Tetsu Komai

Known for ActingBorn 1894-04-23Died 1970-08-10 Kumamoto, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Radio Patrol

East is West

Shanghai Bound

Streets of Shanghai

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Sea Wolf

The Woman from Moscow

The Letter

Johnny Midnight

Oil for the Lamps of China

That Man's Here Again

Roaming Lady

Prestige

Moran of the Marines

Island of Lost Souls

Now and Forever

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

History Is Made at Night

The Night Walker

The Secrets of Wu Sin

Roar of the Dragon

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Bulldog Drummond

Tell It to the Marines

Klondike Annie

The Real Glory

Old Ironsides

China Passage

China Seas

The Princess Comes Across

Tokyo Joe

Adventures Of The Falcon

Japanese War Bride

The Criminal Code

Border Devils

Four Frightened People

West of Shanghai

White Woman

East of Borneo

Mr. Wu

Hong Kong Nights

M Squad

Sundown

War Correspondent

Isle of Fury

East Is West

The Singing Marine

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu