Actor
Sammee Tong
April 21, 1901 · San Francisco, California, USA
Sammee Tong (April 21, 1901 – October 27, 1964) was an American film and television character actor. He was best known for his starring role as John Forsythe's live-in houseboy/valet Peter Tong on the sitcom Bachelor Father, which aired on all three national networks from 1957 to 1962.
Tong signed with Columbia Pictures, and made his film debut in a bit part in the comedy film The Captain Hates the Sea (1934). In 1939 he returned to his home town as director of entertainment at the Chinese Village of San Francisco's World's Fair, and began the first Chinese radio hour on KSAN. Throughout the 1940s, he had small, usually uncredited, roles in films. He returned to Hollywood in the early 1950s and took roles on television.
Notable work
Often works with
Victor Sen Yung
3 titles together
Bonanza, Woman on the Run, China
Philip Ahn
3 titles together
China, Daughter of Shanghai, Hawaiian Eye
Michael Landon
2 titles together
Bonanza, Telephone Time
James Hong
2 titles together
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Hawaiian Eye
Thomas Mitchell
2 titles together
Only Angels Have Wings, Telephone Time
Pat Flaherty
2 titles together
Only Angels Have Wings, Love Before Breakfast
Full filmography · 26
Fluffy
as Cook
1965
For Those Who Think Young
as Clyde
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Laundryman
19637
Suicide Battalion
as Papa Lily
1958
Hell Bound
as Murdered Seaman (uncredited)
1957
The Midnight Story
as Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
19576.1
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane / Dr. Tabata / misc. characters (voices) (uncredited)
19566.5
Woman on the Run
as Witness to Suzie's Fall (uncredited)
19506.8
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Chinese Civilian (uncredited)
1945
China
as Aide to Japanese General
1943
Only Angels Have Wings
as Sam (uncredited)
19397.3
Daughter of Shanghai
as Chinese Alien in Airplane (uncredited)
1937