Goro Kino | |
|---|---|
 Pictured in Little Red Decides (1918) | |
| Born | June 2, 1877 |
| Died | February 4, 1922 (aged 44) |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Spouse | Miso Kino |
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. [1]
According to contemporaneous reports, Kino had already established a career for himself in Japan on the stage before moving to San Francisco to work in a stock company and eventually to Los Angeles to work in film. [1]
He was a founding member of the Japanese Photo Players' Association alongside performers like Sessue Hayakawa and Misao Seki. [2] One of his biggest film roles was as Duck Sing in 1918's Little Red Decides .
He said of his "evil" look in The Lure of Jade 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. [3] [4]
Off-set, his hobbies included cultivating roses. [5] 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. [6]