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Jul 21, 2017 · Actor. Born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, he came to the United States after World War II and studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse. He had been working primarily in television and on stage when he was cast as 'Po-Han' in the film The Sand Pebbles (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination. In 1976 Mako...
Mako died in Somis, California, on July 21, 2006, at the age of 72, from esophageal cancer. One day before his death, Mako had been confirmed to star in the film TMNT as the voice of Splinter . [19]
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Makoto “Mako” Mako. Actor. Born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, he came to the United States after World War II and studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse. He had been working primarily in television and on stage when he was cast as 'Po-Han' in the film The Sand Pebbles (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination.
Mako, the Japanese actor who was Tony Award nominated for playing the Reciter in the original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures, died July 21 at his home in Somis, in Ventura County,...
Jul 25, 2006 · Mako, a distinguished stage and screen actor who was widely regarded as having blazed the trail for Asian-Americans in films, on television and in the theater, died on Friday at his home in...
Mar 9, 2017 · He succumbed to cancer before the last season of the show. One of his last episodes, “Tales of Ba Sing Se,” has Iroh visit the grave of his own son as an In Memoriam to the actor pops up.
Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S. residency by Congress. "Mako", as he became known, joined his ...
