
Known for
Acting
Born
April 3, 1923
Birthplace
Delta County, Colorado, USA
Died
March 4, 2004 (aged 80)
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Dale Ishimoto (April 3, 1923 – 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...
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Mr. Akiyama
1997
as Old Japanese Man
1994
1990
as Mr. Ogata
1986
1984
as Okuda
1984
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
1983
as Japanese Mechanic
1983
1982
as Mr. Hikaru
1981
as Komori
1977
as Smitty
1976
1976
1976
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
1975
as Ishi
1974
as Yermak
1972
1970
1970
as Japanese Doctor
1970
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
1969
1969
1968
as Arcturus Construction Guard