Byron Chung

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Byron Chung is a Korean actor who has guest-starred in several television series and mainstream films. [1] Some of his notable roles include appearances in television shows such as Temperatures Rising , The Streets of San Francisco , The Fantastic Journey , four episodes of Baa Baa Black Sheep , The Rockford Files , Salvage 1 , seven episodes of M*A*S*H , Hunter , Gabriel's Fire , The Agency , The West Wing , Alias , and four episodes of Lost . He was a regular, playing PROBE Control technician Kuroda, on early episodes of the 1972 TV series Search , and appeared in the pilot film for that series, Probe. Most recently he appeared on an episode of Dark Blue where he played a nefarious, upscale Korean mobster.

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