Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 3, 1923
Place of Birth:
Delta County, Colorado, USA
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Dale Ishimoto
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Inconceivable | Mr. Akiyama |
| 1997 | Beverly Hills Ninja | Old Japanese Man |
| 1994 | In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Mr. Ing |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Mr. Ogata |
| 1984 | Ninja III: The Domination | Okuda |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Japanese Businessman (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Mr. Hikaru |
| 1981 | Enter the Ninja | Komori |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Smitty |
| 1976 | Midway | Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya |
| 1975 | Sharks' Treasure | Ishi |
| 1974 | When the North Wind Blows | Yermak |
| 1970 | The Games | Japanese Doctor |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H | Korean Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Cocoon | Arcturus Construction Guard |
| 1967 | Beach Red | Capt. Tanaka |
| 1965 | King Rat | Yoshima |
| 1964 | Moro Witch Doctor | Manuel Romblon |
| 1963 | PT 109 | Commander (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Nun and the Sergeant | Pak |
| 1961 | Operation Bottleneck | Matsu |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Japanese Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor | Korean Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Run Silent, Run Deep | Japanese sailor (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Rambo | |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Stockwell's contact |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | |
| 1976 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Japanese Mechanic |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Chinese Sergeant |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Man #1 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Shimura |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Arcturus construction guard |
| 1966 | Family Affair | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Saburi |
| 1962 | The Beachcomber | Nakamira |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Sergeant Yamazaki |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe | |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Taro Yamamoto |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Lao |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Panic! |