Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-10-28 (62 years old)
Deathday
1979-01-11
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, U.S.
Also known As
Goro Suzuki
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A genial, laid back, slumber-eyed character player especially adept at the relaxed wisecrack or dry comment, Japanese-American actor Jack Soo was born in Oakland, California, in 1917, his real name being Goro Suzuki. In the post-WWII years, he entertained as a stand-up performer in nightclubs and had made a reasonable dent on the Midwest circuit by the time he earned his big break playing the club MC/comedian in the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song" in 1958. Three years later, Soo was upgraded to the Sammy Wong character in the film version and decided to settle in Hollywood. Over the next decade, despit...
1968
as Colonel Cai
1961
as 'Sammy' Fong
1978
as Mr. "Yo-Yo" Yokomoto
1966
as Sam
1973
as Dr. Osikawa
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1963
as Yoshimi Hiroti
1967
as Oriental #1
1969
as Hip Guy
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