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Robert Ito was born on July 2, 1931 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Rollerball (1975) and Quincy M.E. (1976).

Trivia

Canadian-born actor of Japanese descent, Robert Ito was, for many years, a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada before turning to acting in the mid-1960s. Still a busy performer today (2003), he is probably best known for his seven-year stint as "Sam Fujiyama" on the popular TV series Quincy M.E. (1976), opposite Jack Klugman's title character.

Appearances

The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series)
- The Last Kamikaze (1975) asTomas Gabella
1975 Rollerball as Strategy Coach for Houston Team
1976-1983 Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as Sam Fujiyama
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

as Professor Hikita

1986 American Geisha (TV Movie) as Mr. Hashimoto
1988 Ohara (TV Series)
- What's in a Name (1988) ... Kazu
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
- Coming of Age (1988) ... Lt. Chang
1992-1993 Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)
- Day of the Samurai (1993) ... The Ninja / Kyodai Ken (voice)
- Night of the Ninja (1992) ... Kyodai Ken / The Ninja (voice)

Karate Kid (Shorts)

1989 The Karate Kid (TV Series short) as Miyagi Yakuga (voice)
- A Little World of His Own
- The Gray Ghosts
- The Hunt
- East Meets West
- Walkabout
- The Return of the Shrine
- Over the Rainbow
- The Paper Hero
- All the World His Stage
- The Tomorrow Man
- The Homecoming
- The Greatest Victory
- My Brother's Keeper

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 * 1975 Rollerball as Strategy Coach for Houston Team
 * 1976-1983 Quincy M.E. (TV Series) as Sam Fujiyama
-* 1984 [[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]
+* 1984 [[Buckaroo Banzai | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]
   as Professor Hikita
 * 1986 American Geisha (TV Movie) as Mr. Hashimoto