Dale Ishimoto
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
Credits
- 2000 · Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Beverly Hills Ninja as Old Japanese Man
- 1994 · In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance as Mr. Ing
- 1990 · Come See the Paradise as Mr. Ogata
- 1986 · Rambo as
- 1984 · Ninja III: The Domination as Okuda
- 1984 · Cannonball Run II as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
- 1983 · The A-Team as Stockwell's contact
- 1982 · Dangerous Company as Mr. Hikaru
- 1981 · Enter the Ninja as Komori
- 1977 · Mad Bull as Smitty
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1976 · Baa Baa Black Sheep as Japanese Mechanic
- 1976 · Midway as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
- 1975 · Sharks' Treasure as Ishi
- 1974 · When the North Wind Blows as Yermak
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1970 · The Odd Couple as Man #1
- 1970 · The Games as Japanese Doctor
- 1969 · Love, American Style as
- 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Mr. Shimura
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Arcturus construction guard
- 1968 · Cocoon as Arcturus Construction Guard
- 1967 · Beach Red as Capt. Tanaka
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Saburi
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1965 · King Rat as Yoshima
- 1964 · Moro Witch Doctor as Manuel Romblon
- 1962 · McHale's Navy as
- 1962 · The Beachcomber as Nakamira
- 1962 · The Nun and the Sergeant as Pak
- 1960 · The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as
- 1959 · Philip Marlowe as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Sergeant Yamazaki
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Taro Yamamoto
- 1958 · Run Silent, Run Deep as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
- 1958 · Sea Hunt as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Lao
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Panic! as