Dale Ishimoto

Dale Ishimoto

Birthday: 1923-04-03

Deathday: 2004-03-04

Place of birth: Delta County, Colorado, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0411113

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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"

Played in movies:

The Games

Score: 7.1

King Rat

Score: 7.1

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.0

The Great Impostor

Score: 6.9

Run Silent, Run Deep

Score: 6.9

Midway

Score: 6.6

Beach Red

Score: 6.3

Come See the Paradise

Score: 6.3

Ninja III: The Domination

Score: 6.1

Dangerous Company

Score: 6.0

PT 109

Score: 5.9

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Score: 5.9

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

Score: 5.7

Beverly Hills Ninja

Score: 5.7

Operation Bottleneck

Score: 5.5

Enter the Ninja

Score: 5.5

Cannonball Run II

Score: 5.4

When the North Wind Blows

Score: 4.9

Sharks' Treasure

Score: 4.6

Moro Witch Doctor

Score: 4.0

Inconceivable

Score: 2.0

The Nun and the Sergeant

Score: 1.0

Cocoon

Score: 0.0

Mad Bull

Score: 0.0

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Twilight Zone

Score: 8.5

The Odd Couple

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Score: 7.6

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Rambo: The Force of Freedom

Score: 7.2

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

Score: 7.2

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

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Score: 6.8

McHale's Navy

Score: 6.6

Sea Hunt

Score: 6.6

Family Affair

Score: 6.6

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

The Bill Cosby Show

Score: 5.4

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Philip Marlowe

Score: 5.0

Panic!

Score: 0.0

The Beachcomber

Score: 0.0