Dale Ishimoto
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1923
- Died
- March 4, 2004 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Delta County, Colorado, USA
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"
Known For
Filmography
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inconceivable
Movie · as Mr. Akiyama
Beverly Hills Ninja
Movie · as Old Japanese Man
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Movie · as Mr. Ing
Come See the Paradise
Movie · as Mr. Ogata
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 65 eps
Ninja III: The Domination
Movie · as Okuda
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Smorgasbord
Movie · as Japanese Mechanic
The A-Team
TV · as Stockwell's contact · 1 ep
Dangerous Company
Movie · as Mr. Hikaru
Enter the Ninja
Movie · as Komori
Mad Bull
Movie · as Smitty
Midway
Movie · as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 2 eps
Baa Baa Black Sheep
TV · as Japanese Mechanic · 1 ep
Sharks' Treasure
Movie · as Ishi
When the North Wind Blows
Movie · as Yermak
Kung Fu
TV · as Chinese Sergeant · 2 eps
The Games
Movie · as Japanese Doctor
M*A*S*H
Movie · as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
The Odd Couple
TV · as Man #1 · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · 1 ep
The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Mr. Shimura · 1 ep
Cocoon
Movie · as Arcturus Construction Guard
Beach Red
Movie · as Capt. Tanaka
The Sweet and the Bitter
Movie
Family Affair
TV · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Saburi · 1 ep
King Rat
Movie · as Yoshima
Moro Witch Doctor
Movie · as Manuel Romblon
McHale's Navy
Movie · as Japanese Captain
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Dr. Matsu, Mr. Yu · 1 ep
PT 109
Movie · as Commander (uncredited)
The Nun and the Sergeant
Movie · as Pak
The Beachcomber
TV · as Nakamira · 1 ep
McHale's Navy
TV · 2 eps
Operation Bottleneck
Movie · as Matsu
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie · as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
The Great Impostor
Movie · as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
TV · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Sergeant Yamazaki · 1 ep
Philip Marlowe
TV · 1 ep
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie · as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
Sea Hunt
TV · 2 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Taro Yamamoto · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Lao · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
The King and I
Movie · as Crewman (uncredited)