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The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) -- Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr...
"The Outer Limits" (1963): Season 1: Episode 2 -- To create an imposter for the U.S. president, an Asian uses a serum that alters human form.

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Date of Death:
20 November 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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One of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the... more
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Although he died in Los Angeles, Social Security records indicate that... more
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  1. "The Incredible Hulk" .... Kam Chong (1 episode, 1981)
        - East Winds (1981) TV episode .... Kam Chong

  2. "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" .... Chen Lee (1 episode, 1977)
    ... aka The Nancy Drew Mysteries (USA: short title)
        - The Secret of the Jade Kwan Yin (1977) TV episode .... Chen Lee
  3. "Police Story" .... Eddie Lee (1 episode, 1977)
        - The Blue Fog (1977) TV episode .... Eddie Lee
  4. "The Quest" .... Dr. Li Po (1 episode, 1976)
        - Welcome to America, Jade Snow (1976) TV episode .... Dr. Li Po
  5. Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) (TV) .... Chiang-Kai-Shek
    ... aka Collision Course (USA: short title)
  6. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) .... Hai Fat
    ... aka Ian Fleming's The Man with the Golden Gun (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
    ... aka The Golden Gun (International: English title: informal short title)
  7. "Kung Fu" .... Master Sun / ... (7 episodes, 1972-1974)
        - Besieged: Cannon at the Gates (1974) TV episode
        - The Devil's Champion (1974) TV episode .... Weapons Master
        - Arrogant Dragon (1974) TV episode .... Wu Chang
        - The Tong (1973) TV episode .... Chen
        - Blood Brother (1973) TV episode .... Master Sun
          (2 more)
  8. "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" .... Tanaka (1 episode, 1974)
        - The Attacker (1974) TV episode .... Tanaka
  9. "McCloud" .... Y.S. Chen (1 episode, 1973)
        - The Solid Gold Swingers (1973) TV episode (uncredited) .... Y.S. Chen
  10. "Ironside" .... Lin Chu Tai (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
        - In the Forests of the Night (1973) TV episode .... Lin Chu Tai
  11. "The Delphi Bureau" .... Shen Si (1 episode, 1972)
        - The Deadly Little Errand (1972) TV episode .... Shen Si
  12. "The Sixth Sense" .... Matsuo (1 episode, 1972)
        - With This Ring, I Thee Kill! (1972) TV episode .... Matsuo
  13. Kung Fu (1972) (TV) .... Master Sun
  14. Chandler (1971) .... Leo
  15. One More Train to Rob (1971) .... Mr. Chang
  16. Which Way to the Front? (1970) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
    ... aka Ja, ja, mein General! But Which Way to the Front? (UK)
  17. One More Time (1970/I) (uncredited)
  18. "It Takes a Thief" .... Clown / ... (3 episodes, 1968-1970)
        - Project X (1970) TV episode .... Wong
        - Payoff in the Piazza (1969) TV episode .... Dr. Langpoor
        - A Case of Red Turnips (1968) TV episode .... Clown
  19. "Bewitched" .... Mr. Tanaka (1 episode, 1970)
        - Samantha's Better Halves (1970) TV episode .... Mr. Tanaka

  20. "Here Come the Brides" .... Chi Pei (1 episode, 1969)
        - Marriage, Chinese Style (1969) TV episode .... Chi Pei
  21. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) (TV) .... Kenji Yamashita
    ... aka A Matter of Humanities (USA: new syndication title)
  22. "Hawaii Five-O" .... Wong Tou (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka McGarrett (USA: rerun title)
        - Twenty-Four Karat Kill (1968) TV episode .... Wong Tou
  23. "My Three Sons" .... Chang (1 episode, 1967)
        - Weekend in Paradise (1967) TV episode .... Chang
  24. "Family Affair" .... Mr. Chen (1 episode, 1967)
        - The Mother Tongue (1967) TV episode .... Mr. Chen
  25. The Sand Pebbles (1966) .... Major Chin
  26. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Dr. Yahama (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Indian Affairs Affair (1966) TV episode .... Dr. Yahama
  27. "I Dream of Jeannie" .... Wong (1 episode, 1966)
        - Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper (1966) TV episode .... Wong
  28. "The Wild Wild West" .... Wang Chung (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Night the Dragon Screamed (1966) TV episode .... Wang Chung
  29. "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" .... Admiral (2 episodes, 1966)
        - The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves: Part 2 (1966) TV episode .... Admiral
        - The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves: Part 1 (1966) TV episode
  30. "Burke's Law" .... Grass Slipper (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
        - Deadlier Than the Male (1965) TV episode .... Grass Slipper
  31. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" .... Li Tung (1 episode, 1965)
        - Time Bomb (1965) TV episode .... Li Tung
  32. "Honey West" .... Tog (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Owl and the Eye (1965) TV episode .... Tog
  33. "I Spy" .... Mr. Tsung (1 episode, 1965)
        - So Long, Patrick Henry (1965) TV episode .... Mr. Tsung
  34. "Perry Mason" .... Mr. Eng (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Case of the Floating Stones (1963) TV episode .... Mr. Eng
  35. "Wagon Train" .... Liu Yang (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
        - The Widow O'Rourke Story (1963) TV episode .... Liu Yang
  36. "The Outer Limits" .... Li-Chin Sung (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Hundred Days of the Dragon (1963) TV episode .... Li-Chin Sung
  37. "The Dakotas" .... George Yang (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Chooser of the Slain (1963) TV episode .... George Yang
  38. Diamond Head (1963) (uncredited) .... Yamagata
  39. A Girl Named Tamiko (1962) .... Otani
  40. Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) .... George Wah
    ... aka Evils of Chinatown (UK)
    ... aka Souls for Sale (USA: reissue title)
  41. "The Beachcomber" .... Ah Wei (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka Mystery Adventure: The Beachcomber (USA: syndication title)
        - Charlie Six Kids (1962) TV episode .... Ah Wei
  42. "Bonanza" .... General Mu Tsung (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
        - Day of the Dragon (1961) TV episode .... General Mu Tsung
  43. Seven Women from Hell (1961) .... Sgt. Takahashi
  44. "Follow the Sun" (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Woman Who Never Was (1961) TV episode
  45. "Maverick" .... Lee Hong Chang (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Golden Fleecing (1961) TV episode .... Lee Hong Chang
  46. "Hong Kong" .... Leo / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
        - Suitable for Framing (1961) TV episode .... Thug
        - The Jade Empress (1960) TV episode .... Leo
  47. Espionage: Far East (1961)

  48. The Scavengers (1959)
  49. Hong Kong Affair (1958) .... Li Noon
  50. The Quiet American (1958) .... Mr. Heng
  51. "Tombstone Territory" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Tong War (1958) TV episode
  52. Battle Hymn (1957) .... Gen. Kim
  53. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (uncredited) .... Hong Kong Saloon Manager
    ... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)
  54. "TV Reader's Digest" .... Lew Gar Mun / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - The Smuggler (1956) TV episode .... Lew Gar Mun
        - The Brainwashing of John Hayes (1955) TV episode .... Officer
  55. "Cavalcade of America" .... Ho Chung (2 episodes, 1954-1956)
    ... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
    ... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
        - Diplomatic Outpost (1956) TV episode .... Ho Chung
        - Ordeal in Burma (1954) TV episode
  56. "Four Star Playhouse" .... Jo-Kai (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Best in Mystery (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Four Star Theatre (UK: new title)
    ... aka Singer Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Star Performance (USA: rerun title)
        - Wall of Bamboo (1956) TV episode .... Jo-Kai
  57. The Conqueror (1956) .... Captain of Wang's guard
    ... aka Conqueror of the Desert
  58. "Crossroads" .... Colonel (1 episode, 1956)
        - Cavalry in China (1956) TV episode .... Colonel
  59. "Navy Log" .... General Hashimoto (1 episode, 1956)
        - Dr. Van (1956) TV episode .... General Hashimoto
  60. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) .... Robert Hung
  61. House of Bamboo (1955) (voice) (uncredited) .... Inspector Kito's Voice
  62. Soldier of Fortune (1955) .... General Po Lin
  63. The Bamboo Prison (1954) .... Commandant Hsai Tung
  64. "My Little Margie" .... Mr. Tang (1 episode, 1954)
        - San Francisco Story (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Tang
  65. Living It Up (1954) .... Dr. Lee
  66. The Shanghai Story (1954) .... Junior Officer
  67. Hell and High Water (1954) .... Hakada Fujimori
  68. China Venture (1953) .... Chang Sung
  69. "Fireside Theatre" .... Major Chang (2 episodes, 1953)
        - The Traitor (1953) TV episode .... Major Chang
        - I Cover Korea (1953) TV episode
  70. "Summer Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka Interlude
        - Foo Young (1953) TV episode
  71. Destination Gobi (1953) (uncredited) .... Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp
  72. Target Hong Kong (1953) .... Fu Chao
  73. 5 Fingers (1952) (uncredited) .... Japanese Ambassador
    ... aka Five Fingers
  74. I Was an American Spy (1951) .... Col. Masamato
  75. Operation Pacific (1951) (uncredited) .... Japanese Fighter Pilot
  76. Chinatown Chump (1951) .... Chinese Counterfeiter
  77. The Steel Helmet (1951) .... Sgt. Tanaka

  78. Malaya (1949) .... Col. Tomura
    ... aka East of the Rising Sun (UK)
  79. The Clay Pigeon (1949) .... Ken Tokoyama aka The Weasel
  80. State Department: File 649 (1949) .... Marshal Yun Usu
    ... aka Assignment in China (UK)
  81. Rogues' Regiment (1948) .... Kao Pang
  82. The Golden Eye (1948) (scenes deleted)
    ... aka Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye (USA: poster title)
  83. The Cobra Strikes (1948) .... Hyder Ali
    ... aka Crime Without Clues (USA: TV title)
  84. Half Past Midnight (1948) .... Lee Gow
  85. To the Ends of the Earth (1948) (uncredited) .... Commissioner Lu
  86. Women in the Night (1948) .... Colonel Noyama
    ... aka When Men Are Beasts (USA)
  87. Beyond Our Own (1947)
  88. Web of Danger (1947) .... Wing
  89. Seven Were Saved (1947) .... Colonel Yamura
  90. The Beginning or the End (1947) (uncredited) .... Japanese officer
  91. Tokyo Rose (1946) .... Colonel Suzuki
  92. Prison Ship (1945) .... Captain Osikawa
  93. First Yank Into Tokyo (1945) .... Col. Hideko Okanura
    ... aka Mask of Fury (UK)
  94. Back to Bataan (1945) .... Maj. Hasko
    ... aka The Invisible Army
  95. China's Little Devils (1945) .... Colonel Huraji
  96. China Sky (1945) .... Col. Yasuda
  97. Betrayal from the East (1945) .... Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani
  98. God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) .... Tokyo Joe
  99. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) .... Lt. Shon
  100. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) (uncredited) .... Chinese Doctor on Train
  101. The Purple Heart (1944) .... General Ito Mitsubi
  102. Rookies in Burma (1943) (uncredited) .... Colonel Matsuda
  103. Jack London (1943) (uncredited) .... Japanese Ambassador
  104. So Proudly We Hail! (1943) (voice) (uncredited) .... Japanese Radio Announcer
  105. Destroyer (1943) .... Japanese Submarine Commander
  106. Behind the Rising Sun (1943) (uncredited) .... Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium
  107. Yanks Ahoy (1943) (uncredited) .... Japanese Submarine Officer
  108. Bombs Over Burma (1943) .... Col. Kim
  109. China (1943) .... Lin Yun
  110. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) .... Jerry
  111. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) (uncredited) .... Gen. Chan
  112. Flight for Freedom (1943) (uncredited) .... Mr. Yokahata
  113. City Without Men (1943) (uncredited) .... Japanese Spy
    ... aka Prison Farm (USA: reissue title)
  114. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) (uncredited) .... Hirohito, Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang Number
  115. Road to Morocco (1942) (uncredited) .... Chinese Announcer
  116. Flying Tigers (1942) (uncredited) .... Dr. Tsing
  117. Manila Calling (1942) (uncredited) .... Filipino
  118. Across the Pacific (1942) .... First Officer Miyuma
  119. Wake Island (1942) (uncredited) .... Mr. Saburo Kurusu
  120. Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942) .... Oshima
    ... aka East of Chinatown (UK)
  121. Submarine Raider (1942) (uncredited) .... Chauffeur Suji
  122. Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) (uncredited) .... Mandolin-playing Japanese Radioman
  123. A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) (uncredited) .... Commandant
    ... aka China Caravan (UK)
  124. Secret of the Wastelands (1941) .... Quan - Wo Tai Chen Co.
  125. They Met in Bombay (1941) (uncredited) .... Japanese Officer
  126. Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) (uncredited)
  127. Doomed to Die (1940) .... Tong Leader
    ... aka The Mystery of Wentworth Castle
  128. The Fatal Hour (1940) .... Jeweler
    ... aka Mr. Wong at Headquarters (UK)

  129. Barricade (1939) (uncredited) .... Colonel Commander of Rescue Party
  130. Daughter of the Tong (1939) .... Wong, Hotel Clerk
  131. Island of Lost Men (1939) .... Gen. Ahn Ling
  132. Lady of the Tropics (1939) (uncredited) .... Delaroch's chauffeur
  133. Miracles for Sale (1939) (uncredited) .... Chinese Soldier in Demo
  134. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) .... Tong Chief
  135. Panama Patrol (1939) .... Tommy Young
  136. North of Shanghai (1939) .... Jed's Pilot
  137. Shadows Over Shanghai (1938) .... Fong
  138. Too Hot to Handle (1938) (uncredited) .... Charlie
  139. Blondes at Work (1938) (uncredited) .... Sam Wong - Laundry Clerk
  140. Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937) (uncredited) .... Police Officer at Shooting Site
  141. West of Shanghai (1937) .... Mr. Cheng
    ... aka War Lord
    ... aka Warlords (USA: alternative title)
  142. That Certain Woman (1937) (uncredited) .... Elevator Operator
  143. Outlaws of the Orient (1937) (uncredited) .... The Gneral
  144. The Singing Marine (1937) (uncredited) .... Shanghai Hotel Official
  145. The Soldier and the Lady (1937) (uncredited) .... Tartar
    ... aka Michael Strogoff (UK)
    ... aka The Adventures of Michael Strogoff (UK)
    ... aka The Bandit and the Lady (USA: reissue title)
  146. Lost Horizon (1937) (uncredited) .... Shanghai Airport Official
    ... aka Lost Horizon of Shangri-La (USA: reissue title)
  147. The Good Earth (1937) (uncredited) .... Chinese Farmer
  148. After the Thin Man (1936) (uncredited) .... Lichee Club Headwaiter
  149. Stowaway (1936) (uncredited) .... Chinese Merchant
  150. Mad Holiday (1936) (uncredited) .... Li Yat
  151. Shadow of Chinatown (1936/II) (uncredited) .... Chinese Man on Street
  152. Shadow of Chinatown (1936/I) (uncredited) .... Loo, Chinese Man on Street [Chs. 5-7]
    ... aka Yellow Phantom (USA: reissue title)
  153. Roaming Lady (1936) (uncredited) .... Chinese Man
  154. Captured in Chinatown (1935) (uncredited) .... Ling Hatchet Man
  155. Shadows of the Orient (1935) (uncredited) .... Yung Yow - Chinese Henchman
  156. Stranded (1935) (uncredited) .... Chinese Groom
  157. The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) (uncredited) .... Bystander Outside Store
  158. The Painted Veil (1934) (uncredited) .... Chinese Peasant
  159. Student Tour (1934) (uncredited) .... Geisha's Customer
  160. Now and Forever (1934) (uncredited) .... Hotel Clerk
  161. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) .... Captain Li
  162. The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932) .... Charlie San
  163. War Correspondent (1932) (uncredited) .... Bandit
    ... aka Soldiers of Fortune (UK)
Self:
  1. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Actor (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #1.32 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Actor
Archive Footage:
  1. The James Bond Story (1999) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  2. Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV) (uncredited) .... Master Sun


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