Pat Morita

Born: 1932-06-28

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.


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Mulan

as The Emperor (voice)
Released: 1998-06-18

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place...

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Inferno

as Jubal Early
Released: 1999-09-25

Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend...

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Mulan II

as The Emperor (voice)
Released: 2004-11-03

Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand...

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The Karate Kid Part II

as Mr. Miyagi
Released: 1986-06-18

After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him...

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The Karate Kid

as Mr. Miyagi
Released: 1984-06-22

Daniel moves to Los Angeles with his mother, Lucille, and soon strikes up a relationship with...

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The Karate Kid Part III

as Mr. Miyagi
Released: 1989-06-16

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless...

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The Next Karate Kid

as Mr. Miyagi
Released: 1994-07-18

Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she...

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Midway

as Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
Released: 1976-06-18

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became...

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Spy Hard

as Brian, Waiter in Restaurant
Released: 1996-05-24

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick...

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Honeymoon in Vegas

as Mahi Mahi
Released: 1992-08-28

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with...

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King Cobra

as Nick Hashimoto
Released: 1999-08-10

30 feet of pure terror is the result of an experimental drug used in a biochemical lab and this...

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Thoroughly Modern Millie

as Oriental #2
Released: 1967-03-22

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience...

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Brother

as Guy at the Poker Table
Released: 2000-12-13

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles,...

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When Time Ran Out...

as Sam
Released: 1980-03-28

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle...

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Bloodsport II

as David Leung
Released: 1996-03-01

After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds...

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Only The Brave

as Seigo Takata
Released: 2006-10-23

A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into...

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as The Chink
Released: 1994-05-13

Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a...

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Babes in Toyland

as The Toymaster
Released: 1986-12-19

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking...

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Bloodsport III

as David Leung
Released: 1996-12-05

Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to...

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More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

as Self / Various (archive footage)
Released: 2021-02-01

The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully...

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The Last Shot

as Pat Morita
Released: 2004-09-24

A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that...

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Spymate

as Kiro
Released: 2003-02-24

Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption...

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American Ninja 5

as Master Tetsu
Released: 1993-04-02

When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he...

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The Karate Dog

as Chin Li
Released: 2004-05-05

When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he...

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Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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Elvis Has Left the Building

as Man in Turban
Released: 2004-08-27

Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his...

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Savannah Smiles

as Father O'Hara
Released: 1982-04-09

The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of...

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Do or Die

as Masakana 'Kane' Kaneshiro
Released: 1991-06-28

Asian crime boss Kaneshiro captures two voluptuous undercover federal agents, Donna and Nicole....

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Miracle Beach

as Gus
Released: 1992-09-15

A romantic comedy set in the Southern California beach scene. Down on his luck, Scotty McKay...

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Collision Course

as Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo
Released: 1989-04-27

A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

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Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

as Chief Koal
Released: 1992-10-21

A devil-worshiping woman sends out her four beautiful nieces to lure men back to her place so...

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Royal Kill

as Exhibition Manager
Released: 2009-04-10

A fearsome warrior from the Kingdom of Samarza arrives in America to assassinate a high school...

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Full Moon High

as The Silversmith
Released: 1981-08-04

High-school quarterback Tony Walker is bitten by a werewolf and transforms into a growling beast...

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Amos

as Tommy Tanaka
Released: 1985-09-29

Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or...

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Timemaster

as Isaiah
Released: 1995-01-01

Young Jesse is traveling through time in order to stop some evil virtual reality fight managers...

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The Center of the World

as Taxi Driver
Released: 2001-04-19

A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the...

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Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart

as Ling Goldberg
Released: 1995-03-06

Set in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited...

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The Shakiest Gun in the West

as Wong
Released: 1968-07-10

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west...

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Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

as Ah Fong, the Chinese Ambassador
Released: 1982-12-09

A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together,...

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Down and Derby

as Ono Yakimoto
Released: 2005-04-15

A local Pinewood Derby competition transforms an average group of dads into overzealous rivals...

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Night Patrol

as Rape Victim
Released: 1984-11-16

The streets of Los Angeles are crawling with weirdos, hookers, peeping toms and perverts. And...

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Punch and Jody

as Takahasi
Released: 1974-11-26

When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that...

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The Number One Girl

as Mr. Sakata
Released: 2006-05-16

Joey (Scheina) is a big Hollywood action star and a martial arts champ. When he gets invited to...

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A Very Missing Person

as Delmar Faulkenstein
Released: 1972-03-04

An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.

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The Real Miyagi

as Self / Mr. Miyagi
Released: 2015-02-20

The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.

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The Way of The Karate Kid

as Self / Mr. Miyagi
Released: 2005-02-01

Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).

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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

as Yoodo Toda
Released: 1990-08-06

The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers,...

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Evil Roy Slade

as Turhan
Released: 1972-02-18

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for...

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Hito Hata: Raise the Banner

as Yamada
Released: 1980-12-06

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the...

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Brock's Last Case

as Sam Wong
Released: 1973-03-05

A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an...

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18 Fingers of Death!

as Freeman Lee
Released: 2006-04-11

The "buzz" in Hollywood is that, "18 FINGERS OF DEATH!" will kick the butt out of the low budget...

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The Misery Brothers

as Judge
Released: 1995-01-01

Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

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Cancel My Reservation

as Yamamoto
Released: 1972-09-21

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's...

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Where Does It Hurt?

as Harry Nishimoto
Released: 1972-07-24

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked...

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American Fusion

as Lao Dong
Released: 2005-01-01

Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is...

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Mastergate

as Senator Naito
Released: 1992-11-01

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and...

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For the Love of It

as Ishihara
Released: 1980-09-26

An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to...

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Greyhounds

as Akira Mochizuki
Released: 1994-06-24

Retired sherriff, judge, coroner and con-man team up to solve crimes. Pilot. From...

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Rice Girl

as Peter Ong
Released: 2014-07-23

To land a role in the movie Hooker X, Asian American actress Windy (Cheryl Ling) researches what...

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Shadow Fury

as Dr. Oh
Released: 2001-10-30

Madsen, a bounty hunter with a bad liver and an even worse attitude, with the help of the lovely...

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The Vegas Strip War

as Yip Tak
Released: 1984-11-25

Neil Chaine, a charming Las Vegas hotel/casino owner, tries to turn his decaying building into...

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I'll Remember April

as Abe Tanaka
Released: 2001-04-05

Four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the...

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I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

as Heshy Yamamoto
Released: 1975-12-01

Oliver is in trouble. He's been caught embezzling money from his father's company, and unless he...

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Lena's Holiday

as Fred
Released: 1991-08-29

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lena, from East Germany travels to Hollywood. After landing...

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Captive Hearts

as Fukushima
Released: 1987-06-05

December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and...

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The Biggest Fan

as Richard Limp
Released: 2002-01-01

Dreams come true for young girl (Kayla Amariah) when her idol, heartthrob Chris Trousdale from...

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Earth Minus Zero

as Dr. Mobius Jefferson
Released: 1996-01-01

An alien searching for a human specimen for an intergalactic zoo gets more trouble than he...

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Goodbye Paradise

as Ben
Released: 1991-12-01

It's the last night at the Paradise Inn, a sixty year-old Chinatown bar in Honolulu closing its...

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Visit Fabulous Las Vegas

as Self
Released: 1999-06-15

A fresh look at the everchanging adult Disneyland of Las Vegas, featuring pirate ships,...

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Car Thieves

as Komugi
Released: 1964-10-04

Mixed-race children in Japan become involved in the petty theft of car parts.

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Gone to Maui

as Mr. Ono
Released: 1999-01-01

Mickey and Paniolo inherits a bar on a beach in Maui. What they do not know is that the bar is...

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Big Bird in Japan

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1988-10-01

While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a...

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Act Your Age

as Tom
Released: 2011-01-11

Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old,...

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Jimmy the Kid

as Maurice
Released: 1982-11-12

Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.

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Reggie's Prayer

as Principal Osaki
Released: 1996-08-01

Reggie White stars as Reggie Knox, a pro football player who retires, frustrated because he...

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Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]

as Vice Principal Jang Hak-sa (renamed Ko)
Released: 2003-10-23

Redubbing of a Korean kung fu film with the use of hip-hop and celebrity voiceovers. A young man...

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Hammerlock

as Un Huong Lo
Released: 2002-01-01

Two prison guards team up with a convict and a drug smuggler to recapture bank robbers.

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The Stoneman

as Prof. Stevens
Released: 2002-01-19

A mysterious mummy is discovered. Dr. Stevens brings the suspected missing link's remains back...

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Farewell to Manzanar

as Zenahiro
Released: 1976-03-11

Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World...

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The Boys of Sunset Ridge

as Charlie Watanabe
Released: 2001-03-11

Four young friends sneak onto an exclusive country club for 18 holes of golf, and begin a...

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Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah

as Pat / Super Ninja
Released: 1995-12-17

Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and the gang discover the true meaning of Chanukah in this special...

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Captured Alive

as uncredited
Released: 1997-12-12

Charter pilot Nick Baskin takes 5 strangers on a flight that is shot down. Taken by hillbillies...

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House of Luk

as Kwang Luk
Released: 2001-01-19

House of Luk is a quirky drama following the lives of three loveable losers who frequent a...

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Britannica Presents Tales Around the World: Cinderella

as Host
Released: 1991-01-01

Pat Morita hosts another entry in the Britannica's tales around the world series. This one...

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Behind the Scenes with Interviews of Ninja's Creed

as Self
Released: 2010-07-20

Ninja's Creed movie was released Jul 20, 2010 by the Lionsgate studio. This is a quick behind...

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Britannica's Tales Around the World: Hansel and Gretel

as Host
Released: 1991-07-13

Another entry in the britannica's tales around the world series. This covers the classic story...

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Britannica Presents Beauty and the Beast

as host
Released: 1990-06-13

Actor Pat Morita hosts three animated stories. Part of the Britannica series of animated films.

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M*A*S*H

as Captain Sam Pak
First aired: 1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...

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Columbo

as House Boy
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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Married... with Children

as Mr. Shimokawa
First aired: 1987-04-05

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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The Incredible Hulk

as Fred
First aired: 1977-11-04

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Akira Hitaki
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Phoebe
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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The Love Boat

as Vincent
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Mr. Yamashiro
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Cobra Kai

as Nariyoshi Miyagi (archive footage)
First aired: 2018-05-02

This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate...

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Mr. Yoshi
First aired: 1990-09-10

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to...

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The Outer Limits

as Michael Chen
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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Boy Meets World

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-24

The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows...

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The Odd Couple

as Mr. Wing
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Starsky & Hutch

as Jewelry Store Owner
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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Sanford and Son

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-14

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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Family Matters

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-22

A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family...

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The Bob Newhart Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-16

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired...

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-25

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September...

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Son of the Beach

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-03-14

A parody of "Baywatch" featuring Malibu Adjacent's Notch Johnson, the world's greatest lifeguard...

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Burke's Law

as Boots McKay
First aired: 1994-01-07

Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from...

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Makahana (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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Dave's World

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-20

Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on...

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Harry and the Hendersons

as Kenji Sawara
First aired: 1991-01-13

The Hendersons, an upwardly mobile Seattle family, bring home what they believe to be a dead...

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Lou Grant

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Singer
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father

as Duke Komosori
First aired: 1969-09-17

The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...

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Nanny and the Professor

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-01-21

Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Martin Gaylord
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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One West Waikiki

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-08-04

One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It...

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Happy Days

as Arnold
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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Man from Atlantis

as Moby
First aired: 1977-09-22

Atlantis survivor Mark Harris breathes underwater, withstands extreme depth pressures and wields...

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SpongeBob SquarePants

as Master Udon
First aired: 1999-05-01

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow...

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Cannon

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-14

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...

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Laverne & Shirley

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-01-27

Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May...

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Police Woman

as Mike Matsuto
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Horse
First aired: 1985-12-09

Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always...

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The Captain and Tennille

as Self
First aired: 1976-09-20

Hosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series...

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Green Acres

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-15

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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The Hughleys

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-09-22

The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000...

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The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo

as Mike Woo
First aired: 1996-03-16

The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo is a youth-oriented action mystery television series that ran on...

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The Outsider

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-18

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...

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People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1975-03-04

An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public...

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Aloha Paradise

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-02-25

Aloha Paradise is an American comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday night from February...

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Ohara

as Lt. Ohara
First aired: 1987-01-17

Ohara is an American television series starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt. Ohara.

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First Years

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-03-19

Five first-year law graduates live together in San Francisco as they try to get both their lives...

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Space Rangers

as Nazzer
First aired: 1993-01-27

Space Rangers is an American futuristic science fiction drama. The short lived series aired on...

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Kung Fu

as Arthur Chen
First aired: 1972-10-14

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...

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