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Shigeta, 85, died Monday at an assisted-living facility in Beverly Hills. He had been in declining health since suffering a stroke about two years ago, said his sister-in-law, Ellie Shigeta. In ...
Jul 30, 2014 · An obituary on Wednesday about the actor James Shigeta misstated, in some editions, the ethnic background of the characters in the movie “Flower Drum Song,” in which Mr. Shigeta starred. They ...
James Saburo Shigeta (Japanese: 繁田 三郎; June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor and singer of Japanese descent. [1] He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award ...
YearTitleRoleNotes1961CaptainEpisode: "The Fortress"1961PlaydateMajor RiEpisode: "The Cell 5 Experience"1962James KamEpisode: "The Contract"1963Dr. Roy ShigeraEpisode: "One Clear Bright Thursday ...Jul 31, 2014 · James Shigeta, who played the romantic lead in Hollywood films in the late 1950s and early ’60s, passed away on Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, according to his publicist, Jeffrey Leavitt. Leavitt said the actor died peacefully in his sleep. The cause of death was not given.
Aug 5, 2014 · The Japanese-American actor and singer James Shigeta starred in two major films of 1961, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Flower Drum Song, in which he sang the hit ballad, “You Are ...
- Tom Vallance
Jul 29, 2014 · James starred in Ross Hunter's glitzy production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Flower Drum Song, A Bridge to the Sun and Die Hard. "James passed peacefully in his sleep, July 28, 2014, at 2 ...
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Jul 28, 2014 · James Shigeta, Top Asian-American Actor of Early ’60s and ‘Die Hard’ Co-Star, Dies at 85. UPDATED: He starred in such films as "The Crimson Kimono," “Flower Drum Song,” “Cry for Happy ...
