Dale Ishimoto
Born: 1923-04-03 in Delta County, Colorado, USA
Died: 2004-03-04
Known For: Acting
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"
Filmography
2000
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Inconceivable as Mr. Akiyama
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
1984
- Cannonball Run II as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
- Ninja III: The Domination as Okuda
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.
- Midway as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
- Baa Baa Black Sheep as Japanese Mechanic
1975
- Sharks' Treasure as Ishi
1974
- When the North Wind Blows as Yermak
1972
- Kung Fu as Chinese Sergeant
1970
- The Odd Couple as Man #1
- The Games as Japanese Doctor
- M*A*S*H as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
1969
- Love, American Style
- The Bill Cosby Show as Mr. Shimura
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Arcturus construction guard
- Cocoon as Arcturus Construction Guard
1967
- Beach Red as Capt. Tanaka
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Saburi
- Family Affair
1965
- King Rat as Yoshima
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Matsu
- Moro Witch Doctor as Manuel Romblon
1963
- PT 109 as Commander (uncredited)
1962
- McHale's Navy
- The Nun and the Sergeant as Pak
- The Beachcomber as Nakamira
1961
- Operation Bottleneck as Matsu
1960
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
- The Great Impostor as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Sergeant Yamazaki
- Hawaiian Eye
- Philip Marlowe
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Taro Yamamoto
- Sea Hunt
- Run Silent, Run Deep as Japanese sailor (uncredited)