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Author: Jack Soo

Will you describe the [stolen] car, please? Black fenders, silver doors, green hood, polka-dot seat covers, monkey-fur dashboard… maybe it wasn’t stolen; maybe it ran away.

Jack Soo
(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor
TV/Movie Quotes As Nick Yemana in “Barney Miller”

It must have been the coffee.

Jack Soo
(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor
Last words In reference to his character Nick Yemana’ from “Barney Miller” who had a reputation for making horrible coffee. According to friend Hal Linden these were Soo's last words before cancer surgery.

You know those cute little Japanese dolls that you rub on the belly for luck? … I’m taking one out to dinner tonight.

Jack Soo
(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor
TV/Movie Quotes As Nick Yemana in “Barney Miller”

Mr. Schuster: I didn’t know Orientals had a sense of humor.

Yemana: Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder.

Jack Soo
(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor
TV/Movie Quotes As Nick Yemana in “Barney Miller” Humor Orientals













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