Leonard Strong

Leonard Strong

Leonard Clarence Strong (born 12 August 1908, Salt Lake City, Utah - d. 23 January 1980, Glendale, California was a prolific American character actor specialising in playing Asian roles. Beginning with Little Tokyo, U.S.A in 1942, Strong played a gamut of roles as Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Thais, etc. in films such as Dragon Seed (1944),Up in Arms (1944), Jack London (1943), Salute to the Marines (1943), Behind the Rising Sun (1943), Night Plane from Chungking (1943), Bombardier (1943),Underground Agent (1942), and Manila Calling (1942). He played the Thai interpreter in both Anna and the King of Siam and its musical remake The King and I. Strong also appeared in the movie Shane (1953) as homesteader Ernie Wright. Strong achieved some pop culture notoriety for his role on television as "The Claw" on Get Smart. He appeared in a season-five episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) "The Cure" written by horror writer Robert Bloch. Set deep in an Amazon jungle, Strong plays Luiz, a loyal native who speaks broken English and saves his employer, an oil explorer, from the attempted murder of his supposedly mentally ill and unfaithful wife. Something gets lost in the translation when his employer wants Strong to take her to a psychiatrist 200 miles down river, and he takes her instead to a native headshrinker. The denouement comes when Strong returns alone to the shock of his employer. He says, "I do what you tell me. I take her to my people. The best headshrinkers in the world". Then, pulling his employer's wife's now shrunken head out of a bag, he says, "Best job in the world." Another notable television role was his haunting and mostly silent portrayal of the title character in the original Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitch-Hiker", which is often listed as one of the ten best episodes of the series. With his thumb extended, seeking a ride, and asking "Going my way?", Strong is seen in one of the half-dozen, seconds-long scenes used at the start of every one of the 30 DVDs in the CBS DVD five-season collection, "The Twilight Zone, The Definitive Edition."

  • Teitl: Leonard Strong
  • Poblogrwydd: 1.302
  • Yn adnabyddus Am: Acting
  • Pen-blwydd: 1908-08-12
  • Man Geni: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • 1953
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    Shane

    Shane

    7.378 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Backfire

    Backfire

    5.8 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    Scared Stiff

    Scared Stiff

    6.4 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    Hell's Half Acre

    Hell's Half Acre

    5.4 1954 HD

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  • 1955
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    Cult of the Cobra

    Cult of the Cobra

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1942
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    Underground Agent

    Underground Agent

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1950
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    Cargo to Capetown

    Cargo to Capetown

    5.9 1950 HD

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  • 1955
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    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1947
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    Backlash

    Backlash

    4.9 1947 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Keys of the Kingdom

    The Keys of the Kingdom

    7 1944 HD

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  • 1945
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    Back to Bataan

    Back to Bataan

    6.1 1945 HD

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  • 1958
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    Jet Attack

    Jet Attack

    5.1 1958 HD

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  • 1962
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    Escape from Zahrain

    Escape from Zahrain

    6.167 1962 HD

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  • 1954
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    Prisoner of War

    Prisoner of War

    3.9 1954 HD

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  • 1943
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    Bombardier

    Bombardier

    5.4 1943 HD

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  • 1945
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    First Yank into Tokyo

    First Yank into Tokyo

    5.4 1945 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Naked Jungle

    The Naked Jungle

    6.4 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    Sword of the Avenger

    Sword of the Avenger

    8 1948 HD

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  • 1954
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    Bengal Brigade

    Bengal Brigade

    5.3 1954 HD

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  • 1945
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    Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun

    5.8 1945 HD

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  • 1953
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    Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Atomic City

    The Atomic City

    5.2 1952 HD

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  • 1947
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    Jewels of Brandenburg

    Jewels of Brandenburg

    5 1947 HD

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  • 1943
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    Behind the Rising Sun

    Behind the Rising Sun

    5.7 1943 HD

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  • 1946
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    Dangerous Millions

    Dangerous Millions

    4.8 1946 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Islanders

    The Islanders

    8 1960 HD

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  • 1965
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    Get Smart

    Get Smart

    7.919 1965 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    8.4 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.733 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Navy Log

    Navy Log

    4.5 1955 HD

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  • 1952
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    Terry and the Pirates

    Terry and the Pirates

    3 1952 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu

    The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1952
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    Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

    3.5 1952 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.733 1955 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

    7.607 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Lone Wolf

    The Lone Wolf

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Lone Wolf

    The Lone Wolf

    7 1954 HD

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