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