Acting
Dale Ishimoto
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
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Film · 2000
Inconceivable
Film · 1998
Beverly Hills Ninja
Film · 1997
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Film · 1994
Come See the Paradise
Film · 1990
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
Series · 1986
Ninja III: The Domination
Film · 1984
Cannonball Run II
Film · 1984
Smorgasbord
Film · 1983
The A-Team
Series · 1983
Dangerous Company
Film · 1982
Enter the Ninja
Film · 1981
Mad Bull
Film · 1977
Midway
Film · 1976
Quincy, M.E.
Series · 1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Series · 1976
Sharks' Treasure
Film · 1975
When the North Wind Blows
Film · 1974
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
The Games
Film · 1970
M*A*S*H
Film · 1970
The Odd Couple
Series · 1970
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Series · 1969
Cocoon
Film · 1968
Beach Red
Film · 1967
The Sweet and the Bitter
Film · 1967
Family Affair
Series · 1966
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
King Rat
Film · 1965
Moro Witch Doctor
Film · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
PT 109
Film · 1963
The Nun and the Sergeant
Film · 1962
The Beachcomber
Series · 1962
McHale's Navy
Series · 1962
Operation Bottleneck
Film · 1961
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Film · 1960
The Great Impostor
Film · 1960
Hawaiian Eye
Series · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
Philip Marlowe
Series · 1959
Run Silent, Run Deep
Film · 1958
Sea Hunt
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Panic!
Series · 1957
The King and I
Film · 1956