Richard Loo

Career timeline

1. 1903 · Born

   Born in Maui, Hawaii, USA

2. 1933 · Screen debut

   The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1983 · Died

   November 20, 1983

5. 2002 · Latest release

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

Career in numbers

11 1930s

19 1940s

22 1950s

16 1960s

10 1970s

1 2000s

• Drama50
• Adventure19
• War19
• Romance18
• Comedy15
• Action & Adventure9

Highest-rated title Bewitched 1964 7.9 Most popular title Bonanza 1959 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Richard Loo in our catalogue.

Abner Biberman

6 titles together

Philip Ahn

3 titles together

Lee Tung Foo

3 titles together

Richard Widmark

3 titles together

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

Thomas Mitchell

2 titles together

Robert Day

2 titles together

Ralph Nelson

2 titles together

Robert Stevenson

2 titles together

Robert Altman

2 titles together

1. 2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Sgt. Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
2. 1977 The Incredible Hulk 7.2 TV
3. 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 7.1 TV
4. 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun as Hai Fat 6.5 Movie
5. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
6. 1972 Kung Fu as Master Sun 7.7 TV
7. 1972 Delphi Bureau as Shen Si TV
8. 1972 Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Master Sun 7.2 Movie
9. 1971 Chandler as Leo Movie
10. 1971 One More Train to Rob as Mr. Chang Movie
11. 1970 McCloud as Y.S. Chen (uncredited) 7.2 TV
12. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Wong Tou 7.2 TV
13. 1966 The Sand Pebbles as Major Chin 7.2 Movie
14. 1966 Family Affair 6.7 TV
15. 1965 I Dream of Jeannie as Wong 7.8 TV
16. 1965 The Wild Wild West 7.6 TV
17. 1965 Honey West as Tog - Chinese Fine Arts Thief TV
18. 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Yahama 7.2 TV
19. 1964 Bewitched 7.9 TV
20. 1963 Burke's Law as Grass Slipper TV
21. 1963 The Outer Limits as Li-Chin Sung 7.8 TV
22. 1963 The Dakotas TV
23. 1962 A Girl Named Tamiko as Otani Movie
24. 1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater as George Wah 5.6 Movie
25. 1962 The Beachcomber as Ah Wei TV
26. 1960 My Three Sons 6.6 TV
27. 1960 Hong Kong as Leo TV
28. 1959 Bonanza as General Mu Tsung 7.5 TV
29. 1958 The Quiet American as Mr. Heng 5.8 Movie
30. 1957 Maverick 7.1 TV
31. 1957 Perry Mason as Mr. Eng 7.7 TV
32. 1957 Battle Hymn as Gen. Kim (scenes deleted) 6.7 Movie
33. 1956 Around the World in 80 Days as Saloon Manager (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
34. 1956 The Conqueror as Captain of Wang's guard 3.6 Movie
35. 1956 The Man Called X TV
36. 1955 Crossroads as Colonel TV
37. 1955 Navy Log TV
38. 1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Robert Hung 6.1 Movie
39. 1955 House of Bamboo as Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
40. 1955 Soldier of Fortune as Gen. Po Lin 6.0 Movie
41. 1954 December Bride TV
42. 1954 The Shanghai Story as Officer Movie
43. 1954 Living It Up as Dr. Lee 6.5 Movie
44. 1954 Hell and High Water as Hakada Fujimori 6.0 Movie
45. 1953 Destination Gobi as Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
46. 1952 Cavalcade of America TV
47. 1952 Four Star Playhouse as Jo-Kai TV
48. 1952 5 Fingers 7.5 Movie
49. 1951 The Steel Helmet as Sergeant Tanaka 7.0 Movie
50. 1949 Malaya as Colonel Genichi Tomura Movie
51. 1949 The Clay Pigeon as Ken Tokoyama 5.7 Movie
52. 1948 Studio One TV
53. 1948 To the Ends of the Earth as Commissioner Lu (uncredited) Movie
54. 1945 First Yank into Tokyo as Col. Hideko Okanura Movie
55. 1945 Back to Bataan as Maj. Hasko 6.1 Movie
56. 1945 God Is My Co-Pilot as Tokyo Joe Movie
57. 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom as Lt. Shon 7.1 Movie
58. 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
59. 1943 So Proudly We Hail as Japanese Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) 5.7 Movie
60. 1943 Destroyer as Japanese Submarine Commander Movie
61. 1943 Behind the Rising Sun as Japanese Officer Dispensing Opium Movie
62. 1943 China as Lin Yun Movie
63. 1943 The Falcon Strikes Back as Jerry Movie
64. 1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Movie
65. 1942 Road to Morocco as Chinese Announcer (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
66. 1942 Across the Pacific as First Officer Miyuma 6.6 Movie
67. 1942 Wake Island 5.8 Movie
68. 1941 Secret of the Wastelands as Quan Movie
69. 1939 Lady of the Tropics as Delaroch's Chauffeur Movie
70. 1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Tong Chief 5.4 Movie
71. 1938 Too Hot to Handle as Charlie (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
72. 1937 That Certain Woman as Elevator Operator (uncredited) 5.6 Movie
73. 1937 The Good Earth as Farmer (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
74. 1937 The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar (Uncredited) Movie
75. 1937 Lost Horizon as Shanghai Airport Official (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
76. 1936 Stowaway as Chinese Merchant (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
77. 1935 China Seas as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
78. 1935 Stranded as Chinese Groom (uncredited) Movie
79. 1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Captain Li 6.3 Movie

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