Kam Tong
Kam Tong ( born December 18, 1906 in San Francisco, California, † November 8, 1969 in Costa Mesa, California ) was an American actor of Chinese descent.
Life
Tong began his career in the mid 1930s. He had in an undisclosed uncredited role as a house servant to Lewis Milestones Adventure The general died at dawn made his feature film debut. Until the 1950s, followed by other small roles in which he portrayed Chinese, Japanese or Filipinos. From the mid- 1950s, he was seen on television. Familiarity with the U.S. television audience he gained in his role as a bellhop Hello Boy in the Western series Have Gun - Will Travel, he played 1957-1963 in 109 episodes. He was opposite Richard Boone the only solid performer in the series.
In the 1960s, he was a guest star in several other Western series such as The Men from Shiloh Ranch and Bonanza as well as other successful series formats. He had a major supporting role in the 1967 action movie nitro on the side of Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas and Aldo Ray. He was also in 1963 alongside Elvis Presley and Gary Lockwood as Uncle Walter Ling in the musical comedy Whether blond - whether brown to see. He had in 1969 in an episode of Big Valley, in November of the same year he died his last appearance.