Birthday
1903/10/01
Day of death
1983/11/20 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also know as
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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 d...Read more
(1974) The Man with the Golden Gun
as Hai Fat
(1966) The Sand Pebbles
as Major Chin
(1948) Women in the Night
as Colonel Noyama
(1954) Hell and High Water
as Hakada Fujimori
(1939) North of Shanghai
as Jed's Pilot
(1932) The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Captain Li
(1949) The Clay Pigeon
as Ken Tokoyama
(1944) The Purple Heart
as General Ito Mitsubi
(1945) Betrayal from the East
as Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
(1949) Malaya
as Colonel Genichi Tomura
(1943) The Falcon Strikes Back
as Jerry
(1937) The Good Earth
as Farmer (uncredited)
(1951) The Steel Helmet
as Sergeant Tanaka
(1944) The Keys of the Kingdom
as Lt. Shon
(1943) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as ---
(1945) Back to Bataan
as Maj. Hasko
(1955) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Robert Hung
(1951) I Was an American Spy
as Col. Masamato
(1957) Battle Hymn
as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)
(2002) The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1953) Target Hong Kong
as Fu Chao
(1958) The Quiet American
as Mr. Heng
(1940) The Fatal Hour
as Jeweler
(1962) Confessions of an Opium Eater
as George Wah
(1971) Chandler
as Leo
(1945) First Yank into Tokyo
as Col. Hideko Okanura
(1937) Lost Horizon
as Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
(1959) The Scavengers
as ---
(1942) Star Spangled Rhythm
as Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)
(1948) To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lu (uncredited)
(1971) One More Train to Rob
as Mr. Chang
(1947) Seven Were Saved
as Colonel Yamura
(1976) Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Chiang-Kai-Shek
(1943) Flight for Freedom
as Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
(1943) China
as Lin Yun
(1962) A Girl Named Tamiko
as Otani
(1954) The Bamboo Prison
as Commandant Hsai Tung
(1937) West of Shanghai
as Mr. Cheng
(1954) The Shanghai Story
as Officer
(1939) Daughter of the Tong
as Wong
(1962) Diamond Head
as ---
(1939) Panama Patrol
as Tommy Young
(1942) Across the Pacific
as First Officer Miyuma
(1938) Shadows Over Shanghai
as Fong
(1932) The Secrets of Wu Sin
as Charlie San
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Kenji Yamashita
(1972) Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Sun
(1949) State Department: File 649
as Marshal Yun Usu
(1935) China Seas
as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
(1955) House of Bamboo
as Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
(1947) Web of Danger
as Wing
(1939) Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Tong Chief
(1939) Lady of the Tropics
as Delaroch's Chauffeur
(1939) Miracles for Sale
as Chinese Soldier in Demo
(1934) Now and Forever
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1952) 5 Fingers
as ---
(1942) Wake Island
as ---
(1945) Prison Ship
as Capt. Okisawa
(1946) Tokyo Rose
as Colonel Suzuki
(1940) Doomed to Die
as Tong Leader
(1948) Rogues' Regiment
as Kao Pang
(1941) Secret of the Wastelands
as Quan
(1934) Student Tour
as Geisha's Customer
(1939) Barricade
as Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
(1944) The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Saloon Manager (uncredited)
(1945) China Sky
as Col. Yasuda
(1953) Destination Gobi
as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)
(1937) The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)
(1948) The Cobra Strikes
as Hyder Ali
(1956) The Conqueror
as Captain of Wang's guard
(1936) Stowaway
as Chinese Merchant (uncredited)
(1935) Stranded
as Chinese Groom (uncredited)
(1954) Living It Up
as Dr. Lee
(1943) Behind the Rising Sun
as Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium
(1938) Blondes at Work
as Sam Wong (uncredited)
(1943) Destroyer
as Japanese Submarine Commander
(1943) So Proudly We Hail
as Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
(1936) Roaming Lady
as Chinese Seaman
(1948) Half Past Midnight
as Lee Gow
(1942) Road to Morocco
as Chinese Announcer (uncredited)
(1945) China's Little Devils
as Colonel Huraji
(1945) God Is My Co-Pilot
as Tokyo Joe
(1936) Mad Holiday
as Li Yat (uncredited)
(1958) Hong Kong Affair
as Li Noon
(1955) Soldier of Fortune
as Gen. Po Lin
(1947) Beyond Our Own
as James Wong
(1953) China Venture
as Chang Sung
(1939) Island of Lost Men
as General Ahn Ling
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Grass Slipper
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1960) My Three Sons
as ---
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Wong
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Wong Tou
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Mr. Eng
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1962) The Beachcomber
as Ah Wei
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1965) Honey West
as Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Li-Chin Sung
(1956) The Man Called X
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1960) Hong Kong
as Leo
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Ho Chung
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Jo-Kai
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest