Mako (1933-2006)
07-24-06 | 12:57 AM
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Mako (1933-2006)
He passed on Friday, but I just heard the news.
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8682
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8682
Mako, an actor well known for his work in the original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures and for his many film and television roles, died on Friday, July 21 of esophageal cancer at his home in Ventura County, California. He was 72
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The arc of Mako's career reflected the progress of Asian Americans in U.S. theater, film, and television. In the 1966 movie The Sand Pebbles, he played the stereotypical Chinese character Po-han and earned an Academy Award nomination. He went on to appear in such films as Pearl Harbor, Seven Years in Tibet, Conan the Barbarian, and Conan the Destroyer, and in such popular TV series as McHale's Navy, I Spy, M*A*S*H*, Quincy, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
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The arc of Mako's career reflected the progress of Asian Americans in U.S. theater, film, and television. In the 1966 movie The Sand Pebbles, he played the stereotypical Chinese character Po-han and earned an Academy Award nomination. He went on to appear in such films as Pearl Harbor, Seven Years in Tibet, Conan the Barbarian, and Conan the Destroyer, and in such popular TV series as McHale's Navy, I Spy, M*A*S*H*, Quincy, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
07-24-06 | 01:10 AM
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Oh fuck.. I dunno what Kevin Munroe is going to do now. At the animation panel at comic con for TMNT, he really really wanted to get Mako to be the voice of Master Splinter. This is also bad for any Conan movies as his pro- and epilogues were awesome and can never be duplicated.
RIP Mako
RIP Mako
07-24-06 | 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
This is also bad for any Conan movies as his pro- and epilogues were awesome and can never be duplicated.
Sad news indeed. RIP
07-24-06 | 08:32 AM
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RIP Mako
I thought he was wonderful in The Sand Pebbles.
I thought he was wonderful in The Sand Pebbles.
07-24-06 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Fielding Mellish
How many different roles did he play on M*A*S*H? It seemed like he played a different guy every other week.
07-24-06 | 06:49 PM
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This is terrible news. He was a wonderful actor. It's fitting that I was watching Conan The Barbarian recently.
So any idea how are they going to write out his character in Avatar: The Last Airbender?
So any idea how are they going to write out his character in Avatar: The Last Airbender?
07-24-06 | 10:58 PM
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Another one of those guys whose name you might not immediately recognize, but everyone has seen him in something, even if it was just one of the 240 different roles he played on M*A*S*H.
I was just watching The Sand Pebbles this weekend, and Sidekicks a few days before.
I was just watching The Sand Pebbles this weekend, and Sidekicks a few days before.
07-26-06 | 08:10 PM
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Just heard the news. This is very sad. Much like Pat Morita and James Earl Jones his voice was his signature. Loved him in Conan(especially the intro narration) and his appearance in Pearl Harbor was very striking. He will be missed.
Thanks for all the great moments, Mako
Thanks for all the great moments, Mako
07-27-06 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
That's sad news. When I get home I think I will watch the episode of Green Hornet where he fought Bruce Lee.
07-27-06 | 12:22 PM
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Great actor whose contributed a lot.
It's my understanding that whenever there was a casting dilemma, he was often the go-to guy...hence the phrase "Uh-oh, better get Mako!"
It's my understanding that whenever there was a casting dilemma, he was often the go-to guy...hence the phrase "Uh-oh, better get Mako!"
07-27-06 | 12:52 PM
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Wasn't that Lo Lieh? Or did Bruce fight them both?
07-27-06 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhan
Lo Sing was Mako's character in "The Preying Mantis" ep.
