Highest rated movie: Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Lowest rated movie: Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
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Looking for reviews of Jack Soo movies? Cinafilm has a total of 571 reviews across 5 movies.
Movies starring Jack Soo have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.
Thoroughly Modern Millie - released in 1967 - is Jack Soo's highest rated movie, with a score of 73% based on 236 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Jack Soo is Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? - released in 1963 - with a score of 48% based on 2 reviews.
A genial, laid back, slumber-eyed character player especially adept at the relaxed wisecrack or dry comment, Japanese-American actor Jack Soo was born in Oakland, California, in 1917, his real name being Goro Suzuki. In the post-WWII years, he entertained as a stand-up performer in nightclubs and had made a reasonable dent on the Midwest circuit by the time he earned his big break playing the club MC/comedian in the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song" in 1958. Three years later, Soo was upgraded to the Sammy Wong character in the film version and decided to settle in Hollywood. Over the next decade, despite a typical lack of roles for Asian-Americans, he managed to find a niche for his hip, deadpan demeanor on TV and a few other films including Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), and John Wayne's controversial pro-Vietnam War film The Green Berets (1968). Soo is probably best remembered for his smart-aleck Detective Sgt. Nick Yemana on Barney Miller (1974), one of the more popular sitcoms of the 1970s alongside Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda. Sadly, he died of cancer during the show's fifth season in 1979 at the height of his popularity.
Jack Soo has acted in films with Irene Tsu, Christopher Lee, John Wayne and Denver Pyle.
Jack Soo has worked with these film directors: John Wayne, Daniel Mann, Henry Koster and George Roy Hill.
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