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Jack Soo (born Goro Suzuki, October 28, 1917 – January 11, 1979) was an American actor and singer. He was best known for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the television sitcom Barney Miller.
Jack Soo. Actor: Barney Miller. 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.
Jack Soo. Actor: Barney Miller. 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.
Aug 7, 2024 · Captured in Jeff Adachi’s documentary You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story, Soo was an athlete, singer, and dancer, who his friends described as “a lot of fun,” and a “clown.” In 1934, at the age of 17, Soo was awarded a gold medal by the Japanese American Citizens League for a paper he wrote entitled: “Why I’m Proud to be an ...
Jan 13, 1979 · LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Jack Soo, who played Nick Yemana, the dourfaced, coffee‐making detective on the “Barney Miller” television comedy series, died of cancer Thursday at University of...
Jack Soo (October 28, 1917 – January 11, 1979) was an American singer and actor. He was best known for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the television sitcom Barney Miller. He was born on a ship traveling from Japan to the United States. His career began in 1958.
Oct 24, 2023 · Remembering the wonderful Jack Soo, who we lost far too soon 44 years ago today. Nick Yemana made the world’s worst coffee, had a weakness for horse races, and seemed to not take life too seriously. But as we saw in Loan Shark, when, on the day after his 20th anniversary on the force, feeling unappreciated, he blows up after having had enough ...
Jan 12, 2018 · Actor and singer best known for role on hit 1970s TV show Barney Miller . Jack Soo was born as Goro Suzuki and grew up in Oakland, California, the son of a tailor father and dressmaker mother.
Jack Soo was a groundbreaking Japanese American entertainer who fought the entertainment industry’s reductive and narrow opportunities for people of color. Soo built an incredible career as a singer, comedian, and actor in nightclubs, radio and television appearances, and films from the 1940s-1970s.
Biography. 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.
