Clyde Kusatsu Biography (1948-)

Born September 13, 1948, in Honolulu, HI; married; wife's name, Gayle; children: Kevin, Andrew.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: September 13, 1948; Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Crown prince, The King and I, Honolulu, HI, c. 1965
Film Appearances
Commander Yasuji Watanabe, Midway (also known as The Battle ofMidway), Universal, 1976
X-ray technician, Alex and the Gypsy (also known as Love and Other Crimes), 1976
Captain Ogawa, Black Sunday, Paramount, 1977
Clerk, Oh God, Warner Bros., 1977
Francis Tanaguchi, The Choirboys (also known as Aenglarna),Universal, 1977
Colonel Minh, Go Tell the Spartans, Avco-Embassy, 1978
Mr. Ping, The Frisco Kid (also known as No Knife), Warner Bros., 1979
Yamashiro, Meteor, American International Pictures, 1979
Clyde Yamashito, All the Marbles (also known as The CaliforniaDolls), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1981
Go, The Challenge (also known as Equals and Sword of theNinja), Embassy, 1982
Japanese businessperson, Gimme an "F" (also known as T & AAcademy 2), 1984
Souvanna, Volunteers, TriStar, 1985
Joe Go, Shanghai Surprise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986
Coroner, Wired, Taurus, 1989
Interviewing professor, Gross Anatomy (also known as A Cut Above), Buena Vista, 1989
Kevin Jenkins (some sources cite Kevin Williams), Turner and Hooch, Buena Vista, 1989
Mr. Takawaki, Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990
Detective Wong, The Perfect Weapon, Paramount, 1991
Former Prime minister Nakasone, Pizza Man, J. F. Lawton, 1992
Bob Takashima, Made in America, Warner Bros., 1993
History teacher, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Universal, 1993
Jack Okura, In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993
Prime minister Soto, Hot Shots! Part Deux (also known as Hot Shots! 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Tanaka, Rising Sun, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Chinese father, North, Castle Rock, 1994
Judge, Dream Lover, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
Captain Callahan, Top Dog, LIVE/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995
Saint Peter, Favorite Deadly Sins (also known as National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins), Republic Pictures, 1995
Additional voice and member of the chorus, Aladdin and the King of Thieves (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 1996
Noggin, Spy Hard, Buena Vista, 1996
Sergeant Tomiashi (the Snake) and performer of song "The Lullaby of Itsuki," Paradise Road, Planet Pictures, 1997
Tanker skipper, Godzilla, TriStar, 1998
English teacher, American Pie, Universal, 1999
Voice of bee, Dr. Dolittle 2 (also known as DR2 and DR.2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
Voice of Mr. Yamashiro, Recess: School's Out (animated), Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 2001
Television Appearances
Series
Ali, Bring 'Em Back Alive, CBS, 1982-1983
Dr. Kenji Fushida, Island Son (also known as The Hawaiian and Kahuna), CBS, 1989-1990
Voice characterizations, Captain Planet and the Planeteers (animated), TBS and syndicated, 1990-1996
Voice characterizations, Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (animated), Fox, beginning in 1994
Voice of Karnak, The Fantastic Four (animated; also known as The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four), syndicated, 1994
Benny Kim, All-American Girl (also known as An American Family), ABC, 1994-1995
Voice characterization, Mickey Mouse Works (animated), ABC, 1999
Voice of coach, Batman Beyond (animated; also known as Batman of the Future), The WB, 1999-2001
Voice of Kusunoki Tachi, Heavy Gear: The Animated Series (animated), syndicated, 2001-?
Miniseries
Eliot Enoki, And the Sea Will Tell, CBS, 1991
Judge Ito, American Tragedy, CBS, 2000
Movies
Teddy Wakatsuki, Farewell to Manzanar, NBC, 1976
Dr. Tommy Chang, A Perfect Match, CBS, 1980
Dr. Edwards, Streets of Justice, NBC, 1985
Professor Ikeda, Intimate Encounters (also known as Encountersin the Night), NBC, 1986
Coroner, Laguna Heat, HBO, 1987
Miki, Mistress, CBS, 1987
Jerry Fujimoto, Run 'Till You Fall, CBS, 1988
Shimoto, The Road Raiders, CBS, 1989
Lieutenant Arioto, Revealing Evidence (also known as Heat, Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler, and Tango), NBC, 1990
Matsumo, In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (also known asA Cop for the Killing and In the Line of Duty: The Dallas Drug Murders), NBC, 1990
Dr. Chang, Baby of the Bride, CBS, 1991
Kasaki, Jailbirds, CBS, 1991
Lieutenant Hand, Lies before Kisses, CBS, 1991
Saburo Saigo, Guests of the Emperor, Yorkshire Television, 1992 broadcast in the United States as Silent Cries, NBC, 1993

Blood bank executive, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993
Admiral Nakamura, Star Trek: The Next Generation--All Good Things ... (also known as All Good Things ...), syndicated, 1994
Detective Okawa, Deconstructing Sarah, USA Network, 1994
Bill Morishi, Babylon 5: Thirdspace (also known as Thirdspace and Thirdspace: A Babylon 5 Adventure), TNT, 1998
Voice of wrestling coach, Batman Beyond: The Movie (animated), TheWB, 1999
Specials
Phillip, "Golden Land" (also known as "Tales from the Hollywood Hills"),Great Performances, PBS, 1988
The Streets of Beverly Hills, ABC, 1992
Episodic
Kwang Duk, "Officers Only," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1973
Kwang Duk, "Henry in Love," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1974
"The Arrogant Dragon," Kung Fu, ABC, 1974
Mateo, "The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument," Ellery Queen, NBC,1975
"Forbidden Kingdom," Kung Fu, ABC, 1975
Herb Tanaguchi, "Mother-in-Law, Part 1," Alice, CBS, 1976
Reverend Chong, "Joey's Baptism," All in the Family, CBS, 1976
Rocky, "Prisoners of War," Baa Baa Black Sheep, NBC, 1976
Nguyen, "New Life, Old Dragons," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
Ralph Tumora, "Aftershock," Lou Grant, CBS, 1977
Paul, "Come as You Aren't," Taxi, ABC, 1978
Reverend Chong, "The Stivics Go West," All in the Family, CBS, 1978
Reverend Chong, "Stephanie's Conversion," All in the Family, CBS,1979
Sergeant Michael Yee, "Goodbye, Cruel World," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1980
Colonel Ki, "Memories Are Forever," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1981
Captain Yamato, "The Joker Is Wild," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1982
Anek, "The Golden Triangle," MacGyver, ABC, 1985
Dr. Long Tang, "All for One: Parts 1 & 2," Magnum, P.I., CBS,1985
Tran Tam, "Outcall," T. J. Hooker, ABC, 1985
"Night of the Dragons," Hunter, NBC, 1985
Billy Lok, "Trial by Fire," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1986
Detective Gordon Katsumoto, "A.A.P.I.," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1986
Detective Gordon Katsumoto, "This Island Isn't Big Enough ... ," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1986
"Steele, Inc.," Remington Steele, NBC, 1986
"The Wish Child," MacGyver, ABC, 1986
Attending physician, "Anytime, Anywhere," Stingray, NBC, 1987
Budget Bob, "Down and Out in Malibu: Part 2," The Facts of Life, NBC, 1987
Daniel Cho, "Pai Gow," Shell Game, CBS, 1987
Ken, "Fascination for the Flame," Wiseguy, CBS, 1987
Ken, "Independent Operator," Wiseguy, CBS, 1987
Ken, "Player to Be Named," Wiseguy, CBS, 1987
Dherva, Murphy's Law, ABC, 1988
Dr. Richards, "The Mike Van Dyke Show," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988
Kim Lee, "The Two Tonys," Who's the Boss?, ABC, 1988
Tho, "Angel of Mercy," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1988
Admiral Nakamura, "The Measure of a Man," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1989
Sam Matsuda, "Secretarial Poole," Valerie, NBC, 1989
Dr. Milton Miyasaki, "The Case of the Ersatz Earthquake," Mathnet,PBS, 1990
Jack Yamoto, "Good-Bye Charlie," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
Kinishiwa representative, "The Cash Isn't Always Greener," A DifferentWorld, NBC, 1991
Principal Edgar Shimata, "Fight the Good Fight," Family Matters, ABC, 1991
Lewis, "Trial and Error," Designing Women, CBS, 1992
Principal Edgar Shimata, "Woman of the People," Family Matters, ABC, 1992
Prison warden, "The Kindness of Strangers," Beverly Hills, 90210,Fox, 1992
Admiral Nakamura, "Phantasms," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1993
Billy Cota, "Everybody Lies," Sirens, ABC, 1993
Dr. Sweeney, "Deadly Reunion," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1994
Principal Edgar Shimata, "Presumed Urkel," Family Matters, ABC, 1994
Roy Shimamura, "Brooklyn Dodgers," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1994
The judge, "Three Strikes," Ellen, ABC, 1995
Dr. Yamashita, "Chapter Two, Year Two," Murder One, ABC, 1996
Noriyuki, "Break a Leg," Maybe This Time, ABC, 1996
Voice of Dr. Arnada, "Sentinel," Gargoyles (animated), syndicated,1996
Voice of Dr. Zin, "Nemesis," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures), The CartoonNetwork and syndicated, 1996
Voices of Dr. Zin and a guard, "The Robot Spies," The Real Adventuresof Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures), The Cartoon Network and syndicated, 1996
Voice of Kai, "Bushido," Gargoyles (animated), syndicated, 1996
Detective Danny Cho, "Heart of the Dragon," Walker, Texas Ranger,CBS, 1997
Dr. Robertson, "Forget-Me-Not," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1997
Seiji Ingawa, "The Never Bending Story," Total Security, ABC, 1997
Voice characterization, "Fallout," Extreme Ghostbusters, syndicated, 1997
Voice of Dr. Zin, "The Bangalore Falcon," The Real Adventures of JonnyQuest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures),The Cartoon Network and syndicated, 1997
"Past Imperfect," Party of Five, Fox, 1997
Frank Fenton, "Viagra-Vated Assault," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1998
Judge Stephen Chen, "Rhyme and Reason," The Practice, ABC, 1998
Lieutenant Wong, "Touched by an Amnesiac," Buddy Faro, CBS, 1998
"Death of an Angel," The Net, USA Network, 1998
Al, "Welcome to the Hotel Calamari," Dharma and Greg, ABC, 1999
Coroner, "Laying Pipe," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1999
Judge C. Eastlake, "It's Not You, It's Me," Any Day Now, Lifetime,1999
Judge Clyde Kurosawa, "Legalese," Vengeance Unlimited, ABC, 1999
Mr. Sato, "The Couple's Court," For Your Love, The WB, 1999
Mr. Tranh, "Trude Awakening," Rude Awakening, Showtime, 1999
Mr. Yumada, "Saint Syd," Providence, NBC, 1999
Voice of Mr. Tan, "Rats," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB, 1999
Ice cream man, "Traffic Jam," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2000
Li Ho, "The Agent of Year Zero," The Pretender, NBC, 2000
Voice of Dr. Fong, "Inqueling," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB,2000
Voice of first ranger, "Rookie of the Year," Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (animated), syndicated, UPN, and ABC, 2000
Voice of Jimmy Linn, "Sneak Peek," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB, 2000
Voice of Warden Yung, "The Taking of PC-7," Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (animated), syndicated, UPN, and ABC, 2000
Appeared as Mr. Saito in an episode of Small Wonder, syndicated; provided a voice characterization for "Eyes of a Dragon," an episode of Extreme Ghostbusters, syndicated; also appeared in episodes of Dynasty, ABC; Knots Landing, CBS; L.A. Law, NBC; Simon and Simon, CBS; and The Wayan Bros, The WB.
Pilots
Mo, Zero Intelligence, ABC, 1976
Wong, Dr. Strange, CBS, 1978
Allison Sydney Harrison, NBC, 1979
Medical examiner, "It Doesn't Snow in Hawaii," Magnum P.I., CBS, 1980
The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins, CBS, 1983
Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1983
Edward Yashima, Velvet, ABC, 1984
Mr. Loopman, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Fox, 1990
Ken Tanaka, Raven: Return of the Black Dragons, CBS, 1992
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois and Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1993

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