Other Asian Americans from this period include Bruce Lee on the Green Hornet and Jack Soo of Barney Miller.
Jack Soo as Ching Ho (Credited as Oriental No. 1)
Jack Soo (October 28, 1917 - January 11, 1979) was a Japanese American actor.
Jack Soo was born Goro Suzuki on a ship traveling from the United States to Japan in 1917.
The 1961 film jump-started the careers of the first generation of Asian American actors, including Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, and Jack Soo.
Jack Soo was the first male singer to record the song after he joined Motown Records in 1965 as one of their first non-African American artists.
In Season 6, following Jack Soo's death, he takes Yemana's place as Barney's second-in-command.
Sgt. Nick Yemana (Jack Soo); Surreally philosophical, wisecracking Japanese-American detective.
January 11 - Jack Soo, Japanese-American actor (b. 1917)
Jack Soo (Mr. "Yoyo" Yokomoto) was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the Autumn of 1978, several months after the film's release.
