Pat Morita

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days, Mr. Miyagi in the first four The Karate Kid films (1984-1994), Captain Sam Pak on the comedy series M*A*S*H, Ah Chew in Sanford and Son, Mike Woo in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and The Emperor of China in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004). He was the series lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina and in Ohara, a police-themed drama. The two shows made history for being among the few TV shows with an Asian-American series lead.

28 June 1932

Born on the same birth day (28 June): Artur Hajzer • Brandon Phillips • Carl Spaatz • Chuck Howley • Colt Hynes • Corey Koskie • Daniel Wegner • Don Baylor • Gaye Stewart • Gilda Radner • Gusty Spence • Harold Evans • Kalevi Keihänen • Leona Aglukkaq • Marie Casimire Sobieska • Mark Stoermer • S. Sivamaharajah • Tom Merritt • William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

Born in the same month (June 1932): Bernard Ingham • Christopher Lasch • Dave Gold • David Alliance, Baron Alliance • Eddie Kasko • Frank Cameron • John Drew Barrymore • Lalo Schifrin • Marguerite Pindling • Maurice Shadbolt • Yevgeny Kychanov • Zia Fariduddin Dagar