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Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
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Actor Born: June 28, 1932 in Isleton, CA Death: November 25, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV Biography:Best known to audiences as Mr. Miyagi, "Ralph Macchio"'s mentor in the "wax on, wax off" school of combat in the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid", "Noriyuki "Pat" Morita" is the most prominent Japanese-American actor of his generation. Morita is also well known for having played Arnold, the amiable diner owner on the hit television series "Happy Days", for two non-consecutive seasons (1975-1976 and 1982-1983). His status as one of the most familiar actors of Asian descent kept him working in a variety of projects throughout the 1980s and '90s.
Having spent part of his youth in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, Morita nonetheless emerged with his sense of humor intact, giving up work as a computer programmer to concentrate on stand-up comedy in the early '60s. After a number of nightclub and TV variety show appearances, Morita found his first film role in 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" as a... Full Biography
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