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Leonard Strong
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Leonard Strong
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-08-12,Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Gender
Male
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."

Filmography

7.4

Shane
1953-04-23

5.8

Backfire
1950-01-26

6.4

Scared Stiff
1953-04-27

Hell's Half Acre

5.4

Hell's Half Acre
1954-06-01

Cult of the Cobra

6

Cult of the Cobra
1955-03-30

Underground Agent

0

Underground Agent
1942-12-03

Cargo to Capetown

5.9

Cargo to Capetown
1950-04-01

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

5.9

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955-08-18

4.9

Backlash
1947-03-01

The Keys of the Kingdom

7

The Keys of the Kingdom
1944-12-15

6.1

Back to Bataan
1945-05-30

5.1

Jet Attack
1958-02-15

Escape from Zahrain

6.1

Escape from Zahrain
1962-05-23

Prisoner of War

3.9

Prisoner of War
1954-05-04

5.4

Bombardier
1943-05-14

First Yank into Tokyo

5.4

First Yank into Tokyo
1945-09-05

The Naked Jungle

6.4

The Naked Jungle
1954-03-03

Sword of the Avenger

8

Sword of the Avenger
1948-06-02

5.3

Bengal Brigade
1954-11-06

Blood on the Sun

5.8

Blood on the Sun
1945-04-26

Destination Gobi

5.7

Destination Gobi
1953-03-20

The Atomic City

5.2

The Atomic City
1952-05-01

Jewels of Brandenburg

5

Jewels of Brandenburg
1947-05-02

Behind the Rising Sun

5.7

Behind the Rising Sun
1943-08-01

Dangerous Millions

4.8

Dangerous Millions
1946-11-27

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

8

The Islanders
1960-10-02

7.927

Get Smart
1965-09-18

The Twilight Zone

8.447

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

6.5

Peter Gunn
1958-09-22

One Step Beyond

5.6

One Step Beyond
1959-01-20

5.5

The Alaskans
1959-10-04

4.5

Navy Log
1955-09-20

Terry and the Pirates

3

Terry and the Pirates
1952-11-25

5

Dr. Fu Manchu
1956-09-03

Dangerous Assignment

3.5

Dangerous Assignment
1952-01-01

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

7

The Lone Wolf
1954-04-09

7

The Lone Wolf
1954-04-09