Richard Loo

Richard Loo Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: October 1, 1903

Death Date: November 20, 1983

Birth Place: Maui, Hawaii

One of the most prolific character actors of the 20th century, Chinese-American Richard Loo had his most recognizable role as a Thai industrialist in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun." Born in Hawaii to Chinese parents, Loo moved to California in his teens and became an actor after his career as a businessman was unsuccessful. In the '30s he mostly had uncredited bit roles as Chinese men, but when World War II began he would often be cast as a villainous Japanese soldier, as he was in the 1944 submarine drama "The Purple Heart." Other war movie roles include supporting parts in the spy drama "Tokyo Rose" and "Back to Bataan," starring John Wayne.

In one of his rare sympathetic roles he played a Japanese-American soldier in Samuel Fuller's Korean War film "The Steel Helmet" in 1951. Although principally a character actor in small parts, he did occasionally have more substantial supporting roles. He played a general in the Clark Gable adventure "Soldier of Fortune," appeared with William Holden in the romance "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," and was Major Chin in the Oscar-nominated period drama "The Sand Pebbles" in 1966. Aside from his role in "The Man with the Golden Gun," he also made several appearances on the martial-arts-themed TV show "Kung Fu," where he played a Shaolin monk master.

Credits

The Incredible HulkStream

Guest Star
Series
1978

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew MysteriesStream

Guest Star
Series
1977

Collision Course

Actor
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Movie
1976

The Man with the Golden GunStream

Actor
Hai Fat
Movie
1974
42%

Kung FuStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

The Sixth Sense

Guest Star
Show
1972

Kung Fu

Actor
Master Sun/Ho Fai,The Weapons Master/ Wu Chang/Chen
Movie
1971

One More Train to Rob

Actor
Mr. Chang
Movie
1971

Chandler

Actor
Leo
Movie
1971

McCloudStream

Guest Star
Series
1970

Here Come the BridesStream

Guest Star
Chi Pei
Series
1968

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

Guest
Talk
1968

Family AffairStream

Guest Star
Series
1966

Wackiest Ship in the Army

Guest Star
Show
1965

The Wild, Wild WestStream

Guest Star
Series
1965

I Dream of JeannieStream

Guest Star
Wong
Series
1965

I SpyStream

Guest Star
Series
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Stream

Guest Star
Series
1964
100%

BewitchedStream

Guest Star
Mr. Tanaka
Series
1964

The Outer LimitsStream

Actor
Li-Chin Sung
Series
1963
92%

The Dakotas

Guest Star
George Yang
Series
1963

Souls for Sale

Actor
George Wah
Movie
1962

A Girl Named Tamiko

Actor
Otani
Movie
1962

My Three SonsStream

Guest Star
Series
1960

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

The Scavengers

Actor
Movie
1959

The Quiet American

Actor
Mr. Heng
Movie
1958

Hong Kong Affair

Actor
Li Noon
Movie
1958

Perry MasonStream

Guest Star
Mr. Eng
Series
1957

Wagon TrainStream

Guest Star
Series
1957

Battle Hymn

Actor
Gen. Kim
Movie
1957

Love Is a Many Splendored ThingStream

Actor
Robert Hung
Movie
1955
53%

Soldier of FortuneStream

Actor
General Po Lin
Movie
1955

Living It Up

Actor
Dr. Lee
Movie
1954

Hell and High Water

Actor
Hakada Fujimori
Movie
1954

Target Hong Kong

Actor
Fu Chao
Movie
1953

Five Fingers

Actor
Japanese Ambassador (uncredited)
Movie
1952

The Steel HelmetStream

Actor
Sgt. Tanaka
Movie
1951
100%

I Was an American SpyStream

Actor
Col. Masamoto
Movie
1951

MalayaStream

Actor
Colonel Genichi Tomura
Movie
1950

State Department: File 649

Actor
Marshal Yun Usu
Movie
1949

The Clay Pigeon

Actor
Ken Tokoyama
Movie
1949

Rogue's Regiment

Actor
Kao Pang
Movie
1948

Women in the Night

Actor
Col. Noyama
Movie
1948

Beyond Our Own

Actor
Movie
1947

Seven Were Saved

Actor
Col. Yamura
Movie
1947

Tokyo Rose

Actor
Col. Suzuki
Movie
1946

God Is My Co-Pilot

Actor
Tokyo Joe, Japanese Ace
Movie
1945

Betrayal From the East

Actor
Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki/Tani
Movie
1945

China Sky

Actor
Col. Yasuda
Movie
1945

Prison Ship

Actor
Capt. Osikawa
Movie
1945

Back to BataanStream

Actor
Maj. Hasko
Movie
1945
86%

First Yank Into Tokyo

Actor
Col. Hideko Okanura
Movie
1945

China

Actor
Lin Yun
Movie
1943

Yanks Ahoy

Actor
Japanese Submarine Officer
Movie
1943

Flight for Freedom

Actor
Mr. Yokahata
Movie
1943

Across the Pacific

Actor
First Officer Miyuma
Movie
1942

Little Tokyo, U.S.A.

Actor
Oshima
Movie
1942

Flying Tigers

Actor
Dr. Tsing (uncredited)
Movie
1942

Wake Island

Actor
Mr. Saburo Kurusu (uncredited)
Movie
1942
89%

The Fatal Hour

Actor
Jeweler
Movie
1940

Daughter of the Tong

Actor
Wong - Hotel Clerk
Movie
1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Actor
Tong Chief
Movie
1939

The Good EarthStream

Actor
Chinese Farmer (uncredited)
Movie
1937
95%

West of Shanghai

Actor
Mr. Cheng
Movie
1937

The Bitter Tea of General YenStream

Actor
Capt. Li
Movie
1933
86%