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Jerry Ito (伊藤 ジェリー Itō Jerī, July 12, 1927, New York City – July 9, 2007, California) was a Japanese-American film and television actor, specializing in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō, he was bilingual and spoke both Japanese and English fluently.
He was a first cousin of the Japanese American composer Teiji Itō.
Filmography
- Uchu kara no messeji (Message from Space') (1978)
- UFO War: Fight! Red Tiger (1978) (TV Series)
- Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (Golgo 13: Kūron no kubi) (1977)
- Kimi mo shusse ga dekiru (You Can Succeed, Too) (1964)
- Eburi manshi no yūga-na seikatsu (The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman) (1963)
- Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo (1963)
- Nippon musekinin yaro (1962)
- Gekkyū dorobo (1962)
- Kyofu (The Monster) (1962)
- The Last War (Sekai daisenso) (1961)
- Mothra (1961)
- Pineapple butai (1960)
- Umi no yarodomo (1957)
Death
He died three days before his 80th birthday of pneumonia while battling stomach cancer.
External links
- Aiken, Keith; Ryfle, Steve (2007-07-30). "Jerry Ito: A S’Wonderful Life". http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/07/30/jerry-ito-a-swonderful-life/.
- Jerry Ito at IMDB
Categories:- 1927 births
- 2007 deaths
- American military personnel of Japanese descent
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Japanese film actors
- American people of Japanese descent
- People from California
- People from New York City
- Deaths from stomach cancer
- American actors of Japanese descent
- Cancer deaths in California
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