Personal Info
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1903-10-01 (122 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also Known For
Richard Loo
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 d ...
Known For
Acting
2002 --
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
| Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 --
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
| Chiang-Kai-Shek
1974 --
The Man with the Golden Gun
| Hai Fat
1972 --
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
| Master Sun
1971 --
Chandler
| Leo
1971 --
One More Train to Rob
| Mr. Chang
1969 --
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
| Kenji Yamashita
1966 --
The Sand Pebbles
| Major Chin
1962 --
Diamond Head
|
1962 --
A Girl Named Tamiko
| Otani
1962 --
Confessions of an Opium Eater
| George Wah
1959 --
The Scavengers
|
1958 --
Hong Kong Affair
| Li Noon
1958 --
The Quiet American
| Mr. Heng
1957 --
Battle Hymn
| Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)
1956 --
Around the World in Eighty Days
| Saloon Manager (uncredited)
1956 --
The Conqueror
| Captain of Wang's guard
1955 --
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
| Robert Hung
1955 --
House of Bamboo
| Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1955 --
Soldier of Fortune
| Gen. Po Lin
1954 --
The Shanghai Story
| Officer
1954 --
Living It Up
| Dr. Lee
1954 --
The Bamboo Prison
| Commandant Hsai Tung
1954 --
Hell and High Water
| Hakada Fujimori
1953 --
China Venture
| Chang Sung
1953 --
Destination Gobi
| Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp
1953 --
Target Hong Kong
| Fu Chao
1952 --
5 Fingers
|
1951 --
I Was an American Spy
| Col. Masamato
1951 --
The Steel Helmet
| Sergeant Tanaka
1949 --
Malaya
| Colonel Genichi Tomura
1949 --
The Clay Pigeon
| Ken Tokoyama
1949 --
State Department: File 649
| Marshal Yun Usu
1948 --
Rogues' Regiment
| Kao Pang
1948 --
The Cobra Strikes
| Hyder Ali
1948 --
Half Past Midnight
| Lee Gow
1948 --
To the Ends of the Earth
| Commissioner Lu (uncredited)
1948 --
Women in the Night
| Colonel Noyama
1947 --
Beyond Our Own
| James Wong
1947 --
Web of Danger
| Wing
1947 --
Seven Were Saved
| Colonel Yamura
1946 --
Tokyo Rose
| Colonel Suzuki
1945 --
Prison Ship
| Capt. Okisawa
1945 --
First Yank into Tokyo
| Col. Hideko Okanura
1945 --
Back to Bataan
| Maj. Hasko
1945 --
China's Little Devils
| Colonel Huraji
1945 --
China Sky
| Col. Yasuda
1945 --
Betrayal from the East
| Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
1945 --
God Is My Co-Pilot
| Tokyo Joe
1944 --
The Keys of the Kingdom
| Lt. Shon
1944 --
The Story of Dr. Wassell
| Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
1944 --
The Purple Heart
| General Ito Mitsubi
1943 --
So Proudly We Hail
| Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
1943 --
Destroyer
| Japanese Submarine Commander
1943 --
Behind the Rising Sun
| Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium
1943 --
China
| Lin Yun
1943 --
Flight for Freedom
| Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)
1943 --
The Falcon Strikes Back
| Jerry
1943 --
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
|
1942 --
Road to Morocco
| Chinese Announcer (uncredited)
1942 --
Across the Pacific
| First Officer Miyuma
1942 --
Wake Island
|
1942 --
Star Spangled Rhythm
| Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)
1941 --
Secret of the Wastelands
| Quan
1940 --
Doomed to Die
| Tong Leader
1940 --
The Fatal Hour
| Jeweler
1939 --
Barricade
| Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
1939 --
Daughter of the Tong
| Wong
1939 --
Island of Lost Men
| General Ahn Ling
1939 --
Lady of the Tropics
| Delaroch's Chauffeur
1939 --
Miracles for Sale
| Chinese Soldier in Demo
1939 --
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
| Tong Chief
1939 --
Panama Patrol
| Tommy Young
1939 --
North of Shanghai
| Jed's Pilot
1938 --
Shadows Over Shanghai
| Fong
1938 --
Blondes at Work
| Sam Wong (uncredited)
1937 --
West of Shanghai
| Mr. Cheng
1937 --
The Good Earth
| Farmer (uncredited)
1937 --
The Soldier and the Lady
| Tartar (Uncredited)
1937 --
Lost Horizon
| Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)
1936 --
Stowaway
| Chinese Merchant (uncredited)
1936 --
Mad Holiday
| Li Yat (uncredited)
1936 --
Roaming Lady
| Chinese Seaman
1935 --
China Seas
| Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
1935 --
Stranded
| Chinese Groom (uncredited)
1934 --
Student Tour
| Geisha's Customer
1934 --
Now and Forever
| Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1932 --
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
| Captain Li
1932 --
The Secrets of Wu Sin
| Charlie San