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Common misspelling:
Pat Moritta, Pat Morrita, Pat Moreta; also known as Noriyuki "Pat"
Morita |
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Given Name |
Date of Birth |
Birth Place |
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Noriyuki Morita |
b. June 28,
1932
d. Nov. 24,
2005 |
Isleton,
California |
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PAT MORITA BIOGRAPHY
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The following biography
is from
Wikipedia.org
“The
Free Encyclopedia.”
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24,
2005) was a Japanese-American actor best known for the roles of Arnold on the TV
show Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the movie The Karate Kid, for which he was
nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.
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Early
life
Born in Isleton, California, the son of an
itinerant fruit worker, Morita developed spinal tuberculosis at age two and
spent the bulk of the next nine years in Northern California hospitals,
including the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco. He was for long periods
wrapped in a full body cast and was told he would never walk. The boy, often
alone and isolated, made sock puppets to entertain himself.
After a surgeon fused four vertebrae in his spine,
Noriyuki finally learned to walk again at age 11. By then, his Japanese American
family had been sent to an internment camp to be detained for the duration of
World War II. The boy was transported from the hospital directly to the camp in
Arizona to join them.
For a time after the war, the family operated
Ariake Chop Suey, a restaurant in Sacramento, California. Teenage "Nori" would
entertain customers with jokes and serve as master of ceremonies for group
dinners.
Noriyuki graduated from Armijo High School in
Fairfield, California and shortly thereafter moved back to the Sacramento area,
where he took a job with Aerojet-General, an aerospace company that designed and
manufactured rocket engines, including those for the US Navy's UGM-27 Polaris.
It was only after working his way up to head of a
computer operations department that Morita, by now a husband and father, and
also seriously overweight, decided he had taken the wrong life path. He quit and
became a standup comedian. Often billed as "the Hip Nip" in his standup act, he
became a member of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe The
Groundlings.
Television and movie career
His first movie role was as a sterotypical henchman
in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Later, a recurring role as a Korean Captain
Sam Pak on the sitcom M*A*S*H helped advance the comedian's acting career.
He had a recurring role on the show Happy Days as
Matsumoto "Arnold" Takahashi, owner of the diner Arnold's. After the first
season (1975-1976), he left the popular show to star in his own sitcom called
Mr. T and Tina as an inventor named Taro Takahashi. The sitcom was placed on
Saturday nights by ABC and was quickly cancelled after a month in the fall of
1976. Morita eventually returned to Happy Days, reprising his role in the
1982-1983 season.
Morita gained worldwide fame playing wise karate
teacher Kesuke Miyagi who taught young "Daniel-san" in The Karate Kid. He was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as a Golden
Globe and reprised his role as the sensei Mr. Miyagi in three sequels. Morita
never formally practiced a martial art and most of his karate scenes were
performed by stunt double (and noted shito-ryu karate-ka) Fumio Demura. Although
he had been using the name "Pat Morita" for years, producer Jerry Weintraub
suggested that Pat be billed with his given name to sound more ethnic (see
[[1]]).
Morita went on to star as the title character in
the ABC detective show Ohara (1987-1988) and wrote and starred in the World War
II romance film Captive Hearts (1987).
Like many Asian American actors, Morita spoke
English with a perfect American accent although he was frequently typecasted
with a Japanese or Korean accent.
Death
Morita died on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005,
at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, of natural causes at age 73. Morita will be
buried at Palm Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery. He is survived by his second
wife, actress Evelyn Guerrero, and three daughters from a previous marriage to
his first wife, Yuki. Yuki and their three daughters were with him at the time
of his death.
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Year |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
1972 |
1972 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Thoroughly
Modern Millie |
The
Shakiest Gun in the West |
The Queen
and I (TV series) |
Evil Roy
Slade (TV movie) |
A Very
Missing Person (TV movie) |
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Role |
Oriental
#2 |
Wong
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Barney
Cook |
Turhan |
Delmar
Faulkenstein |
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Year |
1972 |
1972 |
1972 |
1972 |
1973 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Every
Little Crook and Nanny |
Where Does
It Hurt? |
Columbo:
Étude in Black (TV movie) |
Cancel My
Reservation |
Brock's
Last Case (TV movie) |
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Role |
Nonaka
|
Nishimoto
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The House
Boy |
Yamamoto
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Sam Wong |
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Year |
1973 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1975-1976,
1982-1983 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
The
Barbara Eden Show (TV special) |
Cops (TV
movie) |
Punch and
Jody (TV movie) |
Kill My
Wife Please (I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now) |
Happy Days
(TV series) |
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Role |
various |
Captain
Irving Ho |
Takahasi
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uncredited |
Matsuo
"Arnold" Takahashi |
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Year |
1976 |
1976 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
Farewell
to Manzanar (TV movie) |
The Battle
of Midway |
Mr. T and
Tina (TV series) |
Blansky's
Beauties (TV series) |
Miles the
Angel (Human Feelings) (TV movie) |
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Role |
Zenahiro
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Rear Adm.
Ryunosuke Kusaka |
Taro
Takahashi |
Arnold
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Waiter |
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Year |
1980 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1982 |
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Title |
The Day
the World Ended (When Time Ran Out) |
For the
Love of It (TV movie) |
Full Moon
High |
Slapstick
(Of Another Kind) |
Savannah
Smiles |
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Role |
Sam |
Ishihara
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Silversmith |
Ah Fong |
Father
Ohara |
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Year |
1982 |
1984 |
1984 |
1984 |
1985 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
Jimmy the
Kid |
The Karate
Kid |
Night
Patrol |
The Vegas
Strip War (TV movie) |
Blind
Alleys (TV movie) |
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Role |
Maurice |
Mr. Kesuke
Miyagi |
Rape
Victim |
Yip Tak |
Kenji Sato |
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Year |
1985 |
1985 |
1986 |
1986 |
1986 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
Amos (TV
movie) |
Alice in
Wonderland (TV movie) |
What Has
Four Wheels and Flies (TV movie) |
The Karate
Kid, Part II |
Babes in
Toyland (TV movie) |
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Role |
Tommy
Tanaka |
Horse |
Cameo |
Mr. Miyagi |
The
Toymaster |
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Year |
1987 |
1987-1988 |
1989 |
1989 |
1990 |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Captive
Hearts |
Ohara (TV
series) |
Collision
Course |
The Karate
Kid, Part III |
Hiroshima:
Out of the Ashes (TV movie) |
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Role |
Fukushima |
Lt. Ohara |
Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo |
Mr. Miyagi |
Yoodo Toda |
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Year |
1991 |
1991 |
1991 |
1991 |
1991 |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Lena's
Holiday |
Goodbye
Paradise |
Do or Die |
Big Bird
in Japan (TV special) |
Strawberry
Road (Sutoroberi rodo) |
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Role |
Fred
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Ben |
"Kane"
Kaneshiro |
Narrator
(1 segment) |
Old Man's
brother |
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Year |
1992 |
1992 |
1992 |
1992 |
1992 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Great
Conquest: The Romance of 3 Kingdoms (Sangokushi) |
Miracle
Beach |
Honeymoon
in Vegas |
Mastergate
(TV movie) |
Choose
Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King (TV movie) |
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Role |
Narrator
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Gus |
Mahi Mahi |
Kevin
Naito |
Cameo |
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Year |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1993 |
1994 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Living and
Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (video) |
Extralarge:
Ninja Shadow (TV movie) |
Auntie
Lee's Meat Pies |
Even
Cowgirls Get the Blues |
Greyhounds
(TV movie) |
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Role |
Cap |
cameo |
Chief Koal
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The Chink |
Akira
Mochizuki |
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Year |
1994 |
1995 |
1995 |
1995 |
1995 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
The Next
Karate Kid |
Asian
Connection: Road to Mandalay (TV movie) |
The Misery
Brothers |
Deliver Us
From Evil (Captured Alive) |
Hart to
Hart: Secrets of the Hart (TV movie) |
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Role |
Mr.
Kesuke
Miyagi |
Y.C. Kung |
Judge
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Sam
Kashawahara |
Ling
Goldberg |
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Year |
1995 |
1995 |
1995 |
1996 |
1996 |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Timemaster
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American
Ninja 5 |
Lamb
Chop's Special Chanukah (TV special) |
Earth
Minus Zero |
Bloodsport
2 |
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Role |
Isaiah
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Master
Tetsu |
Pat |
Dr. Mobius
Jefferson |
David
Leung |
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Year |
1996 |
1996 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
The
Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (TV series) |
Spy Hard |
Reggie's
Prayer |
Bloodsport
III |
Adventures
with Kanga Roddy (TV series) |
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Role |
Grandpa
(Mike) Woo |
Brian,
Waiter in Restaurant |
Principal
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Leung
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Uncle Pat |
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Year |
1998 |
1998 |
1999 |
1999 |
1999 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Mulan |
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's "Mulan"
(TV special) |
I'll
Remember April |
Gone to
Maui (TV movie) |
King Cobra
(Anaconda 2) |
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Role |
The
Emperor of China (voice) |
Emperor &
Narrator |
Abe Tanaka |
Mr Ono |
Nick
Hashimoto |
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Year |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
2001 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
Coyote
Moon (video) |
Hammerlock
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Brother
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Talk to
Taka |
House of
Luk |
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Role |
Jubal
Early |
uncredited |
uncredited |
Taka
|
Kwang Luk |
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Year |
2001 |
2001 |
2001 |
2001 |
2002 |
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Title |
The Boys
of Sunset Ridge |
The Center
of the World |
Shadow
Fury |
Hwasan
Highschool (Whasango) |
The
Stoneman |
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Role |
Charlie
Watanabe |
Taxi
Driver |
Dr. Oh |
cameo
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Prof.
Stevens |
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Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2003 |
2003 |
2003 |
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Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
The
Biggest Fan |
Cats and
Mice |
High
Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (Stuey) |
Rice Girl |
Spymate
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Role |
Richard
Limp |
Unagi
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Mr. Leo |
Peter Ong |
Kiro
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Year |
2004 |
2004 |
2004 |
2004 |
2004 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
18 Fingers
of Death! |
Miss
Castaway and the Island Girls |
The Karate
Dog |
Elvis Has
Left the Building |
Mulan II
(video) |
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Role |
Mr. Lee
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Mr. Yogi |
Chin Li |
Man in
Turban |
The
Emperor (voice) |
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Year |
2005 |
2005 |
2005 |
Coming 2006 |
Coming 2006 |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Selection N/A |
Selection N/A |
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Title |
The Number
One Girl (video) |
Genghis
Khan |
Down and
Derby |
Angst |
American
Fusion |
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Role |
Mr. Sakata |
Emperor
Wei Wong |
Ono
Yakimoto |
Tom |
Lao Dong |
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Year |
Coming 2006 |
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Selection N/A |
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Title |
Princess |
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Role |
Guard
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