Richard Loo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1903, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- Died
- November 20, 1983
- Movies
- 94
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 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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | Chiang-Kai-Shek |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Hai Fat |
| 1972 | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon | Master Sun |
| 1971 | Chandler | Leo |
| 1971 | One More Train to Rob | Mr. Chang |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities | Kenji Yamashita |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles | Major Chin |
| 1962 | A Girl Named Tamiko | Otani |
| 1962 | Diamond Head | Yamagata (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Confessions of an Opium Eater | George Wah |
| 1959 | The Scavengers | |
| 1958 | Hong Kong Affair | Li Noon |
| 1958 | The Quiet American | Mr. Heng |
| 1957 | Battle Hymn | Gen. Kim (scenes deleted) |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Saloon Manager (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Conqueror | Captain of Wang's guard |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Robert Hung |
| 1955 | House of Bamboo | Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Soldier of Fortune | Gen. Po Lin |
| 1954 | The Shanghai Story | Officer |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Dr. Lee |
| 1954 | The Bamboo Prison | Commandant Hsai Tung |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Hakada Fujimori |
| 1953 | China Venture | Chang Sung |
| 1953 | Destination Gobi | Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Target Hong Kong | Fu Chao |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | |
| 1951 | I Was an American Spy | Col. Masamato |
| 1951 | The Steel Helmet | Sergeant Tanaka |
| 1949 | Malaya | Colonel Genichi Tomura |
| 1949 | The Clay Pigeon | Ken Tokoyama |
| 1949 | State Department: File 649 | Marshal Yun Usu |
| 1948 | Rogues' Regiment | Kao Pang |
| 1948 | The Cobra Strikes | Hyder Ali |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Lee Gow |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth | Commissioner Lu (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Women in the Night | Colonel Noyama |
| 1947 | Beyond Our Own | James Wong |
| 1947 | Web of Danger | Wing |
| 1947 | Seven Were Saved | Colonel Yamura |
| 1946 | Tokyo Rose | Colonel Suzuki |
| 1945 | Prison Ship | Capt. Okisawa |
| 1945 | First Yank into Tokyo | Col. Hideko Okanura |
| 1945 | Back to Bataan | Maj. Hasko |
| 1945 | China's Little Devils | Colonel Huraji |
| 1945 | China Sky | Col. Yasuda |
| 1945 | Betrayal from the East | Lt. Cmdr. Miyazaki, alias Tani |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot | Tokyo Joe |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Lt. Shon |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Purple Heart | General Ito Mitsubi |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Japanese Submarine Commander |
| 1943 | Behind the Rising Sun | Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy | Japanese Submarine Officer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | China | Lin Yun |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Mr. Yokahata (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back | Jerry |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Chinese Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Across the Pacific | First Officer Miyuma |
| 1942 | Wake Island | |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Emperor Hirohito (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Secret of the Wastelands | Quan |
| 1940 | Doomed to Die | Tong Leader |
| 1940 | The Fatal Hour | Jeweler |
| 1939 | Barricade | Colonel Commander of Rescue Party |
| 1939 | Daughter of the Tong | Wong |
| 1939 | Island of Lost Men | General Ahn Ling |
| 1939 | Lady of the Tropics | Delaroch's Chauffeur |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | Chinese Soldier in Demo |
| 1939 | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Tong Chief |
| 1939 | Panama Patrol | Tommy Young |
| 1939 | North of Shanghai | Jed's Pilot |
| 1938 | Shadows Over Shanghai | Fong |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Charlie (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work | Sam Wong (uncredited) |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai | Mr. Cheng |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Good Earth | Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Tartar (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon | Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Stowaway | Chinese Merchant (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Li Yat (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Shadow of Chinatown | |
| 1936 | Roaming Lady | Chinese Seaman |
| 1935 | China Seas | Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded | Chinese Groom (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Student Tour | Geisha's Customer |
| 1934 | Now and Forever | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Captain Li |
| 1932 | The Secrets of Wu Sin | Charlie San |
| 1932 | War Correspondent | Bandit (uncredited) |
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