Toyo Fujita (16 July 1893 – 25 July 1959) was a Japanese actor who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the mid-1930s.
Toyo Fujita | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1893 Japan |
| Died | 25 July 1959 (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Biography
Toyo earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and later moved to the United States, where he appeared in theatrical productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco.[1] He later settled down in Los Angeles, where he owned and operated a theater in the city's Little Tokyo neighborhood. Apparently this is where he met Sessue Hayakawa, an actor he often worked with in Hollywood films.[2] He told reporters he was fond of reading about pirates.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Courageous Coward (1919)
- The Dragon Painter (1919)[4]
- Bonds of Honor (1919)[4]
- The Illustrious Prince (1919)[5]
- The Tong Man (1919)[6]
- A Tokyo Siren (1920)
- Black Roses (1921)[4]
- Where Lights Are Low (1921)
- Five Days to Live (1922)[4]
- The Remittance Woman (1923)
- The Garden of Weeds (1924)[4]
- Officer O'Brien (1930)[4]
- The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)[4]
- Kuni o mamoru mono: Nichiren (1935)