Dale Ishimoto
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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"
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Films (29)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Un bébé toute seule
1998 · Mr. Akiyama
Le Ninja de Beverly Hills
1997 · Old Japanese Man
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994 · Mr. Ing
Come See the Paradise
1990 · Mr. Ogata
Ninja III: The Domination
1984 · Okuda
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Smorgasbord
1983 · Japanese Mechanic
Dangerous Company
1982 · Mr. Hikaru
Enter the Ninja
1981 · Komori
Mad Bull
1977 · Smitty
Midway
1976 · Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Sharks' Treasure
1975 · Ishi
When the North Wind Blows
1974 · Yermak
The Games
1970 · Japanese Doctor
M*A*S*H
1970 · Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Cocoon
1968 · Arcturus Construction Guard
Beach Red
1967 · Capt. Tanaka
The Sweet and the Bitter
1967
King Rat
1965 · Yoshima
Moro Witch Doctor
1964 · Manuel Romblon
McHale's Navy
1964 · Japanese Captain
PT 109
1963 · Commander (uncredited)
The Nun and the Sergeant
1962 · Pak
Operation Bottleneck
1961 · Matsu
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
The Great Impostor
1960 · Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Japanese sailor (uncredited)
The King and I
1956 · Crewman (uncredited)
Séries (21)
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986 · Additional Voices (voice)
The A-Team
1983 · Stockwell's contact
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976 · Japanese Mechanic
Kung Fu
1972 · Chinese Sergeant
The Odd Couple
1970 · Man #1
Love, American Style
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Mr. Shimura
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Saburi
Family Affair
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Dr. Matsu, Mr. Yu
McHale's Navy
1962
The Beachcomber
1962 · Nakamira
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Philip Marlowe
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Sergeant Yamazaki
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Taro Yamamoto
Sea Hunt
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Lao
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Panic!
1957