncredited)
A Girl Named Tamiko
as Otani
Confessions of an Opium Eater
as George Wah
1958
Hong Kong Affair
as Li Noon
The Quiet American
as Mr. Heng
1957
Battle Hymn
as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Saloon Manager (uncredited)
The Conqueror
as Captain of Wang's guard
1955
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Robert Hung
House of Bamboo
as Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Soldier of Fortune
as Gen. Po Lin
1954
The Shanghai Story
as Officer
Living It Up
as Dr. Lee
The Bamboo Prison
as Commandant Hsai Tung
Hell and High Water
as Hakada Fujimori
1953
China Venture
as Chang Sung
Destination Gobi
as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp
Target Hong Kong
as Fu Chao
1951
I Was an American Spy
as Col. Masamato
The Steel Helmet
as Sergeant Tanaka
1949
Malaya
as Colonel Genichi Tomura
The Clay Pigeon
as Ken Tokoyama
State Department: File 649
as Marshal Yun Usu
1948
Rogues' Regiment
as Kao Pang
The Cobra Strikes
as Hyder Ali
Half Past Midnight
as Lee Gow
To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lu (uncredited)
Women in the Night
as Colonel Noyama
1947
Beyond Our Own
as James Wong
Web of Danger
as Wing
Seven Were Saved
as Colonel Yamura
1946
Tokyo Rose
as Colonel Suzuki
1945
Prison Ship
as Capt. Okisawa
First Yank into Tokyo
as Col. Hideko Okanura
Back to Bataan
as Maj. Hasko
China's Little Devils
as Colonel Huraji
China Sky
as Col. Yasuda
Betrayal from the East
as Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Tokyo Joe
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Lt. Shon
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
The Purple Heart
as General Ito Mitsubi
1943
So Proudly We Hail
as Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
Destroyer
as Japanese Submarine Commander
Behind the Rising Sun
as Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium
China
as Lin Yun
Flight for Freedom
as Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Jerry
1942
Road to Morocco
as Chinese Announcer (uncredited)
Across the Pacific
as First Officer Miyuma
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)
1941
Secret of the Wastelands
as Quan
1940
Doomed to Die
as Tong Leader
The Fatal Hour
as Jeweler
1939
Barricade
as Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
Daughter of the Tong
as Wong
Island of Lost Men
as General Ahn Ling
Lady of the Tropics
as Delaroch's Chauffeur
Miracles for Sale
as Chinese Soldier in Demo
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Tong Chief
Panama Patrol
as Tommy Young
North of Shanghai
as Jed's Pilot
1938
Shadows Over Shanghai
as Fong
Blondes at Work
as Sam Wong (uncredited)
1937
West of Shanghai
as Mr. Cheng
The Good Earth
as Farmer (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)
Lost Horizon
as Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
1936
Stowaway
as Chinese Merchant (uncredited)
Mad Holiday
as Li Yat (uncredited)
Roaming Lady
as Chinese Seaman
1935
China Seas
as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
Stranded
as Chinese Groom (uncredited)
1934
Student Tour
as Geisha's Customer
Now and Forever
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Captain Li
The Secrets of Wu Sin
as Charlie San