Henry Nakamura

Actor

Biografía

[Mr. Nakamura] graduated from Farrington High School and the University of Hawaii. A Korean War veteran, he served with a military intelligence unit. He worked in Hollywood during the 1950s in a career that spanned nearly ten years. He appeared in “Go For Broke”, Westward, the Women”, Blood Alley”, “Unchained Melody”, “Athena” and “Lafayette Escadrille”. In 1961 he entered Federal Service and worked in Okinawa for over 32 years, retiring in 1993. [Upon his death at age 87, he was] survived by wife Koto, son Derek (Joyce), brothers Wilfred & George and sisters Mary Murakami (Charles) and Mabel Nakamura and several nieces and nephews. Private services were held in Okinawa.

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