| Other author/creator | Aleong, Aki, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Aki Leonard Gonzales Aleong |
| Portion of title |
Aki Leonard Gonzales Aleong |
| Abstract |
Music executive and television actor Aki Aleong was born on December 19, 1934 in Trinidad. He attended Progressive Education Institute and Boys High School in Brooklyn and, in 1951, enrolled at Brooklyn College. In 1954, Aleong appeared in Teahouse of the August Moon on Broadway. Aleong was cast in Motorcycle Gang in 1957 and later performed in 200 television programs and thirty movies including: Never So Few (1959), The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Farewell to the King (1989), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Aleong wrote the hit songs "Trade Winds" and "Shombalor." In 1967, Aleong was hired by Capital Records. He produced Norman Connors' You are My Starship and HistoryMaker Roy Ayers' Red Black and Green. He served on the boards of the Screen Actors Guild and Media Action Network for Asian Americans and was the executive director of Asians in Media. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Culver City, California 2005 April 26. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.108 HistoryMakers |
