Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)

Sessue Hayakawa

Japanese actor (1886–1973)

Kintarō Hayakawa , known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa , was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in…