Wow!! It would seem if anybody has a question, someone who regularly visits this site has the answer. A sad case with Sammee Tong as well as the actor who portrayed Hop Sing. These were my first glimpses of Asian actors--and I suppose helped me and other Americans give up the stereotypes of Asians . . . but wait, so who played the "POW" character on McHale's Navy in the 60's?

This was a little tougher Michael.
The actor's name was Yoshio Yoda and he appeared in 3 episodes. He portrayed a seaman of the Imperial Japanese Navy, A.W.O.L. In 2 episodes his name was Takeo 'Fugi' Fujiwara, and in the other he was Fuji Kobiaji. I couldn't find anything about his bio.

imdb is your friend.

oops...again!!
He was in more than 3 episodes...

He was also in a movie called The Horizontal Lieutenant.

I think I saw Horizontal Lt. Jim Hutton, I think. He and David Wayne made a great Ellery Queen series.

yup..jim hutton....i only saw a few ellery gueens...but i read a lot of the stories...they were great! after i finished off all the sherlock holmes stuff i moved on to ellery queen....great reads!

The old Ellery Queen from the 70's were repeated on A&E maybe 10-15 years ago. It must of been against a popular show; Don't think it lasted more than a season. I don't think Jim Hutton lived more than a few years after the demise of the show--still a young man as I recall.