Soon-tek Oh

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Soon-tek Oh(Korean:오순택,O Sun-taek– also spelled asSoon-taek OhorSoon-taik OhorSoon-teck Oh;June 29, 1932 – April 4, 2018[1]) was aKorean–Americanactor. He was the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney'sMulanand the direct-to-video sequelMulan IIand the sadistic Colonel Yin inMissing in Action 2: The Beginning.He has starred in many films, and also acted intelevision series,includingStargate SG-1;MacGyver;M*A*S*H;Charlie's Angels;Airwolf,Magnum, P.I.;Hawaii Five-O;Kung-Fu;Zorro;The Man with the Golden Gun;Baa Baa Black SheepandTouched by an Angel.

Soon-tek Oh
오순택
Soon-tek Oh as Sensei inBeverly Hills Ninja
Born(1932-06-29)June 29, 1932
DiedApril 4, 2018(2018-04-04)(aged 85)
Other namesSoon-taek Oh
OccupationActor
Years active1967–2006
Soon-tek Oh
Hangul
오순택
Revised RomanizationO Sun-taek
McCune–ReischauerO Sun-t'aek

Early life

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Oh was born on June 29, 1932, inMokpoduring the period whenKorea was under Japanese rule.He attended high school atGwangju,South Korea,and attendedYonsei UniversityinSeoul.

After the end of Japanese rule in August 1945 and before the outbreak of theKorean Warin June 1950, he and his family immigrated to the United States where he attended theUniversity of Southern California.He later gained anMFAfromUCLA.[2]

Acting career

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On Broadway, he appeared in the original cast of theStephen SondheimmusicalPacific Overtures.[3]He was an early member ofEast West Players,anAsian American theatregroup founded in 1965.[citation needed]

In 1995 he founded theKorean Americantheatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later evolved into the presentLodestone Theatre Ensemble.From 2005, he had been a chair professor at Seoul Institute of the Arts.[citation needed]

Death

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Oh died in Los Angeles on April 4, 2018, at age 85 after a lengthy battle withAlzheimer's disease,according to actor Chil Kong.[4][5]

Partial filmography

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Films

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Television (partial list)

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Accolades

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In 2008, Soon-tek Oh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by theSan Diego Asian Film Festival.[6]

References

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  1. ^"Soon-tek Oh, 'Mulan' and 'Man With the Golden Gun' Actor, Dies at 85".The Hollywood Reporter.2018.
  2. ^"About Soon-tek Oh".Abbey Entertainment Beverly Hills. Archived fromthe originalon March 15, 2002.RetrievedMarch 22,2007.
  3. ^"R.I.P. Soon-tek Oh, memorable character actor on M*A*S*H, Charlie's Angels, Hawaii Five-O".Me-TV Network.RetrievedApril 27,2018.
  4. ^Sung, Ji-eun."Pioneering actor Oh Soon-tek is dead at 85".Korea Joongang Daily.RetrievedApril 7,2018.
  5. ^Nyren, Erin (April 7, 2018)."Soon-tek Oh, Voice of Mulan's Father and Asian-American Theater Pioneer, Dies at 85".Variety.Penske Business Media, LLC.RetrievedOctober 1,2018.
  6. ^"SDAFF Award Winners | Pacific Arts Movement".pacarts.org.RetrievedApril 27,2018.
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