Kam Fong

Kam Fong was born on May 27, 1918 in USA. Kam Fong's big-screen debut came with Gidget Goes Hawaiian directed by Paul Wendkos in 1961, strarring Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited). Kam Fong is known for Hawaii Five-O directed by Michael O'Herlihy, Jack Lord stars as Det. Steve McGarrett and James MacArthur as Danny Williams. The upcoming new tvshow Kam Fong plays is Hawaii Five-O - Season 10 which will be released on Sep 20, 1968.

The Asian-American actor Kam Fong, best known for his co-starring role as Chin Ho in the original Hawaii Five-O (1968) TV series, was born Kam Tong Chun on May 27, 1918 in Kalihi, Hawaii. (The name Fong was the result of a teacher incorrectly teaching him how to write his name. The name stuck and he later took it as his legal name.) After graduating from high school, he worked as a boiler-maker in the Pearl Harbor shipyard and was there on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attack on the naval base brought America into World War II.He joined the police force in 1944, serving as cop for 16 years. While still on the force, he made his feature film debut in the B-movie Ghost of the China Sea (1958) (1958), following it up with a bit part in The Lost Missile (1958) (1958). After his retirement from the police department in 1960, he acted in community theater while working as a disc jockey and a real estate agent.Other bit parts followed in the early '60s, but it was "Hawaii Five-O" that made him part of TV history. He appeared on the show for 10 of its 12 seasons, as well as in the 1997 Hawaii Five-O (1997) TV movie that reunited the original cast, despite Kam Fong having been killed off in season 10. His son Dennis Chun has appeared intermittently in the 2010 Hawaii 5-0 (2010) revival as SGT Duke Lukela.Suffering from lung cancer, Kam Fong died on October 18, 2002 in Honolulu. He was 84 years old.