Morita, Pat

Morita, Pat
▪ 2006
Noriyuki Morita 
      American actor (b. June 28, 1932, Isleton, Calif.—d. Nov. 24, 2005, Las Vegas, Nev.), earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as a wise master of martial arts in the popular 1984 film The Karate Kid, which spawned three sequels. As a child Morita suffered from spinal tuberculosis and was confined to a sanatorium, where he entertained nurses and other children with sock puppets. During World War II, at age 11, he was transferred to a Japanese American internment camp. Before making his film debut in 1967, he spent several years doing stand-up comedy routines in nightclubs. His best-known TV role was that of Arnold, the nervous malt-shop owner in the TV series Happy Days (1975–76, 1982–83). Morita's later projects included roles in the films Collision Course (1989), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and the animated Mulan (1998), for which he provided the voice of the emperor of China.

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