Dale Ishimoto

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"

Known For

Perry Mason

The A-Team

Mission: Impossible

Quincy, M.E.

The Twilight Zone

Love, American Style

Have Gun, Will Travel

Wanted: Dead or Alive

All Movies (28)

• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inconceivable1998 · as Mr. Akiyama
• Beverly Hills Ninja1997 · as Old Japanese Man
• In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance1994 · as Mr. Ing
• Come See the Paradise1990 · as Mr. Ogata
• Ninja III: The Domination1984 · as Okuda
• Cannonball Run II1984 · as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
• Smorgasbord1983 · as Japanese Mechanic
• Dangerous Company1982 · as Mr. Hikaru
• Enter the Ninja1981 · as Komori
• Mad Bull1977 · as Smitty
• Midway1976 · as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
• Sharks' Treasure1975 · as Ishi
• When the North Wind Blows1974 · as Yermak
• The Games1970 · as Japanese Doctor
• M*A*S*H1970 · as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
• Cocoon1968 · as Arcturus Construction Guard
• Beach Red1967 · as Capt. Tanaka
• The Sweet and the Bitter1967
• King Rat1965 · as Yoshima
• Moro Witch Doctor1964 · as Manuel Romblon
• PT 1091963 · as Commander (uncredited)
• The Nun and the Sergeant1962 · as Pak
• Operation Bottleneck1961 · as Matsu
• The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960 · as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
• The Great Impostor1960 · as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
• Run Silent, Run Deep1958 · as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
• The King and I1956 · as Crewman (uncredited)

All TV Shows (22)

• Rambo: The Force of Freedom1986
• The A-Team1983 · as Stockwell's contact
• Quincy, M.E.1976
• Baa Baa Black Sheep1976 · as Japanese Mechanic
• Kung Fu1972 · as Chinese Sergeant
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Man #1
• Love, American Style1969
• The Bill Cosby Show1969 · as Mr. Shimura
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Saburi
• Family Affair1966
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Dr. Matsu
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Mr. Yu
• McHale's Navy1962
• The Beachcomber1962 · as Nakamira
• Hawaiian Eye1959
• Philip Marlowe1959
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Sergeant Yamazaki
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Taro Yamamoto
• Sea Hunt1958
• Perry Mason1957 · as Lao
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Panic!1957