Tetsu Komai
Known For
Acting
Born
1894-04-23 in Kumamoto, Japan
Died
1970-08-10
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tetsu Komai (駒井哲 Komai Tetsu) (April 23, 1894 – August 10, 1970), also known as Tetsuo Komai, was a Japanese-American actor, known for his minor roles in Hollywood films. Born in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Komai had small parts in over 50 films from the 1920s until the mid-1960s. In his early films, Tetsu, who was usually called on to play Chinese characters, was often described with derogatory terms such as "Chinaman,". He played the villain in many of his films. He immigrated to the United States in December 1907, arriving at the Port of Seattle; he lived in Seattle for several years after this initial immigration. During the Second World War, the actor, his wife, and their children were interned with groups of other Japanese-Americans and Japanese resident aliens at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona from August 27, 1942 to November 3, 1945. He died in Gardena, California of congestive heart failure, aged 76. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bette Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Old Bearded Man
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lum Fong Ho
M Squad
as Fred Keyoto
Johnny Midnight
Adventures Of The Falcon
The Letter
as Head Boy
Island of Lost Souls
as M`ling
Prestige
as Sergeant
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Chan Lai
The Night Walker
as Gardener
Isle of Fury
as Kim Lee
China Seas
as Malay Pirate (uncredited)
Tokyo Joe
as Lt. Gen. 'The Butcher' Takenobu (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
as Kawati
Shanghai Bound
as Scarface
History Is Made at Night
The Real Glory
as Alipang
East is West
as Hop Toy
Klondike Annie
