on his birthday, Pat Morita (Born: June 28, 1932; Died: Nov 24, 2005).

Pat Morita is best known for his role as Mr. Kesuke Miyagi in the "The Karate Kid" movies.
He played Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on the ABC TV sitcom "Happy Days (1974-1984)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "The Outsider", "The Queen and I", "Nanny and the Professor", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Bill Cosby Show", "Green Acres", "McCloud", "The Odd Couple", "Columbo", "Love, American Style", "Hawaii Five-O", "M*A*S*H", "Police Woman", "Cannon", "Sanford and Son:, "Welcome Back, Kotter", "Mr. T and Tina", "Blansky's Beauties", "Starsky and Hutch", "Man from Atlantis", "The Love Boat", "The Incredible Hulk", "Laverne & Shirley", "Magnum, P.I.", "Lou Grant", "Ohara", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Burke's Law", "Murder, She Wrote", "Married with Children", "Boy Meets World", "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo", "Family Matters", "The Outer Limits", "Diagnosis Murder", "Caroline in the City", "Baywatch", "Body & Soul" and "Yes, Dear".

He also appeared in other movies like "The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)", "Evil Roy Slade (1972)", "Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)", "Where Does It Hurt (1972)", "Cancel My Reservation (1972)", "Brock's Last Case (1973)", "Cops (1973)", "Punch and Jody (1974)", "Wives (1975)", "I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)", "Farewell to Manzanar (1976)", "Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (1980)", "When Time Ran Out... (1980)", "Blind Alleys (1985)", "Babes in Toyland (1986)", "Captive Hearts (1987)", "Collision Course (1989)", "Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)", "Do or Die (1991)","Goodbye Paradise (1991)", "Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)", "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992)", "American Ninja 5 (1993)", "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)", "Greyhounds (1994)", "Timemaster (1995)", "Bloodsport 2 (1996)", "Earth Minus Zero (1996)", "King Cobra (1999)", "Inferno (1999)", "I'll Remember April (2000)", "Hammerlock (2000)", "House of Luk (2001)", "The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001)", "The Stoneman (2002)", "The Karate Dog (2005)", "Down and Derby (2005)" and "American Fusion (2005)".