Harry Endo (July 20, 1922 â€" January 9, 2009) was an American actor
best known for his role playing Che Fong, a forensic scientist on the
television series Hawaii Five-O.Endo was born in Colorado, but spent
most of his life living in Hawaii. He enlisted in the United States
Army in 1941 and served as a radio operator with an infantry unit in
Europe.He had been working for Territorial Savings Bank in Hawaii and
was being filmed in a commercial for his employer when he was
approached about an acting role playing "Che Fong" as one of the
original cast members in the television series Hawaii Five-O. The
series starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a
fictional Hawaii state police department and ran from 1968 until 1980,
making it the longest running crime show on American television until
it was surpassed by Law & Order in 2003. Actor Doug Mossman, who
played the role of detective Frank Kamana on the show, described
Endo's role in the program as portraying "the all-encompassing
forensic genius, who was supposed to know everything about
everything".Fong appeared in 111 episodes of the crime drama from 1968
until 1977, and reprised his role in a 1997-hour-long
made-for-television movie.
best known for his role playing Che Fong, a forensic scientist on the
television series Hawaii Five-O.Endo was born in Colorado, but spent
most of his life living in Hawaii. He enlisted in the United States
Army in 1941 and served as a radio operator with an infantry unit in
Europe.He had been working for Territorial Savings Bank in Hawaii and
was being filmed in a commercial for his employer when he was
approached about an acting role playing "Che Fong" as one of the
original cast members in the television series Hawaii Five-O. The
series starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a
fictional Hawaii state police department and ran from 1968 until 1980,
making it the longest running crime show on American television until
it was surpassed by Law & Order in 2003. Actor Doug Mossman, who
played the role of detective Frank Kamana on the show, described
Endo's role in the program as portraying "the all-encompassing
forensic genius, who was supposed to know everything about
everything".Fong appeared in 111 episodes of the crime drama from 1968
until 1977, and reprised his role in a 1997-hour-long
made-for-television movie.
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