Richard Loo
Actor

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Richard Loo was a Chinese-Hawaiian actor who was born in Maui, Hawaii in 1903. After the stock market crash of 1929, he pursued a career in theater and film. He was often typecast as a Japanese enemy flier, spy or interrogator during World War II, but he also had some heroic roles, such as in The Steel Helmet (1951). He was a familiar face in American films of the 1930s and 1940s, and his wife, Bessie Loo, was a well-known Hollywood agent.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day October 01, 1903
Birth Place  Maui, Hawaii, United States
Age 117 YEARS OLD
Died On November 20, 1983(1983-11-20) (aged 80)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Birth Sign Scorpio
Cause of death Cerebral hemorrhage
Resting place San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actor
Years active 1931—83
Spouse(s) Bessie Loo (née Sue; 1929-1960; divorce) Hope Loo (1964-1983; his death)

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1929

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. However, the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced him 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.

1931

Loo's first wife, Bessie Sue, was a well-known Hollywood agent. They had twin daughters: Angela Marie Loo and Beverly Jane Loo(born June 28, 1931, Los Angeles County, California). Beverly Loo was prominent in publishing while Angela Loo Levy was a Hollywood agent and accomplished ski patroller.

1944

In 1944 he appeared as a Chinese army lieutenant opposite Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom. He had a rare heroic role as a war-weary Japanese-American soldier in Samuel Fuller's Korean War classic The Steel Helmet (1951), but he spent much of the latter part of his career performing stock roles in films and minor television roles.

1974

In 1974, he appeared as the Thai Billionaire tycoon Hai Fat in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, opposite Roger Moore and Christopher Lee.

1983

Richard Loo remained with his second wife, Hope, until his death in 1983 at the age of 80. He had a step-daughter, Christel Hope Mintz.

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Tags 20th-century American male actors American people of Chinese descent American male film actors American male television actors People from Maui County, Hawaii 1903 births 1983 deaths Burials at San Fernando Mission Cemetery Male actors from Hawaii University of California, Berkeley alumni Hawaii people of Chinese descent

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