James Shigeta

James Shigeta
Birth name	James Saburo Shigeta
Born	June 17, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, USA
Died	July 28, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA from pulmonary failure
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

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James Shigeta was an American actor and singer.

Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Roy Shigera	3x07 - One Bright Clear Thursday Morning	November 7, 1963
The Outer Limits	Maj. Jong	1x10 - Nightmare	December 2, 1963
Burke's Law	Sidney Yang	1x25 - Who Killed the Paper Dragon?	March 20, 1964
Ben Casey		3x33 - Evidence of Things Not Seen	April 22, 1964
The Outer Limits	AIO Captain Newa	2x10 - The Inheritors (1)	November 21, 1964
Perry Mason	Ward Toyama	8x29 - The Case of the Wrongful Writ	May 6, 1965
Ben Casey	Dr. Harvey Lee	5x09 - No More, Cried the Rooster—There Will Be Truth	November 8, 1965
I Spy	Tommy	1x12 - Three Hours on a Sunday	December 8, 1965
Hawaii Five-O	Joseph Matsukino	1x11 - Deathwatch	December 25, 1968
Ironside	Il Pak Soong	3x07 - Love My Enemy	October 23, 1969
Mission: Impossible	Shiki	5x07 - Butterfly	October 31, 1970
Ironside		5x14 - No Motive for Murder	December 23, 1971
Kung Fu	Master Kwan Li	3x09 - The Garments of Rage	November 8, 1974
Emergency!	Mr. O'Brien	4x09 - Foreign Trade	November 16, 1974
Kung Fu	Col. Lin Pei	3x15 - Forbidden Kingdom	January 18, 1975
The Streets of San Francisco	Prosecutor	5x01 - The Thrill Killers (1)	September 30, 1976
Little House on the Prairie	Sam Wing	3x17 - To Live with Fear (2)	February 21, 1977
Police Woman	Bernie	4x14 - The Human Rights of Tiki Kim	February 1, 1978
The Rockford Files	Clement Chin	5x01 - Heartaches of a Fool	September 22, 1978
The Greatest American Hero		2x11 - The Hand-Painted Thai	January 27, 1982
Magnum, P.I.	Dr. Richard Enoka	3x18 - Forty Years from Sand Island	February 24, 1983
T.J. Hooker	Chow Dok Khan	3x03 - Chinatown	October 15, 1983
Airwolf	Colonel Tran Wan Sung	2x13 - The American Dream	January 12, 1985
Magnum, P.I.	Mr. Obata	7x08 - Paper War	November 12, 1986
Murder, She Wrote	John Sugahara	3x12 - The Corpse Flew First Class	January 18, 1987
Jake and the Fatman		3x04 - The Way You Look Tonight	October 11, 1989
Murder, She Wrote	Luc Lee	9x07 - Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice	November 19, 1992
SeaQuest DSV	Vietnamese President Chi	1x12 - Better Than Martians	January 2, 1994
SeaQuest DSV	Hoi Chi	1x18 - The Last Lap at Luxury	March 20, 1994
Babylon 5	Taro Isogi	2x06 - Spider in the Web	December 7, 1994
Cybill	Mr. Matsuzaki	3x03 - Cybill and Maryann Go to Japan	September 30, 1996
Beverly Hills, 90210	Ben Sosna	9x17 - Slipping Away	March 3, 1999
Beverly Hills, 90210	Ben Sosna	10x05 - The Loo-Ouch	October 20, 1999
Beverly Hills, 90210	Ben Sosna	10x12 - Nine Yolks Whipped Lightly	December 22, 1999

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

• Won: Most Promising Newcomer - Male (1960) (tie)