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name: "Tetsu Komai"
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born: "23 April 1894"
died: "10 August 1970"
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updated: "2026-09-20T00:21:05.830352+00:00"
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# Tetsu Komai

Actor. Born 23 April 1894 in Kumamoto, Japan. Died 10 August 1970.

## Details

- **Born:** 23 April 1894, Kumamoto, Japan
- **Died:** 10 August 1970
- **Also known as:** Tetsuo Komai, 駒井哲
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Komai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7706846, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0464514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29764

## Biography

Tetsu Komai, also credited as Tetsuo Komai, was a Japanese-born American actor. He appeared in minor roles in more than fifty Hollywood films from the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, frequently cast as Chinese or other Asian characters and often as villains.

His credits include *Island of Lost Souls* (1932) as M'ling, *China Seas* (1935), *History Is Made at Night* (1937), *The Letter* (1940) as Head Boy, *Tokyo Joe* (1949), and *The Night Walker* (1964) as the Gardener. He also appeared in episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955–1959).

Komai was born in Kumamoto, Japan, and died in Gardena, California, in 1970. During the Second World War he and his family were interned at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, as Head Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Night Walker* (1964), as Gardener
- *Johnny Midnight* (1960), series, Actor
- *M Squad* (1957), series, as Fred Keyoto
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Old Bearded Man, Lum Fong Ho
- *Adventures Of The Falcon* (1954), series, Actor
- *Japanese War Bride* (1952), as Japanese servant
- *Tokyo Joe* (1949), as Lt. Gen. 'The Butcher' Takenobu (uncredited)
- *Sundown* (1941), as Kuypens' Shenzi Aide (uncredited)
- *Adventures of Captain Marvel* (1941), as Chan Lai
- *Adventures of Captain Marvel* (1941), series, as Chan Lai
- *The Letter* (1940), as Head Boy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *The Real Glory* (1939), as Alipang
- *Torchy Blane in Chinatown* (1939), as Lem Kee (uncredited)
- *West of Shanghai* (1937), as General Mah
- *The Singing Marine* (1937), as Chang
- *That Man's Here Again* (1937), as Wong
- *China Passage* (1937), as Wong (uncredited)
- *History Is Made at Night* (1937), Actor
- *Isle of Fury* (1936), as Kim Lee
- *The Princess Comes Across* (1936), as Kawati
- *Roaming Lady* (1936), as General Fang
- *Klondike Annie* (1936), Actor
- *Hong Kong Nights* (1935), as Wong
- *China Seas* (1935), as Malay Pirate (uncredited)
- *Oil for the Lamps of China* (1935), as Ho
- *Now and Forever* (1934), as Mr. Ling
- *Four Frightened People* (1934), as Native Chief
- *White Woman* (1933), Actor
- *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), as M`ling
- *The Secrets of Wu Sin* (1932), as Wu Sin
- *War Correspondent* (1932), as Fang
- *Roar of the Dragon* (1932), as Messenger on Horseback
- *Radio Patrol* (1932), as Valet (uncredited)
- *Border Devils* (1932), as The General
- *Prestige* (1932), as Sergeant
- *Daughter of the Dragon* (1931), as Lao (uncredited)
- *East of Borneo* (1931), as Hrang the Raftsman
- *The Criminal Code* (1931), as Convict
- *East is West* (1930), as Hop Toy
- *East Is West* (1930), as Hop Toy
- *The Sea Wolf* (1930), as Igo - Waiter in Honky Tonk (uncredited)
- *The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1930), Actor
- *Welcome Danger* (1929), as Florist Henchman (uncredited)
- *Bulldog Drummond* (1929), as Chong
- *Chinatown Nights* (1929), as Woo Chung, Riley's principal henchman
- *The Woman from Moscow* (1928), as Groom
- *Moran of the Marines* (1928), as Sun Yat
- *Streets of Shanghai* (1927), as Chang Ho
- *Shanghai Bound* (1927), as Scarface
- *Mr. Wu* (1927), as Executioner (uncredited)
- *Tell It to the Marines* (1926), as Hangchow Leader
- *Old Ironsides* (1926), as Pirate (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Tetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)](https://film.one/media/person/1231945/gallery-bc01f05215a6.jpg) Tetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) — Republic Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Tetsu_Komai_in_Adventures_of_Captain_Marvel_%281941%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel - publicity still (1941)](https://film.one/media/person/1231945/gallery-eac2fdb56174.jpg) Tetsu Komai in Adventures of Captain Marvel - publicity still (1941) — unknown (Republic Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Tetsu_Komai_in_Adventures_of_Captain_Marvel_%281941%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tetsu Komai](https://film.one/media/person/1231945/gallery-7dbdf97fc1d3.jpg) Tetsu Komai — unknown (Republic Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Tetsu_Komai-Frank_Coghlan_Jr._in_Adventures_of_Captain_Marvel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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