Acting credits
45
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dale Ishimoto
Acting
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Movies: 25Series: 20
TMDB ID: 99849
IMDb ID: nm0411113
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1923
Died: March 4, 2004
Age: 80
Place of birth: Delta County, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2000
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q5210491
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"
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dale Ishimoto.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
2.0
Inconceivable
as Mr. Akiyama
1998 Movie
5.7
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Old Japanese Man
1997 Movie
5.7
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Mr. Ing
1994 Movie
6.2
Come See the Paradise
as Mr. Ogata
1990 Movie
6.0
Ninja III: The Domination
as Okuda
1984 Movie
5.4
Cannonball Run II
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
1984 Movie
6.0
Dangerous Company
as Mr. Hikaru
1982 Movie
5.4
Enter the Ninja
as Komori
1981 Movie
Mad Bull
as Smitty
1977 Movie
6.6
Midway
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
1976 Movie
4.8
Sharks' Treasure
as Ishi
1975 Movie
4.9
When the North Wind Blows
as Yermak
1974 Movie
7.1
The Games
as Japanese Doctor
1970 Movie
7.0
M*A*S*H
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
1970 Movie
8.0
Cocoon
as Arcturus Construction Guard
1968 Movie
6.5
Beach Red
as Capt. Tanaka
1967 Movie
7.1
King Rat
as Yoshima
1965 Movie
4.0
Moro Witch Doctor
as Manuel Romblon
1964 Movie
6.0
PT 109
as Commander (uncredited)
1963 Movie
1.0
The Nun and the Sergeant
as Pak
1962 Movie
5.5
Operation Bottleneck
as Matsu
1961 Movie
5.9
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
1960 Movie
6.9
The Great Impostor
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
1960 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dale Ishimoto.
7.2
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
65 eps
1986 Series
7.5
The A-Team
as Stockwell's contact • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
2 eps
1976 Series
7.6
Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Japanese Mechanic • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Chinese Sergeant • 2 eps
1972 Series
7.8
The Odd Couple
as Man #1 • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
1 eps
1969 Series
5.4
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Shimura • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Saburi • 1 eps
1966 Series
6.7
Family Affair
1 eps
1966 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Matsu • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.6
McHale's Navy
2 eps
1962 Series
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
1 eps
1959 Series
5.0
Philip Marlowe
1 eps
1959 Series
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Sergeant Yamazaki • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Taro Yamamoto • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Sea Hunt
2 eps
1958 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Lao • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
1957 Series
Panic!
1 eps
1957 Series