Dale Ishimoto
Acting
1923-04-03 · Delta County, Colorado, USA
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
2000 · Movie
Inconceivable
1998 · Movie
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997 · Movie
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994 · Movie
Come See the Paradise
1990 · Movie
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
1986 · Series
Ninja III: The Domination
1984 · Movie
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Movie
Smorgasbord
1983 · Movie
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Dangerous Company
1982 · Movie
Enter the Ninja
1981 · Movie
Mad Bull
1977 · Movie
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976 · Series
Midway
1976 · Movie
Sharks' Treasure
1975 · Movie
When the North Wind Blows
1974 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The Odd Couple
1970 · Series
The Games
1970 · Movie
M*A*S*H
1970 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Series
Cocoon
1968 · Movie
Beach Red
1967 · Movie
The Sweet and the Bitter
1967 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Family Affair
1966 · Series
King Rat
1965 · Movie
Moro Witch Doctor
1964 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
PT 109
1963 · Movie
McHale's Navy
1962 · Series
The Beachcomber
1962 · Series
The Nun and the Sergeant
1962 · Movie
Operation Bottleneck
1961 · Movie
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Movie
The Great Impostor
1960 · Movie
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Philip Marlowe
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Movie
Sea Hunt
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Panic!
1957 · Series
The King and I
1956 · Movie