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Dale Ishimoto (April 3, 1923 β 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"
Filmography
all 45
Movies 24
TV Shows 21
self 1

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)

Inconceivable (1998)

Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

Come See the Paradise (1990)

Cannonball Run II (1984)

The A-Team (1983)

Dangerous Company (1982)

Mad Bull (1977)

Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)

Midway (1976)

The Odd Couple (1970)

The Games (1970)

M*A*S*H (1970)

The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

Cocoon (1968)

Beach Red (1967)

King Rat (1965)

Moro Witch Doctor (1964)

The Beachcomber (1962)

The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-04-03
Deathday2004-03-04 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceDelta, United States
RelationshipsMiiko Taka (1944 - 1958)
CitizenshipsUnited States
AwardsPurple Heart
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