Kam Fong

Age: 84 (passed away Oct. 18th, 2002)
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Birth Place: Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA
Born: May. 27th, 1918

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Kam Fong's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Hawaii Five-O	Det. Chin H…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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TRIVIA:

Kam Fong was employed as boilermaker at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. He reported to work just after the attack and stayed there for three days. "I stood over the belly-up minelayer USS Ogalala, the only ship with a Hawaiian captain, and cried. I looked across the bay and saw the battleship USS Arizona burning and I cried," said Fong. He lived in Kalihi during WW II. On 8 June 1944, his first wife and two children were killed when two B-24 Liberators collided and the burning wreckage fell onto the homes of his neighborhood.
His first family died in 1944, after a B-24 bomber crashed onto his home.
Campaigned as a candidate for the 1989 election as Hawaii governor.
Was a Honolulu police officer from 1946-1962, when he retired and went into business as a real estate agent.
Kam Fong's birth name was Kam Tong Chun, which meant "golden temple" in Chinese.
Father of actor 'Dennis Chun' (qv).

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