Police Officer Arthur Ken Soo Hoo

I knew Art at Belmont High, we ran track together in 1968. He was always a happy, smiling guy. I later became an actor and went out for an audition for America's Most Wanted. The part was for Art Soo Hoo. I walked in to the audition room and told them in the first minute. "I knew Art in high school." We talked a little more, then the audition began. I played it straight. I suppose I did alright because my agent told me that afternoon that I had landed the part.

In prep I got in touch with another old friend, Frankie Yan, who was on the force and who grew up with Art in Chinatown. We stood outside old Parker Center and talked and reminisced about the old days, and of our friend. "Art was always smiling," Frankie told me. We shot the episode in Chinatown, but at a different intersection than the real one. When it aired it looked good, and I hope it did something to track the killers down.

Darrell Kunitomi
Los Angeles

Darrell Kunitomi
friend of Art's

August 25, 2024