Walter Soo Hoo

Walter Soo Hoo

出生 : 1932-04-06, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 2022-06-30

略歴

Soo Hoo, whose all six siblings are actors, started out as a child actor, appearing in the short film "The Rainbow Pass" at the age of 5. He joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1954, took over the family business Chew Yuen Company, founded Phoenix Imports in 1975, and established Chinatown's Hop Louie restaurant in 1985. He later appeared in films such as Lady from Chungking (1942), Air Force (1943, with Charles Drake), and China's Little Devils (1945). As an adult, he became a bit and background actor, and his television credits include background spots.

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Walter Soo Hoo

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ナンバー23
Chinese Restaurant Owner
動物管理局に勤めるウォルターは自分の誕生日に妻から妄想小説「ザ・ナンバー・23」という古本をプレゼントされた。ウォルターはその本を読んでいるうちに、本の中の主人公である探偵・フィンガリングと自分との多くの共通点を見つけ、その主人公が自分自身であり、自分の事が書かれている小説であると思い込む。本の中ではフィンガリングは「23」という数字に取り付かれていく。ウォルターも次第に「23」に取り付かれ、翻弄されていくのだった。世の中のあらゆる事象が「23」という数字に支配され、すべてが「23」に関連づけられている・・・と。ウォルターの身の回りの数字もすべてが「23」に見えてきた。日付、時間、車のナンバー、本のページ、エレベーターの階数、名前や言葉、番地、・・・。
Big Trouble
Chinese Laborer #6
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
The Man Who Loved Women
Gardener
A womanizing sculptor seeks help from a psychiatrist to cure him of his obsession with women.
The Green Berets
Viet Cong Soldier (uncredited)
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
The Hunters
Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.
The Sheepman
Waiter (uncredited)
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
チャイナ・ゲイト
Guard
第1次インドシナ戦争時の1954年。朝鮮戦争に従軍経験のあるアメリカ人のブロックとゴールディは、傭兵としてインドシナでフランス外人部隊に所属していた。ある時、ブロック率いる破壊工作班が、中国国境付近にある軍需品集積所を爆破しにいくことになり、案内役としてブロックの元妻リーアが雇われる。リーアは、案内役を務める代わりに、息子をアメリカに避難させる約束を仏軍ととりつけていたが……。
80日間世界一周
Extra (uncredited)
時は1872年、まだ飛行機も出現していない時代。イギリスはロンドンの社交クラブで、英国紳士フォッグ氏はひょんなことから“80日間あれば世界一周できる”という賭けにのり、なんと2万ポンドという大金を賭け、自ら大冒険に出ることになる。さっそくフォッグ氏はパスパルトゥーを従者に従えロンドンを出発する。マルセイユへ向かう途中、汽車が止まってしまい気球を調達して先を急ぐ。ところが気球は風に流されてスペインへ。そして、パスパルトゥーはそこで、闘牛をするハメになってしまう。
The Left Hand of God
Clinic Orderly (uncredited)
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
慕情
Third Brother (uncredited)
1949年の香港。未亡人の女医スーインはあるパーティで米国人記者マークと出会った。急速に接近する二人。だが、マークの離婚問題をはじめ様々な障害が二人の前に立ちはだかった。そしてマークは朝鮮戦争に従軍し……。ラブ・ロマンスの名作。
Heavenly Days
Yen Choy - Chinese Boy (uncredited)
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
Air Force
Chinese Boy (uncredited)
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Lady from Chungking
Lu-Chi
During World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to rescue two downed Flying Tigers pilots who are currently in the custody of the Japanese. The rescue mission takes on even more importance with the arrival of a Japanese general, which signals a major offensive taking place in the area.
The Rainbow Pass
Yuan's Son
In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of a wife who challenges her husband's murderer to combat.