Hi Ivan,T.Q. wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:56 pmWow. Very interesting.ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:25 pmYes I think it's pretty well known that he was with the HPD before he became an actor. In fact the moment he walked into the casting room and Leonard Freeman saw him he exclaimed "That's my Chin Ho!". Lenny said he just looked like a cop, exactly the type he was looking for. It's also well documented (don't know if you read this too) that he suffered a devastating tragedy in 1944 when 2 B-25 bombers collided in mid-air right over his Honolulu home, destroying the house and killing his wife, their 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. I can't even begin to imagine his loss! How do you pick up the pieces after something like that???? He later remarried and had 2 sons and 2 daughters, one of those sons being Dennis Chun who of course played Duke on the new Five-0 reboot.Luther's nephew Dobie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:13 am Hi Guys,
Just an aside, perhaps many of you knew the following but it's the first I heard.
Kam Fong(Chin Ho Kelly) was a cop in Honolulu before he became an actor.
And he was at work in the Pearl Harbor shipyards on Dec. 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked.
I have yet to find any in depth interview with Fong, it would be interesting to get his take on
how the police were portrayed on the show, and what exactly happened to him on Dec. 7.
Jack Lord and his wife gave big donations to charity their whole lives. Countless kids in
need in Hawaii benefited from their generous natures. When Jack died he left a $40 million
estate to his wife, and according to both of their wishes, when she passed everything they
owned went to charities.
Didn't know Dennis Chun was his son. Very cool. I like him.
Kam Fong always seems sad to me, especially his eyes. He might briefly smile or laugh but his default mode was sadness. Now we know why, losing his family that way.