Dale Ishimoto

Dale Ishimoto

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1923-04-03
Place of Birth:Delta County, Colorado, USA
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Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1923-04-03 More

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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"
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Come See the Paradise
Drama Romance History
Rambo
Action & Adventure Animation Kids
The A-Team
Action & Adventure Comedy Crime
Mad Bull
Drama Action Comedy Romance
Quincy, M.E.
Crime Drama Mystery
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Action & Adventure Drama War & Politics
Midway
Action Drama History War
Kung Fu
Action & Adventure Drama Western Sci-Fi & Fantasy
M*A*S*H
Comedy Drama War
Cocoon
Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Hawaii Five-O
Action & Adventure Drama
Mission: Impossible
Action & Adventure Crime Drama Mystery
King Rat
Drama War
Moro Witch Doctor
Action Adventure
The Twilight Zone
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Sea Hunt
Action & Adventure Drama
Perry Mason
Mystery Drama Crime
Have Gun, Will Travel
Western Action & Adventure Drama
  • name:Dale Ishimoto
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1923-04-03
  • Place of Birth:Delta County, Colorado, USA
  • Also Known As:
  • 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"
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