Personal Info
Richard Loo
Acting
Biography
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 depression forced Loo to start over. He became involved with amateur, then professional, theater comp…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kung Fu: The Movie
as Master Sun
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
as Chiang-Kai-Shek
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Hai Fat
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
as Master Sun
One More Train to Rob
as Mr. Chang
Chandler
as Leo
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Kenji Yamashita
The Sand Pebbles
as Major Chin
Diamond Head
as Yamagata (uncredited)
TV Shows
The Incredible Hulk
1 ep.
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
Delphi Bureau
as Shen Si · 1 ep.
Kung Fu
as Ho Fai, The Weapons Master · 1 ep.
McCloud
as Y.S. Chen (uncredited) · 1 ep.
Hawaii Five-O
as Wong Tou · 1 ep.
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Family Affair
1 ep.
The Wild Wild West
1 ep.
