Tetsu Komai

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Japanese-American actor (1894–1970)

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FieldValue
nameTetsu Komai
imageTetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) 2.jpg
captionKomai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
birth_name駒井哲
birth_date
birth_placeKumamoto, Kyushu, Japan
death_date
death_placeGardena, California, U.S.
other_namesTetsuo Komai
occupationActor
years_active1925–1964
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| name = Tetsu Komai | image = Tetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) 2.jpg | caption = Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) | birth_name = 駒井哲 | birth_date = | birth_place = Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan | death_date = | death_place = Gardena, California, U.S. | other_names = Tetsuo Komai | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1925–1964 | spouse = | children =

Tetsu Komai (23 April 1894 – 10 August 1970), also known as Tetsuo Komai, was a Japanese-born American actor, known for his minor roles in Hollywood films.

Biography

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.

Komai emigrated 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, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, 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 on 10 August 1970 at the age of 76 in Gardena, California of congestive heart failure.

Partial filmography

References

References

  1. "謎の俳優 駒井哲 - ケペル先生のブログ". ケペル先生のブログ.
  2. ''California, Death Index, 1940-1997''
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021081153/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,769660-1,00.html ''Time'' (August 22, 1932)]
  4. Sunday Arts & Leisure Section, ''The New York Times'' (December 1, 1940) p. X-4
  5. ''Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II''; ''U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946''.

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