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Jack Soo Net Worth
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The main source of income: Actors
Total Net Worth at the moment 2024 year – is about $126,7 Million.
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Jack Soo information Birth date: October 28, 1917 Death date: 1979-01-11 Birth place: Oakland, California, USA Height:5 11 (1.8 m) Profession:Actor, Soundtrack Spouse:Jan Zdelar
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How tall is Jack Soo – 1,87m.
How much weight is Jack Soo – 67kg
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Biography,Early lifeJack Soo was born Goro Suzuki on a ship traveling from Japan to the United States in 1917. He lived in Oakland, California, until ordered into Japanese American internment during World War II. He was sent to the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah, and fellow internees recalled him as a camp favorite, an entertainer singing at dances and numerous events.Soos career as an entertainer began in earnest at the end of the war, first as a stand-up nightclub performer primarily in the Midwestern United States. He changed his name to Soo after working at a Chinese night club. During his years playing the nightclub circuit, he met and became friends with future Barney Miller producer Danny Arnold, who was also a performer at the time.CareerJack Soo and Nancy Kwan in Flower Drum Song.Soo finally earned his big break in 1958 when he was cast in the Broadway musical hit Flower Drum Song in the role of the show M.C. and comedian Frankie Wing (Gliding through my memoree). He was working in San Francisco at the Forbidden City, a Chinese nightclub and cabaret, which was portrayed in the musical and movie. He was offered the chance to go to Broadway on the condition that he change his name to something Chinese, as Flower Drum Song is set in San Franciscos Chinatown. At that time, he adopted the surname that he had used to leave the internment camp at Topaz, Soo. Jack switched to the Sammy Fong role (Chinatowns Nathan Detroit) during the run and played the role when the film version (1961) of the musical was made.Soo was first broadcast across America by Jack Benny on November 27, 1962, as the street-wise talent agent in Jack Meets Japanese Agent. In 1964, Soo played an important weekly supporting role as a poker-playing con artist in Valentines Day, a one-season comedy television series starring Tony Franciosa. During the next decade, he would appear in films such The Green Berets as an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Colonel and the 1967 musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, as well as making guest appearances on TV shows such as Hawaii Five-O, The Odd Couple, and two episodes of M*A*S*H.Soo joined Motown Records in 1965 as one of their first non-African American artists. During his time there, he recorded a slow ballad version of For Once in My Life as the first male singer to do so. The record was never released and was shelved in the Motown archives. The song was soon after made famous by Stevie Wonder.Soo was cast in his most memorable role in 1975 on the ABC sitcom Barney Miller as the laid-back, but very wry, Detective Nick Yemana, who was responsible for making the dreadful coffee the entire precinct had the misfortune to drink every day.Soo refused to play roles that were demeaning to Asian Americans and often spoke out against negative ethnic portrayals.Personal lifeSoo was married to Jan Zdelar, a model. The couple had three children and two grandchildren.DeathJack Soo (far right) with the Barney Miller cast.Soo was diagnosed with esophageal cancer during Barney Millers fifth season (1978–79). The cancer spread quickly, and Soo died on January 11, 1979, at age 61, at the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center. His last appearance on the show was in the episode entitled The Vandal, which aired on November 9, 1978.Because his character (and Soo himself) was so beloved, producers created a special retrospective episode showing clips of his best moments, which aired at the end of the season. The most poignant moment of the show came at the end, when the cast members raised their coffee cups in a final farewell toast to the late actor.Soos last words (and the last words in the episode The Vandal) came after being given a truly thankless chore by Captain Miller (which Nick always seemed to be the beneficiary of in the series), Barney senses Nicks desire to complain and invites him to do so. On the wall, in the background during the entire episode is a spray-painted obscenity aimed at Captain Miller courtesy of the vandal (and which everyone feels the need to comment on during the episode). Nick, having been given the open invitation by Barney for a retort, glances at the obscenity on the wall and then simply says to Barney: I have nothing to add.[11]
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