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Kam Fong Chun was born in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. A 1938 graduate of President William McKinley High School, he worked at Pearl Harbor shipyard in his 20s as a boiler maker and was a witness to the attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. After the death of his first wife and two eldest children in 1944, he applied for a ...
Jan 11, 2023 · Kam Fong Chun was born in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu in 1918, and according to the Honolulu Police Department he was working as a boilermaker at the Pearl Harbor Shipyard when the Japanese attacked the United States on December 7, 1941.
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Kam Fong. Actor: Hawaii Five-O. The Asian-American actor Kam Fong, best known for his co-starring role as Chin Ho in the original Hawaii Five-O (1968) TV series, was born Kam Tong Chun on May 27, 1918 in Kalihi, Hawaii. (The name Fong was the result of a teacher incorrectly teaching him how to write his name. The name stuck and he later took it ...
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- Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA
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- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Kam Fong. Actor: Hawaii Five-O. The Asian-American actor Kam Fong, best known for his co-starring role as Chin Ho in the original Hawaii Five-O (1968) TV series, was born Kam Tong Chun on May 27, 1918 in Kalihi, Hawaii. (The name Fong was the result of a teacher incorrectly teaching him how to write his name. The name stuck and he later took it as his legal name.) After graduating...
- May 27, 1918
- October 18, 2002
Nov 1, 2002 · Kam Fong Chun, known on television as Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the popular crime series ''Hawaii Five-O,'' died here on Oct. 18. He was 84. The cause was lung cancer, his family said.
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Oct 30, 2002 · The statement said Chun could never understand how "a poor barefoot boy from Kalihi" could wind up on a Hollywood sound stage. When he appeared on "Five-O" Chun adopted the stage name Kam Fong. He appeared on the successful CBS show from 1968 to 1978, starring as the trusty colleague of "Five-O" lead Jack Lord, who played Steve McGarrett.
Oct 31, 2002 · Kam Fong Chun was a real-life Honolulu Police Department officer for 16 years before leaving the force in 1959 to put more time into acting. To help pay the bills, he ran a real estate business ...
