Close in Bruce Beresford's World War II drama Paradise Road (1997). In soap operas he had the recurring role of Dr. Dennis Okamura on The Young and the Restless on CBS as well as guest appearances on The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and Days of Our Lives. He also appeared as four different characters on Magnum, P.I., including the Vietnamese Colonel Ki character who severely wounds Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck), and in another two episodes he played HPD Detective Gordon Katsumoto. In the CBS Movie of the Week, he was the original Wong in "Dr. Strange" (1978). In 2012 the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA), the two labor unions for actors, merged into SAG-AFTRA, and in 2013 Kusatsu became the first elected President of the new SAG-AFTRA Local in Los Angeles. He was also elected the first National Vice President Los Angeles and was re-elected to that office four times. His roles in this period include a part in The Grinder and the father-in-law of Ken Jeong's character in Dr. Ken, as well as in film, commercials, and voice-over animation, such as The Grocer in Curious George, Netflix "Blue Eye Samurai"and "Phaeton" on AMC+. Kusatsu guest-starred on the second season of Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story. He was Grandpa Ted in Season 2 of Netflix "Never Have I Ever", and was in episodes of "Young Rock," "Days Of Our Lives," and "The United States of Al". Filmography Film Television Video games References External links Clyde Kusatsu 2008 interview on Asiance Magazine online Clyde Kusatsu 2013 interview with BlankmanInc 1948 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male actors of Japanese descent American film actors of Asian descent ʻIolani School alumni Northwestern University School of Communication alumni Male actors from Hawaii 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors