Despite spending part of his youth in a Japanese internment camp, Pat Morita came through it all with a natural affability and spark for life that are much in evidence in his most famous role -- Mr. Miyagi in 1984's The Karate Kid.Born June 28, 1932, in Isleton, Calif., Morita gave up a career as a computer programmer to try his hand at stand-up. Before long, he was opening for big-name stars and eventually headlined shows of his own. Morita's big-screen debut came in 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Audiences soon saw that Morita was capable of playing more than the evil ethnic henchman, and a wider variety of roles began to come his way, including that of diner owner Arnold on "Happy Days." In addition to three subsequent Karate Kid films, Morita voiced the emperor in Disney's Mulan and worked steadily as a character actor in numerous films and TV shows over the years. He died in 2005.
AddThe Karate KidNew Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) suffers serious culture shock when he moves with his mother from the East Coast to the Golden State. And it only gets worse when the school bully -- a gang leader with a black belt in karate -- starts hassling him. Luckily, his apartment building boasts... Read More
AddThe Karate Kid Part IIDaniel (Ralph Macchio) and mentor Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) head over the ocean to Okinawa for more high-kicking action in this sequel to the original Karate Kid. While Mr. Miyagi visits his dying father and rekindles his feelings for a former flame -- which leads to a tense confrontation with an old... Read More
AddVolcano HighAfter getting kicked out of eight schools for failing to keep his supernatural powers under wraps, Kim (Jang Hyuk) is transferred to the mysterious Volcano High in this martial arts adventure. Kim fits right in with the rest of the young martial arts masters and is soon caught up in a race to find a... Read More
AddThe Triple B Collection: Do or DieAsian crime boss Kaneshiro (Pat Morita) captures two voluptuous undercover federal agents, Donna (Dona Speir) and Nicole (Roberta Vasquez). But instead of liquidating them, he gives the busty duo a head start in a deadly cat-and-mouse game involving six other assassin teams. The heated action takes... Read More
AddEarth Minus ZeroTwo siblings must save their parents from an extraterrestrial kidnapper (Pat Morita) in this out-of-this-world family adventure. When the alien Dr. Mobius shrinks their parents so he can add them to his galactic zoo, Cindy (Brittney Lee Harvey) and Joey (Brock Pierce) Heller find themselves battling... Read More
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