| Who is it? | Actor |
| Birth Day | October 01, 1903 |
| Birth Place | Maui, Hawaii, United States |
| Age | 117 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | November 20, 1983(1983-11-20) (aged 80)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Resting place | San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1931—83 |
| Spouse(s) | Bessie Loo (née Sue; 1929-1960; divorce) Hope Loo (1964-1983; his death) |
Chinese by ancestry and Hawaiian by birth, Loo spent his youth in Hawaii, then moved to California as a teenager. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and began a career in Business. However, the stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent economic depression forced him to start over. He became involved with amateur, then professional, theater companies and in 1931 made his first film. Like most Asian actors in non-Asian countries, he played primarily small, stereotypical roles, though he rose quickly to familiarity, if not fame, in a number of films.
Loo's first wife, Bessie Sue, was a well-known Hollywood agent. They had twin daughters: Angela Marie Loo and Beverly Jane Loo(born June 28, 1931, Los Angeles County, California). Beverly Loo was prominent in publishing while Angela Loo Levy was a Hollywood agent and accomplished ski patroller.
In 1944 he appeared as a Chinese army lieutenant opposite Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom. He had a rare heroic role as a war-weary Japanese-American soldier in Samuel Fuller's Korean War classic The Steel Helmet (1951), but he spent much of the latter part of his career performing stock roles in films and minor television roles.
In 1974, he appeared as the Thai Billionaire tycoon Hai Fat in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun, opposite Roger Moore and Christopher Lee.
Richard Loo remained with his second wife, Hope, until his death in 1983 at the age of 80. He had a step-daughter, Christel Hope Mintz.
