Kam Tong

Born: 1906-12-18

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kam Tong (December 18, 1906 – November 8, 1969) was a Chinese-American actor. He was best known for his role as Hey Boy on the CBS television series Have Gun, Will Travel and as Dr. Li in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song. Curiously, though appearing as a series regular on Have Gun, Will Travel he was never afforded a regular featured credit, always instead listed undistinguished from the support guest cast, perhaps an indication of inherent discrimination in that regard. Kam was also a regular on the short run CBS-TV series Mr. Garlund in 1960. He appeared in many movies, often as an uncredited Chinese, Japanese, or Filipino character. He appeared in many television shows, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Big Valley, The Time Tunnel, The Final War of Olly Winter, and I Spy. After serving in World War II in an OSS intelligence unit, he became involved in efforts to raise awareness over gun violence. He also owned and operated a restaurant called Shanghai Lil's in San Francisco. On November 8, 1969, Kam Tong died of non-communicable disease. At the time of his death, he was 63 years old. At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family. CLR


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It Happened at the World's Fair

as Uncle Walter Ling
Released: 1963-04-03

Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes...

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Chinese Busboy (uncredited)
Released: 1955-06-23

Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.

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Stagecoach

as uncredited
Released: 1966-04-21

A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne....

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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

as Dr. Sen (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-18

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American...

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Across the Pacific

as T. Oki
Released: 1942-09-04

Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is...

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Chinese Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-24

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...

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Flower Drum Song

as Doctor Li
Released: 1961-11-09

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying...

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Women of the Prehistoric Planet

as Jung
Released: 1966-04-14

A space ship crash lands on the third planet of a distant solar system, killing all hands except...

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Who Was That Lady?

as Lee Wong (uncredited)
Released: 1960-04-08

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding,...

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Who Was That Lady?

as Lee Wong
Released: 1960-04-08

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding,...

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Kill a Dragon

as Win Lim
Released: 1967-12-06

Chinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster...

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Dishonored Lady

as Courtland's Houseboy
Released: 1947-05-16

Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship...

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Mister Buddwing

as Dice Player
Released: 1966-07-15

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

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Drums of Fu Manchu

as Crawford's Manservant
Released: 1940-03-15

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to...

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Dimension 5

as Kim Fong
Released: 1966-10-01

An American intelligence agent, aided by a Chinese-American female agent, uses a time-travel...

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International Settlement

as Waiter
Released: 1938-02-04

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun...

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Espionage Target: You

as Mr. Kai (uncredited)
Released: 1964-01-01

Intended for military personnel and civilians in sensitive positions abroad, the film shows...

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China Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1942-12-09

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early...

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Rubber Racketeers

as Tom
Released: 1942-06-26

Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal...

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The Hidden Hand

as Mallo
Released: 1942-11-07

Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who...

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This Is My Love

as Harry
Released: 1954-10-27

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

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The Big Valley

as Wing Lee
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Big Valley

as Key
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Big Valley

as Wong
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Virginian

as Ning Yang
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Chang
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Hey Boy
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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The Time Tunnel

as Sgt. Itsugi
First aired: 1966-09-09

The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of...

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Telephone Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-04-08

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...

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The Third Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

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The Lone Wolf

as Chang
First aired: 1954-04-09

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Cavalcade of America

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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All The Wrong Shoes

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-04-19

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