Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Richard Loo was a prolific actor who appeared in over 120 films between 1931 and 1982. He was most often stereotyped as the Japanese enemy pilot, spy or interrogator during the Second World War. 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 Berkeley and began a career in business. However, the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced him to start over. He became involved with amateur, then professional, theater companies and in 1931 made his first film. Like most Asian actors in non-Asian countries, he played primarily small, stereotypical roles, though he rose quickly to familiarity, if not fame, in a number of films.

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Movies starring Richard Loo (94)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)

Sgt. Tanaka (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Diamond Head (1962)

Yamagata (Uncredited)

Battle Hymn (1957)

Gen. Kim (Scenes Deleted)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Saloon Manager (Uncredited)

The Conqueror (1956)

Captain Of Wang's Guard

House of Bamboo (1955)

Inspector Kito's Voice (Voice) (Uncredited)

The Bamboo Prison (1954)

Commandant Hsai Tung

Destination Gobi (1953)

Commanding Officer, Japanese Pow Camp

Malaya (1949)

Colonel Genichi Tomura

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

Commissioner Lu (Uncredited)

Tokyo Rose (1946)

Colonel Suzuki

Prison Ship (1945)

Capt. Okisawa

First Yank into Tokyo (1945)

Col. Hideko Okanura

China Sky (1945)

Col. Yasuda

Betrayal from the East (1945)

Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, Alias Tani

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Chinese Doctor On Train (Uncredited)

The Purple Heart (1944)

General Ito Mitsubi

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)

Destroyer (1943)

Japanese Submarine Commander

Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium

Yanks Ahoy (1943)

Japanese Submarine Officer (Uncredited)

Flight for Freedom (1943)

Mr. Yokahata (Uncredited)

Road to Morocco (1942)

Chinese Announcer (Uncredited)

Across the Pacific (1942)

First Officer Miyuma

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

Emperor Hirohito (Uncredited)

Barricade (1939)

Colonel Commander Of Rescue Party

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Delaroch's Chauffeur

Miracles for Sale (1939)

Chinese Soldier In Demo

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Charlie (Uncredited)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Sam Wong (Uncredited)

That Certain Woman (1937)

Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

The Good Earth (1937)

Farmer (Uncredited)

Lost Horizon (1937)

Shanghai Airport Official (Uncredited)

Stowaway (1936)

Chinese Merchant (Uncredited)

Mad Holiday (1936)

Li Yat (Uncredited)

Roaming Lady (1936)

Chinese Seaman

China Seas (1935)

Chinese Inspector At Gangplank (Uncredited)

Stranded (1935)

Chinese Groom (Uncredited)

Student Tour (1934)

Geisha's Customer

Now and Forever (1934)

Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)

War Correspondent (1932)

Bandit (Uncredited)

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