Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Richard Loo (October 1, 1903 – November 20, 1983) was an American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1982. Chinese by ancestry and Hawaiian by birth, Loo spent his youth in Hawaii, then moved to California as a teenager. He graduated from the University of California at...

Known For

Cast Credits

Kung Fu: The Movie

as Master Sun

Chandler

as Leo

The Sand Pebbles

as Major Chin

Diamond Head

as Yamagata (uncredited)

Battle Hymn

as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted)

Around the World in 80 Days

as Saloon Manager (uncredited)

The Conqueror

as Captain of Wang's guard

House of Bamboo

as Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Soldier of Fortune

as Gen. Po Lin

Living It Up

as Dr. Lee

The Bamboo Prison

as Commandant Hsai Tung

Hell and High Water

as Hakada Fujimori

China Venture

as Chang Sung

Destination Gobi

as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp

I Was an American Spy

as Col. Masamato

The Steel Helmet

as Sergeant Tanaka