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Richard Loo

Acting

Born October 1, 1903 · Maui, Hawaii, USA

Died November 20, 1983

Biography

Richard Kuen Loo was an American actor. He was one of the most familiar Asian American character actors during the Golden Age of Hollywood, appearing in numerous films of the 1930s through the 1950s. Though of Chinese ancestry, he often portrayed villainous Imperial Japanese military officers during the Second World War. Later in his career, he was active mainly on television.

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Filmography50+ titles

Bewitched

1964

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Wong

The Outer Limits

1963as Li-Chin Sung

Kung Fu

1972as Master Sun

Perry Mason

1957as Mr. Eng

The Wild Wild West

1965

5 Fingers

1952

Bonanza

1959as General Mu Tsung

The Soldier and the Lady

1937as Tartar (Uncredited)

The Incredible Hulk

1977

McCloud

1970as Y.S. Chen (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Wong Tou

The Sand Pebbles

1966as Major Chin

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945as Tokyo Joe

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Dr. Yahama

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944as Lt. Shon

Police Story

1973

The Steel Helmet

1951as Sergeant Tanaka

Lost Horizon

1937as Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)

Maverick

1957

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Malaya

1949as Colonel Genichi Tomura

China

1943as Lin Yun

Road to Morocco

1942as Chinese Announcer (uncredited)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Jo-Kai

Family Affair

1966

Around the World in 80 Days

1956as Saloon Manager (uncredited)

Stowaway

1936as Chinese Merchant (uncredited)

My Three Sons

1960

I Was an American Spy

1951as Col. Masamato

Across the Pacific

1942as First Officer Miyuma

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974as Hai Fat

Living It Up

1954as Dr. Lee

Seven Were Saved

1947as Colonel Yamura

Betrayal from the East

1945as Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani

The Good Earth

1937as Farmer (uncredited)

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932as Captain Li

China Seas

1935as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)

Back to Bataan

1945as Maj. Hasko

Behind the Rising Sun

1943as Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

1955as Robert Hung

First Yank into Tokyo

1945as Col. Hideko Okanura

Too Hot to Handle

1938as Charlie (uncredited)

Destination Gobi

1953as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)

To the Ends of the Earth

1948as Commissioner Lu (uncredited)

A Girl Named Tamiko

1962as Otani

Confessions of an Opium Eater

1962as George Wah

The Quiet American

1958as Mr. Heng