Goro Kino (sometimes credited as Gordo Keeno) was a Japanese actor who worked in Hollywood during the silent era. Like many of his Japanese contemporaries, in Hollywood, he was often cast as a villain.

Biography

According to contemporaneous reports, Kino had already established a career for himself in Japan on the stage before moving to

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to work in a stock company and eventually to Los Angeles to work in film. He was a founding member of the Japanese Photo Players' Association alongside performers like

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and Misao Seki. One of his biggest film roles was as Duck Sing in 1918's ''

Little Red Decides ''Little Red Decides'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Frederick Vroom, Jean Hersholt and Alice Davenport.Parish & Pitts p.76 Cast * Barbara Connolly as Little Red * Goro Kino as Duck Sing * Frederick ...

''. He said of his "evil" look in ''

The Lure of Jade ''The Lure of Jade'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, and Arthur Rankin.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Pauline Frederick as Sara Vin ...

'' that even he was afraid to look in the mirror, and that he scared the cameramen on set; however, he was regarded as one of the nicest people in the business in real life. Off-set, his hobbies included cultivating roses. He was married to Miso Kino, who also reportedly worked as an actress in Hollywood; she survived him when he died in 1922, but may have drowned a year later while crossing the Pacific.

Selected filmography

* '' Yellow Men and Gold'' (1922) * ''

Five Days to Live ''Five Days to Live'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Goro Kino, Misao Seki, Toyo Fujita, and George Kuwa. An impoverished Chinese vase painter is considered an unsuitable ...

'' (1922) * '' Narikin'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

'' (1921) * '' Sanji Goto'' (1921) * ''

At the End of the World ''At the End of the World'' is a 1921 American silent action drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play ''At the End of the World'' by and starred Betty Compson and Milton Sills. C ...

'' (1921) * ''

Where Lights Are Low ''Where Lights Are Low'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tôgô Yamamoto, and Goro Kino.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 66 Cast * Sessue Hayakawa as Tsu Wong S ...

'' (1921) * ''

A Tale of Two Worlds ''A Tale of Two Worlds'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film stars several well-known actors including Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, Edythe Chapman, and J. Frank ...

'' (1921) * '' The First Born'' (1921) * ''

The Purple Cipher ''The Purple Cipher'' is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story ''The Purple ...

'' (1920) * ''

A Tokyo Siren ''A Tokyo Siren'' (also known as A Tokio Siren) is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Tsuru Aoki, Jack Livingston, Goro Kino, Toyo Fujita and Arthur Jasmine. The film was based on Gwendolyn Logan's story "Ca ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Midnight Patrol ''The Midnight Patrol'' is a short American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy released August 3, 1933. Plot Laurel and Hardy play two policemen on night patrol, hence the title. They are given instructions to investigate a reporte ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Bravest Way ''The Bravest Way'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Tsuru Aoki, Yukio Aoyama, Jane Wolfe, and Winter Hall. The film was released on ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Haunted Pajamas ''The Haunted Pajamas'' is a 1917 comedy-drama film directed by Fred J. Balshofer. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Francis Perry Elliott. A copy of the film survives. Plot Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas from a ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Flower of Doom ''The Flower of Doom'' is a 1917 silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram and starring Wedgwood Nowell, Yvette Mitchell and Nicholas Dunaew. A reporter has to rescue a singer kidnapped in Chinatown. Cast * Wedgwood Nowell as Sam Savi ...

'' (1917) * '' The Honorable Friend'' (1916) * ''The Fox Woman'' (1915)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kino, Goro 1877 births 1922 deaths Male actors from Tokyo Japanese male stage actors Japanese male silent film actors Japanese emigrants to the United States 19th-century Japanese male actors 20th-century Japanese male actors