Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono (born July 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, in character roles ranging from the coroner "Painless" Kumagai in 1990's Presumed Innocent to Mister Sparkle on an episode of The Simpsons. Shimono, a Japanese American, was born Saburo Shimono in Sacramento, California, the son of restaurant owners Edith Mary (née Otani) and Masauchi Shimono. Shimono is the twin brother of Dr. Jiro Sh... more

Sab Shimono (born July 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, in character roles ranging from the coroner "Painless" Kumagai in 1990's Presumed Innocent to Mister Sparkle on an episode of The Simpsons. Shimono, a Japanese American, was born Saburo Shimono in Sacramento, California, the son of restaurant owners Edith Mary (née Otani) and Masauchi Shimono. Shimono is the twin brother of Dr. Jiro Shimono, director of the Delaware Psychiatric Center. Shimono is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. An accomplished stage actor as well, he has appeared on Broadway and in regional theaters including San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He was cast as Ito opposite Angela Lansbury's Auntie Mame in Jerry Herman's Broadway musical hit Mame in 1966. This was followed by Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970), Ride the Winds (1974), and the role of Manjiro in Stephen Sondheim & Harold Prince's... less