Veteran actor Patrick Adiarte, who performed Ho-Jon within the first season of the hit conflict comedy-drama M*A*S*H, has died. He was 82.
In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Adiarte’s niece, Stephanie Hogan, confirmed he handed away on Tuesday (April 15) in a Los Angeles-area hospital of pneumonia.
Born on August 2, 1942, in Manila, Philippines, Adiarte and his sister Irene, together with their mom Purita, have been imprisoned by the Japanese in 1945 in the course of the Second World Battle. His father labored as a captain for the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers and was killed that very same yr.
A yr later, Adiarte and his household emigrated to New York. His appearing profession started on stage when, in 1952, he joined the Broadway solid of The King and I. He additionally starred within the movie adaptation in 1956, portraying Prince Chulalongkorn, the eldest son of Yul Brynner’s King Mongkut of Siam.
Adiarte additionally starred in Broadway’s Flower Drum Track and the function movie adaptation. His different large display roles embody taking part in T.J. Padmanagham within the comedy movie Excessive Time and Prince Ammud within the comedy film John Goldfarb, Please Come Residence!
On the small display, Adiarte visitor starred in two episodes of The Brady Bunch and appeared in seven episodes of M*A*S*H between 1972 and 1973. His different TV credit embody Ironside, Bonanza, Hawaii 5-O, and Kojak. He additionally incessantly appeared as a dancer on the NBC musical selection collection Hullabaloo.
M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit, who performed Main Margaret “Sizzling Lips” Houlihan on the traditional collection, took to her Instagram Tales to share her condolences, writing, “RIP Patrick Adiarrte.”
Adiarte married singer and actress Loni Ackerman in 1975; the pair divorced in 1992. The previous couple by no means had any kids. Adiarte is survived by his niece, Stephanie, and his nephew, Michael.
Stephanie’s husband shared a tribute on Instagram, writing on behalf of his spouse and her brother Michael. “He was their final uncle so please maintain them in your ideas and prayers. Uncle Patrick was not solely a relative, however he was additionally an leisure and Hollywood legend. Truly known as by many because the “Philippine Dancing Legend,” he wrote.
“He danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astair, was on TV exhibits with Bing Crosby, he was Ho-Jon, the Korean tent boy on M*A*S*H, the tour information when the Bradys went to Hawaii on The Brady Bunch, and was in The King and I with Yul Brynner, The Flower Drum Track, and Hullabaloo, to call just a few. Undoubtedly a legend. RIP, Uncle Patrick!” the assertion concluded.