Birthday: Jun 28, 1932
Place of Birth: Isleton, California, USA

Pat Morita

Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the role of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and as Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, in which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
The Karate Kid	Mr. Miyagi	1984
Mulan	The Emperor (voice)	1998
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner	Yamada	1980
Inferno	Jubal Early	1999
The Karate Kid Part III	Mr. Miyagi	1989
The Shakiest Gun in the West	Wong	1968
The Next Karate Kid	Mr. Miyagi	1994
Bloodsport II	David Leung	1996
The Karate Kid Part II	Mr. Miyagi	1986
Mulan II	The Emperor (voice)	2004
Spymate	Kiro	2003
American Ninja 5	Master Tetsu	1993
Babes in Toyland	The Toymaster	1986
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	The Chink	1994
Car Thieves	Komugi	1964
King Cobra	Nick Hashimoto	1999
Royal Kill	Exhibition Manager	2009
Do or Die	Masakana 'Kane' Kaneshiro	1991
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies	Chief Koal	1992
Bloodsport III	David Leung	1996
Jimmy the Kid	Maurice	1982
Gone to Maui	Mr. Ono	1999
Savannah Smiles	Father O'Hara	1982
When Time Ran Out...	Sam	1980
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah	Pat / Super Ninja	1995
Slapstick of Another Kind	Ah Fong, the Chinese Ambassador	1982
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Cap	1993
Night Patrol	Rape Victim	1984
The Number One Girl	Mr. Sakata	2006
Captive Hearts	Fukushima	1987
Miracle Beach	Gus	1992
Where Does It Hurt?	Harry Nishimoto	1972
Earth Minus Zero	Dr. Mobius Jefferson	1996
Collision Course	Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo	1989
Dance of Tears	(voice)	1984
Full Moon High	The Silversmith	1981
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas	Self	1999
Captured Alive		1997
Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]	Vice Principal Jang Hak-sa (renamed Ko)	2003
Big Bird in Japan	Bamboo Princess Story Narrator (voice)	1988
Human Feelings	Waiter	1978
Britannica's Tales Around the World: Hansel and Gretel	Host	1991
Britannica Presents Beauty and the Beast	host	1990
The Vegas Strip War	Yip Tak	1984
Britannica Presents Tales Around the World: Cinderella	Host	1991
The Boys of Sunset Ridge	Charlie Watanabe	2001
Lena's Holiday	Fred	1991
Amos	Tommy Tanaka	1985
Sports on the Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)	1997
For the Love of It	Ishihara	1980
The Center of the World	Taxi Driver	2001
Timemaster	Isaiah	1995
Midway	Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka	1976
The Biggest Fan	Richard Limp	2002
Night of 100 Stars III	Self	1990
Thoroughly Modern Millie	Oriental #2	1967
The Real Miyagi	Self / Mr. Miyagi	2015
Hammerlock	Un Huong Lo	2002
Honeymoon in Vegas	Mahi Mahi	1992
Farewell to Manzanar	Zenahiro	1976
Evil Roy Slade	Turhan	1972
Elvis Has Left the Building	Man in Turban	2004
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	Ling Goldberg	1995
Brock's Last Case	Sam Wong	1973
American Fusion	Lao Dong	2005
The Karate Dog	Chin Li	2006
Beyond Barbed Wire	Narrator (voice)	1997
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)	2010
Spy Hard	Brian, Waiter in Restaurant	1996
Cancel My Reservation	Yamamoto	1972
The Last Shot	Self	2004
Reggie's Prayer	Principal Osaki	1996
Act Your Age	Tom	2011
Behind the Scenes with Interviews of Ninja's Creed	Self	2010
Blunt Movie	Mr. Miyami	2013
18 Fingers of Death!	Freeman Lee	2006
Rice Girl	Peter Ong	2014
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story	Self / Various (archive footage)	2021
Remove All Obstacles	The Guru	2010
Only The Brave	Seigo Takata	2006
Mulan: 15th Anniversary - The Voices of Mulan II	Self - Voice of The Emperor	2013
Shiatsu with Pat Morita	Self	1986
The Misery Brothers	Judge	1995
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	Yoodo Toda	1990
Down and Derby	Ono Yakimoto	2005
Brother	Guy at the Poker Table	2000
Mastergate	Senator Naito	1992
A Very Missing Person	Delmar Faulkenstein	1972
Crash Island	Kazi Yamamora	1981
The Stoneman	Prof. Stevens	2002
Shadow Fury	Dr. Oh	2001
Punch and Jody	Takahasi	1974
Strawberry Road	Old Man's brother	1991
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan'	Emperor / Narrator (voice)	1998
House of Luk	Kwang Luk	2001
Greyhounds	Akira Mochizuki	1994
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?	Heshy Yamamoto	1975
I'll Remember April	Abe Tanaka	1999
Goodbye Paradise	Ben	1991
The Way of The Karate Kid	Self / Mr. Miyagi	2005
Series	Cast	Year
Lou Grant	Ike Tatsumi	1977
Magnum, P.I.		1980
Murder, She Wrote	Akira Hitaki	1984
Son of the Beach		2000
Columbo	House Boy	1971
Green Acres	Charlie Lee	1965
Boy Meets World		1993
The Odd Couple	Mr. Wing	1970
The Love Boat	Vincent	1977
Hawaii Five-O	Phoebe	1968
The Bob Newhart Show	The Bartender	1972
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Chris Yamato	1964
Sanford and Son	Ah Chew	1972
Happy Days	Arnold	1974
Family Matters		1989
Laverne & Shirley		1976
Man from Atlantis	Moby	1977
Cannon		1971
Ohara	Lt. Ohara	1987
The Hughleys		1998
Nanny and the Professor	Jason Wong	1970
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo	Mike Woo	1996
The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	1967
McCloud		1970
Mr. T and Tina		1976
Dave's World	Hardware Store Owner	1993
Aloha Paradise		1981
The Captain and Tennille	Self	1976
Diagnosis: Murder	Martin Gaylord	1993
Alice in Wonderland	Horse	1985
The Kallikaks		1977
The Outsider		1968
Starsky & Hutch	Jewelry Store Owner	1975
SpongeBob SquarePants	Master Udon	1999
Space Rangers	Nazzer	1993
Married... with Children	Mr. Shimokawa	1987
One West Waikiki		1994
Adventures with Kanga Roddy	Uncle Pat	1998
The Outer Limits	Michael Chen	1995
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Mr. Yoshi	1990
The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Duke Komosori	1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Self	1961
People's Choice Awards	Self - Presenter	1975
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	King Makahana (voice)	1995
Burke's Law	Boots McKay	1994
MAS*H	Captain Sam Pak	1972
Harry and the Hendersons	Kenji Sawara	1991
Kung Fu	Arthur Chen	1972
The Love Boat	Mr. Yamashiro	1977
The Incredible Hulk	Fred	1977
Police Woman	Mike Matsuto	1974
Love, American Style	Bellhop	1969
Caroline in the City	Mr. Chu	1995
Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	1944
Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	1944
Welcome Back, Kotter	Taro Takahashi	1975
Cobra Kai	Nariyoshi Miyagi (archive footage)	2018
Dinah!	Self	1974
The Bill Cosby Show	Tree Surgeon	1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self (uncredited)	1967
Love, American Style	Kam	1969
Britannica's Fairy Tales From Around the World	Narrator	1990
Love, American Style	Ah So	1969

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