The Resume

(October 28, 1917-January 11, 1979)
Born in Oakland, California
Birth name was Goro Suzuki
Portrayed Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller (1975-78)
Appeared in the films 'Flower Drum Song' (1961), 'Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed' (1963), 'The Oscar' (1966), 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (1967), 'The Green Berets' (1968) and 'Return from Witch Mountain' (1978)

Why he might be annoying:

His birth year in different sources ranges from 1915 to 1917.
He was one of Hollywood's 'all-purpose Orientals,' playing a Chinese American in 'Flower Drum Song,' a Vietnamese officer in 'The Green Berets,' two Koreans in MASH and a Japanese American in 'Barney Miller.'
One of the running gags on 'Barney Miller' was the lousy coffee his character made.
He smoked, which probably contributed to the lung cancer that killed him.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was imprisoned in an internment camp during World War II.
After his death, the other cast members of Barney Miller paid tribute to him in a special retrospective episode.
As he was being wheeled into the operating room, his last words to Hal Linden were, 'It must have been the coffee.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Barney Miller
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 15]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [S-T]
• I Died in 1979 (Ranked: 61)
• I Have Throat Cancer
• I Was Imprisoned at a Japanese Internment Camp in the US
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery [Calif]
• M*A*S*H
• Profiles 24001-24250 (Ranked: 24063)
• The Oscar [1966]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 42.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 85 Votes: 48.24% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 16.13% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 63 Votes: 39.68% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 63 Votes: 34.92% Annoying