Kam Tong

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kam Tong December 18 1906 November 8 1969 was a ChineseAmerican actor He was best known for his role as Hey Boy on the CBS television series Have Gun Will Travel and as Dr Li in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song Curiously though appearing as a series regular on Have Gun Will Travel he was never afforded a regular featured credit always instead listed undistinguished from the support guest cast perhaps an indication of inherent discrimination in that regard Kam was also a regular on the short run CBSTV series Mr Garlund in 1960 He appeared in many movies often as an uncredited Chinese Japanese or Filipino character He appeared in many television shows including The Man from UNCLE The Big Valley The Time Tunnel The Final War of Olly Winter and I Spy After serving in World War II in an OSS intelligence unit he became involved in efforts to raise awareness over gun violence He also owned and operated a restaurant called Shanghai Lils in San Francisco On November 8 1969 Kam Tong died of noncommunicable disease At the time of his death he was 63 years old At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family CLR