Dekao Yokoo

was a Japanese film actor active from the 1920s to the 1950s. He featured in over 90 films.

Career Born in Saga Prefecture, Yokoo studied Western painting at the Tokyo Bijitsu Gakkō (now the Tokyo University of the Arts). He joined the art department of the Shochiku studio in 1923, eventually becoming an assistant director, but due his large size, started playing comedic roles in films.