khigh alx dhiegh played wo fat in the original hawaii five o.
khigh alx dhiegh played wo fat in the original hawaii five o.
who plays wo fat in the original hawaii five o?
khigh alx dhiegh
khigh alx dhiegh ( or ) (born kenneth dickerson on august 25, 1910, in spring lake, new jersey, died october 25, 1991, in mesa, arizona) was an american television and motion picture actor of anglo-egyptian sudanese ancestry, noted for portraying east asian roles. he is perhaps best remembered for portraying villains, in particular his recurring tv guest role as chinese agent wo fat on "hawaii five-o" (from the pilot in 1968 to the final episode in 1980), and brainwashing expert dr. yen lo in 1962's "the manchurian candidate." in 1968, dhiegh appeared in the television series "it takes a thief" (season 2, episode 12, "to catch a roaring lion") as chinese agent fu cheng. he also starred in the short-lived 1975 tv series "khan!" as the title character. in 1988, he was featured as four finger wu in james clavell's "noble house" television mini-series. he also guest starred in "ironside" (episode: "love my enemy"), "the wild wild west" (episodes: "the night of the samurai" and "the night of the pelican"), and in the "jake and the fatman" episode "wish you were here."
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as the third season begins, "in la o na makuahine", wo fat is on the verge of being transferred but the prison truck he is in is attacked. the truck is then transported by a helicopter and dropped into the ocean. armed men in scuba cut through the truck's secure door with torches and kill the guards, resulting in fat being freed. it is later revealed that frank delano is the man responsible for attacking the truck and breaking wo fat out. the two strike up a deal; delano will be able to get stolen drugs off the island in exchange for giving wo fat the location of shelburne, who happens to be doris mcgarrett, steve's supposedly dead mother. wo fat eventually confronts doris in steve's home and the two exchange in a stand-off, holding each other at gunpoint. however, doris fires three shots into the ground, giving wo fat time to escape although it's not known the extent of the relationship doris has with wo fat. "in hana i wa 'i", wo fat kidnaps a congressman and is about to kill him until a helicopter manned by steve with danny firing arrives on scene. wo fat exchanges gunfire with danny before fleeing yet again. in "imi loko ka 'uhane", wo fat returns, disguised as a police officer, and when reporter savannah walker interviews him during the show she videotaped about five-0, mcgarrett notices wo fat and started to shoot him but he got away. later in the episode, five-0 tracks him to the jungle where he gets severely injured when the helicopter he tries to escape in gets shot down. mcgarrett refuses to kill him and instead sends him to the hospital with police guarding the hospital, where he is bandaged and handcuffed to the bed. in "aloha, malama pono", wo fat is seen lying in a bed in a high risk detention facility at an unknown location with steve standing in the room, staring at him. at the end of the episode, mcgarrett pays him another visit and wants to know why his mother came to see him. wo fat agrees to tell him, but first mcgarrett has to get fat out of the jail. then they both hear an explosion. fat tells steve that he is his protection because the unknown forces currently breaking down the door are not here to rescue him, but want him dead.
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