mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
This is not a comprehensive list, this is a placeholder until I can research more about these roles and characters. | This is not a comprehensive list, this is a placeholder until I can research more about these roles and characters. | ||
=Pre-1960= | |||
==ARTHUR GODFREY AND HIS FRIENDS/CBS/1949-59== | ==ARTHUR GODFREY AND HIS FRIENDS/CBS/1949-59== | ||
| Line 21: | Line 23: | ||
==MCHALE'S NAVY/ABC/1962-66== | ==MCHALE'S NAVY/ABC/1962-66== | ||
([[Yoshio Yoda]]) Fuji Kobiaji, an AWOL Japanese soldier living with the American navy crew of the PT Boat # 73 near the Island of Taratupa in the South Pacific during World War II. Fuji, a Seaman Third Calss in the Imperial Japanese navy, was the opposite of his zealot kamakazi countrymen. Choosing not to be sent to a POW camp, he befriended his American captors and became their chief cook and bottle washer, living in constant threat of being discovered by outsiders. When Lt. Cdr. McHale and his men were transfered to the European Front (Italy), Fuji followed, incognito, of course. | ([[Yoshio Yoda]]) Fuji Kobiaji, an AWOL Japanese soldier living with the American navy crew of the PT Boat # 73 near the Island of Taratupa in the South Pacific during World War II. Fuji, a Seaman Third Calss in the Imperial Japanese navy, was the opposite of his zealot kamakazi countrymen. Choosing not to be sent to a POW camp, he befriended his American captors and became their chief cook and bottle washer, living in constant threat of being discovered by outsiders. When Lt. Cdr. McHale and his men were transfered to the European Front (Italy), Fuji followed, incognito, of course. | ||
==HASHIMOTO/NBC/1963-65== | ==HASHIMOTO/NBC/1963-65== | ||
| Line 46: | Line 47: | ||
(Noriyuki [[Pat Morita]]) Barney, an Oriental-American crewman aboard the Amsterdam Queen a travel-weary ocean liner whose owners had decided to sell it for scrap metal. | (Noriyuki [[Pat Morita]]) Barney, an Oriental-American crewman aboard the Amsterdam Queen a travel-weary ocean liner whose owners had decided to sell it for scrap metal. | ||
=1970s= | |||
==THE PROTECTORS/SYN/1971-72== | ==THE PROTECTORS/SYN/1971-72== | ||
| Line 78: | Line 79: | ||
([[John Fujioka]]) Kevin, a Japanese chef working at a Catskill Mountain resort who often feigned ignorance of the English language when it suited his fancy. | ([[John Fujioka]]) Kevin, a Japanese chef working at a Catskill Mountain resort who often feigned ignorance of the English language when it suited his fancy. | ||
=1980s= | |||
==SHOGUN/NBC/1980== | ==SHOGUN/NBC/1980== | ||
| Line 130: | Line 130: | ||
(Cartoon Character) Miyagi (voice of Pat Morita), a sage oriental from Okinawa, Japan with martial arts skills who originally worked as an apartment handyman in Southern California. This animated cartoon based on the motion picture "The Karate Kid" (1984) and two sequel films, followed Miyagi and his student Daniel as they traveled about the world in search of a religious artifact with mystic powers. They were accompanied by an Okinawan girl named Taki. | (Cartoon Character) Miyagi (voice of Pat Morita), a sage oriental from Okinawa, Japan with martial arts skills who originally worked as an apartment handyman in Southern California. This animated cartoon based on the motion picture "The Karate Kid" (1984) and two sequel films, followed Miyagi and his student Daniel as they traveled about the world in search of a religious artifact with mystic powers. They were accompanied by an Okinawan girl named Taki. | ||
=1990s= | |||
==CITY/CBS/1990== | ==CITY/CBS/1990== | ||
| Line 193: | Line 190: | ||
([[Suzy Nakamura]]) Kathy, an Asian Aide to the Deputy Communications Director, the presidential advisor at the White House during the Bartlet Administration. Earlier in her career Nakamura appeared in a recurring role as a smart-mouthed lawyer on the short-lived (4 episodes) legal sitcom COMMON LAW/ABC/1996. | ([[Suzy Nakamura]]) Kathy, an Asian Aide to the Deputy Communications Director, the presidential advisor at the White House during the Bartlet Administration. Earlier in her career Nakamura appeared in a recurring role as a smart-mouthed lawyer on the short-lived (4 episodes) legal sitcom COMMON LAW/ABC/1996. | ||
=2000s= | |||
==DADDIO/NBC/2000== | ==DADDIO/NBC/2000== | ||
([[Suzy Nakamura]]) Holly Martin, Asian suburban wife and mother-to-be who never misses an opportunity to remind a neighborhood stay-at-home father, Chris Woods (a.k.a. “Daddio”) just how tough parenting can be. She attends meetings at a local “Mommies Club.” | ([[Suzy Nakamura]]) Holly Martin, Asian suburban wife and mother-to-be who never misses an opportunity to remind a neighborhood stay-at-home father, Chris Woods (a.k.a. “Daddio”) just how tough parenting can be. She attends meetings at a local “Mommies Club.” | ||