Jack Soo

Jack Soo

A genial, laid back, slumber-eyed character player especially adept at the relaxed wisecrack or dry comment, Japanese-American actor Jack Soo was born in Oakland, California, in 1917, his real name being Goro Suzuki. In the post-WWII years, he entertained as a stand-up performer in nightclubs and had made a reasonable dent on the Midwest circuit by the time he earned his big break playing the club MC/comedian in the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song" in 1958. Three years later, Soo was upgraded to the Sammy Wong character in the film version and decided to settle in Hollywood. Over the next decade, despite a typical lack of roles for Asian-Americans, he managed to find a niche for his hip, deadpan demeanor on TV and a few other films including Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), and John Wayne's controversial pro-Vietnam War film The Green Berets (1968). Soo is probably best remembered for his smart-aleck Detective Sgt. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller (1974), one of the more popular sitcoms of the 1970s alongside Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda. Sadly, he died of cancer during the show's fifth season in 1979 at the height of his popularity.

  • Title : Jack Soo
  • Popularity : 7.127
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1917-10-28
  • Place of Birth : Oakland, California, U.S.
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  • Also Known As : Goro Suzuki, Джек Су
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Jack Soo Movies

  • 1968
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    The Green Berets

    The Green Berets

    5.723 1968 HD

    Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken...

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  • 1961
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    Flower Drum Song

    Flower Drum Song

    6.1 1961 HD

    A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved...

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  • 1978
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    Return from Witch Mountain

    Return from Witch Mountain

    5.9 1978 HD

    Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a...

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  • 1966
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    The Oscar

    The Oscar

    5.1 1966 HD

    An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on...

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  • 1973
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    She Lives!

    She Lives!

    5.8 1973 HD

    A young couple searches for the cure for the girl's terminal cancer.

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  • 2009
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    You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

    You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

    1 2009 HD

    The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends,...

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  • 1963
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    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    5.786 1963 HD

    TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own...

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  • 1967
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    Thoroughly Modern Millie

    Thoroughly Modern Millie

    6.9 1967 HD

    Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring...

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  • 1969
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    The Monk

    The Monk

    7.5 1969 HD

    Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing information on a mobster. Monk refuses — until he...

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.905 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 1970
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    The Odd Couple

    The Odd Couple

    7.831 1970 HD

    Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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  • 1964
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    Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day

    1 1964 HD

    Valentine's Day is a 1964 comedy television series that appeared on ABC's schedule. The series starred Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging...

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to...

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.2 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1973
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.1 1973 HD

    Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a...

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  • 1968
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    Julia

    Julia

    6 1968 HD

    Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role....

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  • 1967
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    6.4 1967 HD

    An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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  • 1974
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    Amy Prentiss

    Amy Prentiss

    5 1974 HD

    Amy Prentiss is an American police drama television series which aired on NBC. It is a spinoff of Ironside, and aired as part of the NBC Mystery...

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  • 1966
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    Summer Fun

    Summer Fun

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1977
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    Busting Loose

    Busting Loose

    5.5 1977 HD

    Busting Loose is a 1977 United States comedic television series starring Adam Arkin which centers around a young man in New York City who has moved...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to...

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  • 1972
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    M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

    7.905 1972 HD

    The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in,...

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  • 1975
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    Barney Miller

    Barney Miller

    7.25 1975 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

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