Personal Info
Birth date
1894-04-23 (131 Years)
Day of death
1970-08-10
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Kumamoto, Japan
Also known as
Tetsuo Komai
駒井哲
Tetsu Komai
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.
Filmography
M Squad
5.2
Overview:
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.The Letter
7.296
Overview:
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.Johnny Midnight
NYR
Overview:
Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January to December 1960. The series stars Edmond O'Brien as the title character.Island of Lost Souls
6.9
Overview:
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.Now and Forever
6.632
Overview:
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.The Real Glory
6.3
Overview:
Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his fanatical followers.Adventures of Captain Marvel
6.3
Overview:
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weaponChina Seas
6.3
Overview:
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!Sundown
5.4
Overview:
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.White Woman
5.7
Overview:
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.The Criminal Code
6.086
Overview:
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.The Night Walker
6.6
Overview:
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.Bulldog Drummond
6.5
Overview:
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.History Is Made at Night
6.719
Overview:
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.Four Frightened People
6.176
Overview:
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.Roaming Lady
5
Overview:
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.Tokyo Joe
6.1
Overview:
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.Tell It to the Marines
6.4
Overview:
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.Chinatown Nights
4.2
Overview:
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.Daughter of the Dragon
5.079
Overview:
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.Klondike Annie
6.467
Overview:
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.Old Ironsides
6.2
Overview:
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.Isle of Fury
5.3
Overview:
An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.Mr. Wu
5.5
Overview:
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.Japanese War Bride
5.5
Overview:
A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.The Singing Marine
4
Overview:
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.East of Borneo
5
Overview:
Mrs. Linda Randolph treks through darkened jungles to the land of Maradu to find her missing husband Allan, who'd left her years before when he believed she was in love with another. She finds Allan the drunken court physician to a devious prince-- Whose designs on the pair don't include a happy ending.Acting
1964The Night Walker as Gardener
1960Johnny Midnight (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as Fred Keyoto
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1 Episode) as Old Bearded Man, Lum Fong Ho
1954Adventures Of The Falcon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Japanese War Bride as Japanese servant
1949Tokyo Joe as Lt. Gen. 'The Butcher' Takenobu (uncredited)
1941Sundown as Kuypens' Shenzi Aide (uncredited)
1941Adventures of Captain Marvel as Chan Lai
1940The Letter as Head Boy
1939The Real Glory as Alipang
1939Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Lem Kee (uncredited)
1937West of Shanghai as General Mah
1937The Singing Marine as Chang
1937That Man's Here Again as Wong
1937China Passage as Wong (uncredited)
1937History Is Made at Night as Unknown
1936Isle of Fury as Kim Lee
1936The Princess Comes Across as Kawati
1936Roaming Lady as General Fang
1936Klondike Annie as Unknown
1935Hong Kong Nights as Wong
1935China Seas as Malay Pirate (uncredited)
1935Oil for the Lamps of China as Ho
1934Now and Forever as Hotel Manager Mr. Ling
1934Four Frightened People as Native Chief
1933White Woman as Unknown
1932Island of Lost Souls as M`ling
1932The Secrets of Wu Sin as Wu Sin
1932War Correspondent as Fang
1932Roar of the Dragon as Messenger on Horseback
1932Radio Patrol as Valet (uncredited)
1932Border Devils as The General
1932Prestige as Sergeant
1931Daughter of the Dragon as Lao (uncredited)
1931East of Borneo as Hrang the Raftsman
1931The Criminal Code as Convict
1930East is West as Hop Toy
1930East Is West as Hop Toy
1930The Sea Wolf as Igo - Waiter in Honky Tonk (uncredited)
1930The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu as Unknown
1929Welcome Danger as Florist Henchman (uncredited)
1929Bulldog Drummond as Chong
1929Chinatown Nights as Woo Chung, Riley's principal henchman
1928The Woman from Moscow as Groom
1928Moran of the Marines as Sun Yat
1927Streets of Shanghai as Chang Ho
1927Shanghai Bound as Scarface
1927Mr. Wu as Executioner (uncredited)
1926Tell It to the Marines as Hangchow Leader
1926Old Ironsides as Pirate (uncredited)