Patrick Adiarte

Patrick Robert Adiarte (August 2, 1942 – April 15, 2025) was a Filipino actor, known for his portrayal of foreign or Asian characters in various roles in film and television. His roles included Prince Chulalongkorn in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, Wang San in Flower Drum Song, college student T.J. Padmanagham in High Time,^[1] and Ho-Jon in the television series M*A*S*H.^[2] He was a regular dancer on Hullabaloo.^[3]

Patrick Adiarte
Adiarte in a publicity photo for Flower Drum Song (1961)
Born	Patrick Robert Adiarte (1942-08-02)August 2, 1942 Manila, Philippines
Died	April 15, 2025(2025-04-15) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–1974, 1996

Death

Adiarte died of pneumonia on April 15, 2025, in a Los Angeles-area hospital.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	The King and I	Prince Chulalongkorn
1960	High Time	T.J. Padmanagham
1961	Flower Drum Song	Wang San
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Prince Ammud
1966	Step Out of Your Mind	Barney
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	The Enchanted Nutcracker	Prince	TV movie
1967	The Final War of Olly Winter	Vietcong Guerrilla	1 episode
1968	It Takes a Thief	Crown Prince	1 episode
1970	Ironside	Loi Tala	1 episode
1971	Bonanza	Swift Eagle	1 episode
1972	The Brady Bunch	David	2 episodes
1972	Hawaii Five-O	David	1 episode
1972-1973	M*A*S*H	Ho-Jon	7 episodes
1973	Temperatures Rising		1 episode
1974	Kojak	Leonard Wong	2 episodes

Stage

As actor

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Refs.
1951	The King and I	Royal Child (replacement)	St. James Theatre, Broadway	[7]
1954		Prince Chulalongkorn (replacement), Royal Child	North American tour	[8]
1956		Prince Chulalongkorn	New York City Center	[9]
1958	Flower Drum Song	Wang San	St. James Theatre, Broadway	[10]
1962			Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera	[11]

As director

1977: Starting Here, Starting Now at the Old Vat Room at Arena Stage^[12]