James Shigeta
Acting
Born 1929-06-17
Died 2014-07-28
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
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James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
In his early career, Shigeta often played romantic male lead roles, which were almost nonexistent for an actor of Asian descent during his time, making him a trailblazer in Asian American representation in media. The Goldsea Asian-American Daily magazine listed him as one of the "Most Inspiring Asian-Americans Of All Time".
Before his Hollywood career he found success as a pop singer and performer abroad, especially in Japan and Australia.
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Perry Mason
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Beverly Hills, 90210
Little House on the Prairie
Ironside
Golden Globe Awards
Hawaii Five-O
Babylon 5
Magnum, P.I.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Emergency!
The Rockford Files
Mission: Impossible
T. J. Hooker
Airwolf
Die Hard
Dr. Kildare
Naked City
Jake and the Fatman
Burke's Law
Simon & Simon
Renegade
Mulan
Medical Center
Police Woman
seaQuest DSV
Ben Casey
Cybill
The Outer Limits
The Hitchhiker
The Streets of San Francisco
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Matt Houston
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Ellery Queen
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Threat Matrix
The Lieutenant
Midway
Masquerade
Once an Eagle
S.W.A.T.
The Yakuza
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Drive
Brother
The Young Lawyers
Cage II: The Arena of Death
China Cry
Lost Horizon
The Bing Crosby Show
Cry for Happy
Flower Drum Song
Beam Me Up, Sulu
Carol for Another Christmas
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Cage
Nobody's Perfect
The Crimson Kimono
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