Richard Loo
Acting
Born October 1, 1903 · Maui, Hawaii, USA
Biography
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 Berkeley and began a career in business. The stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced Loo to start over. He became involved with amateur, then professional, theater comp…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
Hawaii Five-O
Bonanza
Maverick
Bewitched
The Wild Wild West
My Three Sons
The Dick Cavett Show
Studio One
I Dream of Jeannie
Four Star Playhouse
Burke's Law
The Incredible Hulk
The Outer Limits
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Family Affair
McCloud
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Navy Log
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Honey West
Police Story
December Bride
Cavalcade of America
The Dakotas
The Man with the Golden Gun
Around the World in 80 Days
The Man Called X
The Beachcomber
Hong Kong
Delphi Bureau
The Sand Pebbles
Lost Horizon
So Proudly We Hail
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Kung Fu
The Keys of the Kingdom
The Conqueror
One More Train to Rob
Back to Bataan