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Leonard Strong‌

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Leonard Strong

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Leonard Strong

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1908-08-12

Popularity

star3.6

Biography

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."

Movie Credits

Shane

Shane‌
star7.4
calendar 1953

Backfire

Backfire‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Scared Stiff

Scared Stiff‌
star6.5
calendar 1953

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre‌
star5.4
calendar 1954

Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra‌
star5.9
calendar 1955

Underground Agent

Underground Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Cargo to Capetown

Cargo to Capetown‌
star5.9
calendar 1950

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing‌
star5.9
calendar 1955

Backlash

Backlash‌
star4.9
calendar 1947

The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

Jet Attack

Jet Attack‌
star5.1
calendar 1958

Escape from Zahrain

Escape from Zahrain‌
star6.2
calendar 1962

Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War‌
star3.9
calendar 1954

Bombardier

Bombardier‌
star5.4
calendar 1943

First Yank into Tokyo

First Yank into Tokyo‌
star5.4
calendar 1945

The Naked Jungle

The Naked Jungle‌
star6.4
calendar 1954

Sword of the Avenger

Sword of the Avenger‌
star8.0
calendar 1948

Bengal Brigade

Bengal Brigade‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Destination Gobi

Destination Gobi‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

The Atomic City

The Atomic City‌
star5.2
calendar 1952

Jewels of Brandenburg

Jewels of Brandenburg‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Behind the Rising Sun

Behind the Rising Sun‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

Dangerous Millions

Dangerous Millions‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

Tv Credits

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

The Islanders

The Islanders‌
star8.0
calendar 1960

Get Smart

Get Smart‌
star7.9
calendar 1965

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

The Alaskans

The Alaskans‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Navy Log

Navy Log‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Terry and the Pirates

Terry and the Pirates‌
star3.0
calendar 1952

Dr. Fu Manchu

Dr. Fu Manchu‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Dangerous Assignment

Dangerous Assignment‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf‌
star0.0
calendar 1954