Fong ended up with a role in a film called China starring Loretta Young and Alan Ladd.

"I couldn't read lines too well, but World War II was under way and all the studios were looking for actors with Oriental features.

Fong made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, seven on My Three Sons as Ray Wong, and four on Kung Fu.

Actress Michele Lee later said that the 52-year-old actor had to have his jet-black hair sprayed bright white to make him look older.

[3] His chain of five restaurants, which he built up over a 30-year period, resulted from a casual remark made by actor Gregory Peck.

Wanting to have a predictable income instead of becoming one more struggling actor, he decided the restaurant would have to be done with his own capital, so he began saving.

An avid golfer and frequent traveler to Asia, Fong practiced meditation and once described himself as "a split personality – half a pound Oriental and eight ounces Yankee".