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Dale Ishimoto
Actor
Born April 3, 1923Died March 4, 2004 (80 years)
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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"
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
| 1998 | Inconceivable · as Mr. Akiyama |
| 1997 | Beverly Hills Ninja · as Old Japanese Man |
| 1996 | Dark Skies (TV Series) · as Tingit Chief |
| 1994 | In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance · as Mr. Ing |
| 1991 | Morton & Hayes (TV Series) · as Native Chief |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise · as Mr. Ogata |
| 1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes · as Fisherman |
| 1986 | Rambo: The Force of Freedom (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Mr. Belvedere (TV Series) · as Male Tourist |
| 1984 | Three's a Crowd (TV Series) · as Diner |
| 1984 | Ninja III: The Domination · as Okuda |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II · as Japanese Businessman (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Mister T (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1983 | Cracking Up · as Japanese Mechanic |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · 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. (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Black Sheep Squadron (TV Series) · as Japanese Mechanic |
| 1976 | Midway · as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya |
| 1975 | Sharks' Treasure · as Ishi |
| 1974 | When the North Wind Blows · as Yermak |
| 1973 | Superchick · as Karate Instructor |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Gold Vence |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Sarge (TV Series) · as Mr. Kazahaya |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Man #1 |
| 1970 | The Games · as Japanese Doctor |
| 1970 | M*A*S*H · as Korean Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Shimura |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Arcturus Construction Guard |
| 1967 | Beach Red · as Capt. Tanaka |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Workman |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Dr. Yamato |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Saburi |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Pearl King |
| 1966 | Family Affair (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Walk Don't Run · as Plainclothesman |
| 1965 | King Rat · as Yoshima |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as George Yamada |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Captain Shimatsu |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Dr. Matsu |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Premier |
| 1964 | McHale's Navy · as Japanese Captain |
| 1963 | PT 109 · as Commander |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Going My Way (TV Series) · as Father Yamamoto |
| 1962 | The Nun and the Sergeant · as Pak |
| 1961 | A Majority of One · as Taxi Driver |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as The Butler |
| 1961 | Battle at Bloody Beach · as Blanco |
| 1961 | Operation Bottleneck · as Matsu |
| 1960 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army · as Japanese Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor · as Korean Soldier |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as General Wu |
| 1959 | Never So Few · as Scout |
| 1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea · as Japanese Guard |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Alaskans (TV Series) · as Koko |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Sergeant Yamazaki |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Taro Yamamoto |
| 1958 | Run Silent Run Deep · as Japanese Sailor (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Lao |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Godzilla · as Add In On Island Dance Scene |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The King and I · as Crewman |
| 1955 | Navy Log (TV Series) · as Korean |