Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 03, 1923
Died
Mar 04, 2004
Place of Birth
Delta County, Colorado, USA
Credits
49 titles
Dale Ishimoto
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
Self (archive footage)
Inconceivable
Mr. Akiyama
Beverly Hills Ninja
Old Japanese Man
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Mr. Ing
Come See the Paradise
Mr. Ogata
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Ninja III: The Domination
Okuda
Cannonball Run II
Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Smorgasbord
Japanese Mechanic
The A-Team
Stockwell's contact
Dangerous Company
Mr. Hikaru
Enter the Ninja
Komori
Mad Bull
Smitty
Quincy, M.E.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Japanese Mechanic
Midway
Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Sharks' Treasure
Ishi
When the North Wind Blows
Yermak
Kung Fu
Chinese Sergeant
The Odd Couple
Man #1
The Games
Japanese Doctor
M*A*S*H
Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Love, American Style
The Bill Cosby Show
Mr. Shimura
Cocoon
Arcturus Construction Guard
Beach Red
Capt. Tanaka
The Sweet and the Bitter
Mission: Impossible
Saburi
Family Affair
King Rat
Yoshima
Moro Witch Doctor
Manuel Romblon
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Matsu
PT 109
Commander (uncredited)
McHale's Navy
The Beachcomber
Nakamira
The Nun and the Sergeant
Pak
Operation Bottleneck
Matsu
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
The Great Impostor
Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
Philip Marlowe
The Twilight Zone
Sergeant Yamazaki
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Taro Yamamoto
Run Silent, Run Deep
Japanese sailor (uncredited)
Sea Hunt
Perry Mason
Lao
Have Gun, Will Travel
Panic!
The King and I
Crewman (uncredited)