Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/10/1903

Day of Death

20/11/1983
(80) years old

Place of Birth

Maui, Hawaii, USA

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Full...

as Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredite...

1971

Chandler

as Leo

1971

One More Train to Rob

as Mr. Chang

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Major Chin

1962

Diamond Head

as Yamagata (uncredited)

1958

Hong Kong Affair

as Li Noon

1958

The Quiet American

as Mr. Heng

1957

Battle Hymn

as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Saloon Manager (uncredited)

1956

The Conqueror

as Captain of Wang's guard

1955

House of Bamboo

as Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredit...

1955

Soldier of Fortune

as Gen. Po Lin

1954

The Shanghai Story

as Officer

1954

Living It Up

as Dr. Lee

1954

The Bamboo Prison

as Commandant Hsai Tung

1954

Hell and High Water

as Hakada Fujimori

1953

China Venture

as Chang Sung

1953

Destination Gobi

as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp

1953

Target Hong Kong

as Fu Chao

1951

I Was an American Spy

as Col. Masamato

1951

The Steel Helmet

as Sergeant Tanaka

1949

Malaya

as Colonel Genichi Tomura

1949

The Clay Pigeon

as Ken Tokoyama

1949

State Department: File 649

as Marshal Yun Usu

1948

Rogues' Regiment

as Kao Pang

1948

The Cobra Strikes

as Hyder Ali

1948

Half Past Midnight

as Lee Gow

1948

To the Ends of the Earth

as Commissioner Lu (uncredited)

1948

Women in the Night

as Colonel Noyama

1947

Beyond Our Own

as James Wong

1947

Web of Danger

as Wing

1947

Seven Were Saved

as Colonel Yamura

1946

Tokyo Rose

as Colonel Suzuki

1945

Prison Ship

as Capt. Okisawa

1945

First Yank into Tokyo

as Col. Hideko Okanura

1945

Back to Bataan

as Maj. Hasko

1945

China's Little Devils

as Colonel Huraji

1945

China Sky

as Col. Yasuda

1945

Betrayal from the East

as Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani

1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

as Tokyo Joe

1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)

1944

The Purple Heart

as General Ito Mitsubi

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncred...

1943

Destroyer

as Japanese Submarine Commander

1943

Behind the Rising Sun

as Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium

1943

China

as Lin Yun

1943

Flight for Freedom

as Mr. Yokahata (uncredited)

1942

Road to Morocco

as Chinese Announcer (uncredited)

1942

Across the Pacific

as First Officer Miyuma

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Emperor Hirohito (uncredited)

1940

Doomed to Die

as Tong Leader

1940

The Fatal Hour

as Jeweler

1939

Barricade

as Colonel Commander of Rescue Party

1939

Island of Lost Men

as General Ahn Ling

1939

Lady of the Tropics

as Delaroch's Chauffeur

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Chinese Soldier in Demo

1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

as Tong Chief

1939

Panama Patrol

as Tommy Young

1939

North of Shanghai

as Jed's Pilot

1938

Blondes at Work

as Sam Wong (uncredited)

1937

West of Shanghai

as Mr. Cheng

1937

The Good Earth

as Farmer (uncredited)

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

as Tartar (Uncredited)

1937

Lost Horizon

as Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited)

1936

Stowaway

as Chinese Merchant (uncredited)

1936

Mad Holiday

as Li Yat (uncredited)

1936

Roaming Lady

as Chinese Seaman

1935

China Seas

as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredit...

1935

Stranded

as Chinese Groom (uncredited)

1934

Student Tour

as Geisha's Customer

1934

Now and Forever

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1932

The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Charlie San