Pat Morita: In his nearly three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Pat Morita (1932-2005) talks about his early years, including his childhood internment in a camp in California for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Mr. Morita discusses how he turned to comedy performance at the age of 30, and quickly rose to his television debut on Hollywood Palace. After performing on stage and television, he landed a regular role on Happy Days as Arnold. He talks about appearing on Sanford and Son and speaks fondly of his mentor, the late Redd Foxx. He also recalls his work on the “Karate Kid” feature films and his current life and career. Karen Herman conducted the interview in Las Vegas, NV on October 13, 2000.
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Pat Morita – IMDb: Pat Morita, Actor: The Karate Kid. Abundantly busy and much loved Asian-American actor who became an on-screen hero to millions of adults and kids alike as the wise and wonderful Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid (1984), the sparkling Noriyuki Morita was back again dishing out Eastern philosophy and martial arts lessons for The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989)…
Pat Morita: 1932-2005: When Pat Morita first auditioned for what would be the role of his career—The Karate Kid’s Yoda-like martial-arts mentor Mr. Miyagi in 1983—producer Jerry Weintraub…
Pat Morita: In his nearly three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Pat Morita (1932-2005) talks about his early years, including his childhood internment in a camp in California for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Mr. Morita discusses how he turned to comedy performance at the age of 30, and quickly rose to his television debut on Hollywood Palace. After performing on stage and television, he landed a regular role on Happy Days as Arnold. He talks about appearing on Sanford and Son and speaks fondly of his mentor, the late Redd Foxx. He also recalls his work on the “Karate Kid” feature films and his current life and career. Karen Herman conducted the interview in Las Vegas, NV on October 13, 2000.
Pat Morita Obituary on Legacy.com: LOS ANGELES – Actor Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid” earned him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 73. Morita died Thursday at his home in
Pat Morita: In his nearly three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Pat Morita (1932-2005) talks about his early years, including his childhood internment in a camp in California for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Mr. Morita discusses how he turned to comedy performance at the age of 30, and quickly rose to his television debut on Hollywood Palace. After performing on stage and television, he landed a regular role on Happy Days as Arnold. He talks about appearing on Sanford and Son and speaks fondly of his mentor, the late Redd Foxx. He also recalls his work on the “Karate Kid” feature films and his current life and career. Karen Herman conducted the interview in Las Vegas, NV on October 13, 2000.
Pat Morita, 73, Actor Known for ‘Karate Kid’ and ‘Happy Days,’ Dies: Pat Morita, whose portrayal of the wise and dry-witted Mr. Miyagi in ”The Karate Kid” earned him an Oscar nomination, died on Thursday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 73. His death, of natural causes, was announced by his wife, Evelyn.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Noriyuki “Pat” morita was an american actor, voice actor, and comedian . he was the series lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina (1976) and in Ohara (1987 morita’s father Tamaru, born in 1897, immigrated to California from Kumamoto Prefecture . his wife Momoe emigrated to california in 1913 . Morita was released from the hospital at age 11 after extensive spinal surgery . he was transported to the Gila River camp in Arizona to join his interned family . Morita began working as a stand-up comic after graduat lenny Bruce’s mother, Sally, acted as his agent and manager in his early days . morita sometimes worked as the opening act for singers and for his mentor, the comedian . a recurring he had a recurring role on the show Happy Days for the show’s third season . after the season’s end, he left the show to star as inventor Taro Takahashi in his own show morita was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a corresponding Golden Globe Award . he reprised his role in three sequels: the Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Morita eventually tested five times before Weintraub himself offered him the role . he then starred in the ABC detective show Ohara (1987–1988); it was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings . Mo morita voiced the Emperor of China in Disney’s 36th animated feature Mulan (1998) . he reprised the role in Mulan II (2004), a direct-to-video sequel and Kingdom Hearts II . in 2003, he had a cameo on Yes, Dear, as an unnamed karate teacher . he would also reprise his role in the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken in 2005 . one of his Pat also starred in a Michael Sajbel movie called Remove All Obstacles (2010) . his last movie was Royal Kill (2009), starring Eric Roberts, Gail Kim, and Lalaine . he the fifth episode of the series Cobra Kai was also dedicated in his memory.
