Assing "Aki" Aleong (born December 19, 1934) is a Trinidad and
Tobagoâ€"born American character actor and singer who has also been
active in songwriting and musical production. His first important role
was in the 1957 movie No Down Payment, which starred Joanne Woodward
and Jeffrey Hunter. He is probably best known for portraying Senator
Hidoshi during the first season of Babylon 5, as well as portraying
Mr. Chiang, the aide to Nathan Bates in the weekly series of V: The
Series. He also portrayed the character of Colonel Mitamura in
Farewell to the King. He owned the Gingham Dog fast food restaurant in
Hollywood, California, c. 1965.He co-wrote and produced the nonsense
doo-wop record Shombalor by Sheriff and the Ravels for Vee-Jay records
in 1958.He has a listing in the Top Pop Singles 1955â€"2008 by Joel
Whitburn, with "Trade Winds, Trade Winds" appearing in November 1961.
The song peaked at No. 101 in Billboard on the "Bubbling Under the Hot
100" charts, and it remained on the chart for four weeks. According to
an interview with Aleong on YouTube ("Part 1 of Twyman Creative
Insider Interview with Aki Aleong") the song was Number 1 in Los
Angeles in 1961. While that is not exactly accurate, "Trade Winds,
Trade Winds" did reach Number 10 on KDAY and Number 11 on KRLA, two
L.A. Top 40 stations.He is a member of the Media Action Network for
Asian Americans (MANAA) and is the executive director for Asians in
Media.
Tobagoâ€"born American character actor and singer who has also been
active in songwriting and musical production. His first important role
was in the 1957 movie No Down Payment, which starred Joanne Woodward
and Jeffrey Hunter. He is probably best known for portraying Senator
Hidoshi during the first season of Babylon 5, as well as portraying
Mr. Chiang, the aide to Nathan Bates in the weekly series of V: The
Series. He also portrayed the character of Colonel Mitamura in
Farewell to the King. He owned the Gingham Dog fast food restaurant in
Hollywood, California, c. 1965.He co-wrote and produced the nonsense
doo-wop record Shombalor by Sheriff and the Ravels for Vee-Jay records
in 1958.He has a listing in the Top Pop Singles 1955â€"2008 by Joel
Whitburn, with "Trade Winds, Trade Winds" appearing in November 1961.
The song peaked at No. 101 in Billboard on the "Bubbling Under the Hot
100" charts, and it remained on the chart for four weeks. According to
an interview with Aleong on YouTube ("Part 1 of Twyman Creative
Insider Interview with Aki Aleong") the song was Number 1 in Los
Angeles in 1961. While that is not exactly accurate, "Trade Winds,
Trade Winds" did reach Number 10 on KDAY and Number 11 on KRLA, two
L.A. Top 40 stations.He is a member of the Media Action Network for
Asian Americans (MANAA) and is the executive director for Asians in
Media.
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