Johnny Yune

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Johnny Yune is a Korean-American actor and comedian, known for his leading roles in the 1980s films They Call Me Bruce? and They Still Call Me Bruce. Yune became a US citizen in 1978.

[edit] Filmography

• Western Avenue (1993)
• Hamburger Johnny (1988)
• They Still Call Me Bruce (1987) — Bruce
• Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985) (TV) — Johnny Soon
• They Call Me Bruce? (1982) — Bruce/Grandfather
• The Cannonball Run (1981) — TV Talk Show Host
• Meteor (1979) (as Jon Yune) — Siberian man
• MASH
• Kung Fu

[edit] Early career

• Johnny Yune's early career included a long stint headlining at a kosher nightclub in Manhattan in the early 1960s. Knowing fluent Yiddish helped make him a popular performer there.