Richard Loo


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Actor

Richard Loo was a prolific actor who appeared in over 120 films between 1931 and 1982. He was most often stereotyped as the Japanese enemy pilot, spy or interrogator during the Second World War. 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. However, the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced him to start o...

Place of Birth: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Date of Birth: Oct 1, 1903

Date of Death: Nov 20, 1983


Filmography

Actor (54 Known Credits)


The Sand Pebbles

Major Chin

Battle Hymn

le général Kim

Around the World in Eighty Days

Hong Kong Saloon Manager (uncredited)

Hell and High Water

Hakada Fujimori

The Bamboo Prison

Commandant Hsai Tung

The Shanghai Story

Junior Officer

Destination Gobi

Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)

The Steel Helmet

Sgt. Tanaka

I Was an American Spy

Col. Masamato

The Clay Pigeon

Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel

Malaya

Colonel Genichi Tomura

Women in the Night

Colonel Noyama

Seven Were Saved

Colonel Yamura

Tokyo Rose

Colonel Suzuki

Back to Bataan

Maj. Hasko

Betrayal from the East

Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani

First Yank Into Tokyo

Col. Hideko Okanura

China Sky

Col. Yasuda

Prison Ship

Capt. Okisawa

The Purple Heart

General Ito Mitsubi

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)

Flight for Freedom

Mr. Yokahata

China

Lin Yun

Across the Pacific

First Officer Miyuma

Star Spangled Rhythm

Emperor Hirohito - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited)

Doomed to Die

Tong Leader

Lady of the Tropics

Delaroch's Chauffeur

Island of Lost Men

Gen. Ahn Ling

Miracles For Sale

Chinese Soldier in Demo

Barricade

Colonel Commander of Rescue Party

Panama Patrol

Tommy Young

Now and Forever

Hotel Clerk

Student Tour

Geisha's Customer

Chandler (1971)
Leo
Mr. Chang
Major Chin
Otani
Mr. Heng
Battle Hymn (1957)
le général Kim
Hong Kong Saloon Manager (uncredited)
Hakada Fujimori
Commandant Hsai Tung
Junior Officer
Fu Chao
Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)
Sgt. Tanaka
Col. Masamato
Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel
Malaya (1949)
Colonel Genichi Tomura
Colonel Noyama
Kao Pang
Hyder Ali
Colonel Yamura
Web of Danger (1947)
Wing
Tokyo Rose (1946)
Colonel Suzuki
Maj. Hasko
Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
Col. Hideko Okanura
China Sky (1945)
Col. Yasuda
Prison Ship (1945)
Capt. Okisawa
Lt. Shon
General Ito Mitsubi
Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
Mr. Yokahata
China (1943)
Lin Yun
First Officer Miyuma
Emperor Hirohito - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited)
Doomed to Die (1940)
Tong Leader
Jeweler
Delaroch's Chauffeur
Gen. Ahn Ling
Chinese Soldier in Demo
Barricade (1939)
Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
Panama Patrol (1939)
Tommy Young
Cheng
Hotel Clerk
Student Tour (1934)
Geisha's Customer
Charlie San

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