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Noriyuki \"Pat\" Morita (1932–2005) was born in Isleton, California, the son of\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Issei/\" title=\"Issei\">\n Issei\n </a>\n farm workers. Struck by spinal tuberculosis at age two, Morita spent much of his childhood in a body cast in a sanitarium, where a priest gave him the western name \"Patrick.\" A series of surgeries restored his ability to walk when he was eleven just in time for him to join his family in American concentration camps at\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Gila_River/\" title=\"Gila River\">\n Gila River\n </a>\n and\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Tule_Lake/\" title=\"Tule Lake\">\n Tule Lake\n </a>\n . After leaving camp, he graduated high school in Fairfield, California, and worked in his family's Chinese restaurant in Sacramento, where he first performed comedy for its patrons. After getting married and having a child, he found steadier work as a data processor for the Department of Motor Vehicles and with Aerojet General Corporation, before deciding to take the full plunge into show business at age thirty.\n </p>\n <p>\n He succeeding at finding steady work for his nightclub act in the 1960s. Billing himself as \"The Hip Nip,\" he played headlined shows around the country and became a frequent TV guest star and movie supporting player. In the 1970s, he became a regular on the hit shows \"Sanford and Son,\" as Ah Chew and \"Happy Days,\" playing Arnold. The latter role led to his starring in his own show, the short lived \"Mr. T. and Tina\" in 1976. His breakthrough role came in the 1984 hit movie\n <i>\n The Karate Kid,\n </i>\n playing Mr. Miyagi. Morita pushed to include more of his character's back story, which involved his fighting in the\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team/\" title=\"442nd Regimental Combat Team\">\n 442nd Regimental Combat Team\n </a>\n while his wife and child were in a concentration camp. He was nominated for an Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for that role, ironically losing out to another Asian American actor, Haing S. Ngor, for his role in\n <i>\n The Killing Fields\n </i>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Morita subsequently worked steadily, getting another shot at a starring TV role in the detective show \"Ohara\" (1987), in addition to numerous movies, including sequels to\n <i>\n The Karate Kid\n </i>\n and voice roles in Disney's\n <i>\n Mulan\n </i>\n (1998) and its sequel. He supported efforts to make the story of Japanese American wartime incarceration and military service better known, speaking at the first\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Days_of_Remembrance/\" title=\"Days of Remembrance\">\n Day of Remembrance\n </a>\n in Seattle in 1978, playing a character based on photographer\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Toyo_Miyatake/\" title=\"Toyo Miyatake\">\n Toyo Miyatake\n </a>\n in the landmark TV movie\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/Farewell_to_Manzanar_(film)/\" title=\"Farewell to Manzanar (film)\">\n Farewell to Manzanar\n </a>\n </i>\n (1976), and appearing in several documentaries on Japanese American soldiers or wartime incarceration. He passed away in Las Vegas on November 24, 2005.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Brian_Niiya/\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Hiura, Arnold. \"Aloha 'oe, Pat Morita.\"\n <i>\n Hawaii Herald\n </i>\n , Dec. 16, 2005, 1–2.\n </p>\n <p>\n Morita, Aly. \"Papa-San: Pat Morita’s Daughter on the Waxing and Waning of Her Father’s Life.\"\n <i>\n Hyphen Magazine\n </i>\n , Spring 2010,\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-20-insideout/papa-san-pat-morita’s-daughter-waxing-and-waning-her-father’s-life\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-20-insideout/papa-san-pat-morita’s-daughter-waxing-and-waning-her-father’s-life\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n \" Pat Morita, 73, Actor Known for 'Karate Kid' and 'Happy Days,' Dies.\"\n <i>\n New York Times\n </i>\n , Nov. 26, 2005.\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/arts/26morita.html?_r=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/arts/26morita.html?_r=0\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Patricia Sullivan. \" Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, 73; Played 'Karate Kid' Teacher.\"\n <i>\n Washington Post\n </i>\n , November 26, 2005.\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112500990.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112500990.html\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Thurber, Jon. \"Pat Morita, 73; Actor Starred in 'Karate Kid' Movie Series.\"\n <i>\n Los Angeles Times\n </i>\n , November 26, 2005.\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/26/local/me-morita26\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/26/local/me-morita26\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230622234609\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.013 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.017 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 128/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 1960/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 288/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 6/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 9.773 1 -total\n 71.25% 6.963 1 Template:Databox-People\n 14.19% 1.387 1 Template:Published\n 13.64% 1.333 1 Template:AuthorByline\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:2108-0!canonical and timestamp 20230622234609 and revision id 13796\n -->\n </div>\n </div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"toplink\">\n <a href=\"#top\">\n <i class=\"icon-chevron-up\">\n </i>\n Top\n </a>\n</div>", "categories": [ "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/categories/People/?format=api", "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/categories/Arts/?format=api" ], "sources": [ "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/sources/en-patmorita-portrait-1/?format=api" ], "coordinates": {}, "authors": [ "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/authors/Brian%20Niiya/?format=api" ], "ddr_topic_terms": [ "https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/facet/topics/topics-249/objects/" ], "prev_page": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/articles/Passing%20Poston%20(film)/?format=api", "next_page": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/articles/Pat%20Suzuki/?format=api" }