Soon-Tek Oh (Korean: ???, Oh Sun-taek - also spelled as Soon-Taek Oh or Soon-Taik Oh or Soon-Teck Oh; June 29, 1932 - April 4, 2018) was a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the direct-to-video sequel Mulan II. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including Stargate SG-1, MacGyver, M*A*S*H, Charlie's Angels, Airwolf, Magnum, P.I., Hawaii Five-O, Kung-Fu, Zorro, and Touched by an Angel.
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Career
Oh was mistakenly said to have been born in Japan, due to his career playing Japanese characters and Korea having been under Japanese rule at the time. He was born in Mokpo, Korea, under Imperial Japanese rule. He emigrated with his family to the U.S. when he was a teenager. Oh attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and attended Yonsei University in Seoul, the University of Southern California, and later received an MFA from UCLA.
On Broadway, he appeared in the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures. He was one of the earliest members of East West Players, an Asian American theatre group founded in 1965. In 1995 he founded the Korean American theatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later evolved into the present Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.
Since 2005, he had been a chair professor at Seoul Institute of the Arts.
He died in Los Angeles on 4 April 2018 at the age of 85.
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Partial filmography
Films
Television (partial list)
- The Invaders (1967) as Houseboy
- Hawaii Five-O (eight episodes; 1968/1979) as Robert Kwon / David Chung / Chaing / Tom Wong / Vic Tanaka / Lao / Lewis Shen / Wo Fat's Lab Technician
- M*A*S*H (1975-1982; five episodes, as five different characters) as Joon - Sung / Ralph / Dr. Syn Paik / Korean Soldier / Mr. Kwang
- Logan's Run (1977) as Dexter Kim
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (1977) as Lieutenant Miragochi / Col. Tokura
- Diff'rent Strokes (1980)
- Magnum, P.I. (1981)
- East of Eden (1981) as Lee
- Quincy, M.E. (1982)
- Girls of the White Orchid (1983) as Hatanaka
- Marco Polo (1983) as Wang Zhu
- The Master (1984) as Lika
- Airwolf (three episodes, as three different characters; 1984/1985/1987) as Minh / Tommy Liu / Hiyashi
- MacGyver (1988) as Raymond Ling
- Highlander: The Series (1992) as Kiem Sun
- Babylon 5 (1994) as The Muta-Do
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994-1995; three episodes) as Bon Bon Hai
- Stargate SG-1 (1997) as Moughal
- King of the Hill (2000) as Monk
Accolades
In 2008, Soon-Tek Oh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
References
External links
- Soon-Tek Oh on IMDb
- Soon-Tek Oh at the NNDB
- Soon-Tek Oh(Aveleyman)
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