Dale Ishimoto
Dale Ishimoto | |
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_Press_Photo_of_Dale_Ishimoto.jpg){kind=spacer} Ishimoto in a publicity photo for Midway (1976) | |
| Born | April 3, 1923 Delta, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 2004 (aged 80) Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1957–1998 |
| Spouse | Miiko Taka (m. 1944; div. 1958) |
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.[1]
Military service
After being sent to the
Entertainment career
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".[3]
Over the course of his career, he acted in a wide variety of movies, such as a Japanese army captain in
He became known in the late 1990s for his appearances in television commercials for Nissan in which he portrayed Yutaka Katayama, the company's former president.[4] He also appeared in one episode of Wanted: Dead or Alive.[citation needed]
Personal life
Ishimoto married Miiko Taka in Baltimore in 1944,[5] and they had two children: a son and a daughter. They divorced in 1958.[6]
Filmography
- The King and I (1956) - Crewman (uncredited)
- Tokyo After Dark (1959) - Reporter (uncredited)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) - Japanese Guard (uncredited)
- Never So Few (1959) - Scout (uncredited)
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) - Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
- The Great Impostor (1961) - Korean Soldier (uncredited)
- Operation Bottleneck (1961) - Matsu
- Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) - Blanco
- A Majority of One (1961) - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Sea Hunt (1961) - Season 4, Episode 17
- The Nun and the Sergeant (1962) - Pak
- PT 109 (1963) - Commander (uncredited)
- McHale's Navy (1964) - Japanese Captain
- Moro Witch Doctor (1964) - Manuel Romblon
- King Rat (1965) - Yoshima
- Walk, Don't Run (1966) - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) - Dick Kazanami
- Beach Red (1967) - Captain Tanaka
- MASH(1970) - Korean Doctor (uncredited)
- The Games (1970) - Japanese Doctor
- Superchick (1973) - Karate Instructor
- When the North Wind Blows (1974) - Yermak
- Sharks' Treasure (1975) - Ishi
- Boshiro Hosogaya
- Enter the Ninja (1981) - Komori
- Cracking Up (1983) - Japanese Mechanic
- Cannonball Run II (1984) - Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
- Ninja III: The Domination (1984) - Okuda
- Come See the Paradise (1990) - Mr. Ogata
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) - Old Japanese Man
- Inconceivable (1998) - Mr. Akiyama (final film role)
Selected television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Have Gun - Will Travel
|
Temuchin - Paladin's Fencing Instructor | Episode "The Mark of Cain" | |
| 1962-63 | McHale's Navy | Japanese Officer | 3 Episodes | |
| 1961 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Taro Yamamoto | Season 3, Episode 24 "The Long Search" |
References
- Chattanooga Free Press. p. A2.
- ^ "Japanese American Internee Data File: Dale Ishimoto". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ a b Scott, John L. (October 3, 1967). "Japanese Actor No Longer Villain". Los Angeles Times. p. C1.
- ^ Elliot, Stuart (1997-08-14). "Nissan exults over an offbeat campaign, despite flat sales and a debate on ads that 'entertain.'". The New York Times. p. A2.
- ^ "Actress Miiko Taka of Movies Wins Divorce". Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1958. p. B1.
- ^ "Miiko Taka Gets Divorce". The New York Times. November 17, 1958.
External links
- Dale Ishimoto at IMDb
