Jerry Ito

Jerry Ito (July 12, 1927 in New York City, New York – July 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was a Japanese-American film and television actor, born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō, specializing in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

His father was the dancer and choreographer Michio Itō, and he was a cousin of Japanese-American composer Teiji Itō.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Umi no yarodomo	Arab
1959	Jan Arima no shûgeki
1959	The Manster	Police Superintendent Aida
1960	Pineapple butai	Sgt. March
1961	Mothra	Nelson
1961	The Last War (Sekai daisenso)	Uatokinsu
1962	Gekkyū dorobo
1962	Nippon musekinin yaro
1962	The Monster (Kyofu)
1963	Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: shirei dai hachigo	Rudolf Kent
1963	Yabunirami Nippon	John Machihei
1963	The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (Eburi manshi no yūga-na seikatsu)
1963	Ankokugai No. 1	Anpo
1964	You Can Succeed, Too (Kimi mo shusse ga dekiru)	Mr. McLeager
1968	Shin Abashiri Bangaichi	Jimmy Nakata
1977	Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (Golgo 13: Kūron no kubi)	Polanski
1978	UFO War: Fight! Red Tiger		TV series
1978	Message from Space (Uchu kara no messeji)	Commander

Death

He died four days before his 80th birthday of pneumonia while battling stomach cancer.

External links

• Aiken, Keith; Ryfle, Steve (2007-07-30). "Jerry Ito: A S'Wonderful Life".
• Jerry Ito at IMDb