Burt Kwouk

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Burt Kwouk OBE, born Herbert Kwouk, was an English-born actor of Chinese descent, known for many television appearances and for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films.

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Known For

Goldfinger

Mr. Ling

You Only Live Twice

Spectre 3

Empire of the Sun

Mr. Chen

Kiss of the Dragon

Uncle Taï

Casino Royale

Chinese General (uncredited)

Doctor Who

Lin Futu

The Return of the Pink Panther

Cato Fong

Air America

General Lu Soong

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2012	Whatever Happened to Harry Hill? MOVIE	Burt Kwouk
2010	Spirit Warriors TV	Shen
2008	The Saint Steps In... To Television MOVIE	Himself
2008	Honest TV	Self
2007	The Omid Djalili Show TV	Self
2006	Low Winter Sun MOVIE	Mr. Gim Yeung
2004	Wake of Death MOVIE	Tommy Li
2004	Fat Slags MOVIE	Dalai Lama
2004	Stratosphere Girl MOVIE	Papa-San
2004	The Great Challenge MOVIE	Wong
2003	Gate to Heaven MOVIE	Muki
2003	Beyond Borders MOVIE	Colonel Gao
2002	Best Ever Bond MOVIE	Self / Spectre 3
2002	The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau MOVIE	self
2002	Super Banzai Video Show MOVIE	Self
2001	Judge John Deed TV	Professor Vang Pao
2001	Kiss of the Dragon MOVIE	Uncle Taï
2001	The Lost Empire TV	Professor Sheng
2001	Banzai TV	Self
2000	Inside 'You Only Live Twice' MOVIE	Self
2000	Arabian Nights TV	Caliph Beder
2000	Animated Epics: Moby Dick MOVIE	Fedallah (voice)
2000	Ken Adam: Designing Bond MOVIE	Self
1999	The Tale of the Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee MOVIE	Narrator
1998	What's a Carry On? MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1998	Harry Hill: "First Class Scamp" MOVIE	Burt Kwouk
1998	From China with Love MOVIE	Min Ju
1998	The Wonderland Experience MOVIE	Yo-yo
1997	Peggy Su! MOVIE	Dad
1997	Harry Hill TV	Self
1996	Silent Witness TV	Self
1995	She Good Fighter MOVIE	Liang
1995	Bullet to Beijing MOVIE	Kim Soo
1994	Space Precinct TV	Slik Ostrasky
1993	Son of the Pink Panther MOVIE	Cato Fong
1993	Leon the Pig Farmer MOVIE	Art Collector
1992	Shooting Elizabeth MOVIE	Father Chu
1992	Carry On Columbus MOVIE	Wang
1992	Police Story 3: Super Cop MOVIE	The General (voice) (uncredited)
1991	The House of Eliott TV	Peter Lo-Ching
1990	Air America MOVIE	General Lu Soong
1990	I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle MOVIE	Fu King Owner
1989	Close to Home TV	Mr Wong
1988	Thin Air MOVIE	Guang
1988	Noble House TV	Philip Chen
1987	Empire of the Sun MOVIE	Mr. Chen
1986	Lovejoy TV	Banker
1986	Lovejoy TV	Mr Ying
1985	Plenty MOVIE	Mr. Aung
1985	Howards' Way TV	Mr. Lee
1985	Super Gran TV	Himself
1984	The Bill TV	Self
1984	Mark of the Devil MOVIE	Hai Lee
1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense TV	Lee
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther MOVIE	Cato Fong
1982	Trail of the Pink Panther MOVIE	Cato Fong
1982	There's A Lot Of It About TV	Self
1982	Q.E.D. TV	Self
1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show TV	Card hustler
1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show TV	Various
1982	Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday MOVIE	Lin Futu
1981	Tenko TV	Capt. Yamauchi
1981	Tenko TV	Major Yamauchi
1980	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu MOVIE	Fu Manchu's Servant
1980	Keep It in the Family TV	Self
1979	The London Connection MOVIE	Man at Meeting
1979	Minder TV	Sojo
1979	Shoestring TV	Mr Wing
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Self
1978	Return of the Saint TV	Chula
1978	Spearhead TV	Mr Ho
1978	Revenge of the Pink Panther MOVIE	Cato Fong
1978	An Audience with... TV	Self
1977	The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It MOVIE	Chinese General
1977	The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It MOVIE	Chinese Delegate
1977	The Last Remake of Beau Geste MOVIE	Father Shapiro
1976	The Pink Panther Strikes Again MOVIE	Cato
1975	Rollerball MOVIE	Japanese Doctor
1975	Girls Come First MOVIE	Sashimi
1975	The Return of the Pink Panther MOVIE	Cato Fong
1973	Warship TV	Self
1973	Last of the Summer Wine TV	Entwistle
1972	The Adventurer TV	Taiho
1972	The Adventurer TV	Johnny Morrison
1972	Shirley's World TV	Self
1972	Madame Sin MOVIE	Scarred Operator
1971	Jason King TV	Self
1971	The Switch MOVIE	Prisoner
1971	Deep End MOVIE	Street Food Cart Manager
1970	The Misfit TV	Barman
1969	The Chairman MOVIE	Chang Shou
1968	Koroshi MOVIE	Tanaka
1968	The Shoes of the Fisherman MOVIE	Peng
1968	The Champions TV	Chinese Major
1968	Nobody Runs Forever MOVIE	Pham Chimh
1967	Callan TV	Self
1967	You Only Live Twice MOVIE	Spectre 3
1967	Casino Royale MOVIE	Chinese General (uncredited)
1966	The Brides of Fu Manchu MOVIE	Feng
1966	The Sandwich Man MOVIE	Ice Cream Man
1966	The Devil's Eggshell MOVIE	Wu Hsien Ching
1966	Our Man in Marrakesh MOVIE	Export manager
1966	Lost Command MOVIE	Viet Officer
1965	Sucker Bait MOVIE	Novee
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Wu Hsien Ching
1965	Out of the Unknown TV	Novee
1965	The Troubleshooters TV	Ban-Di
1965	Curse of the Fly MOVIE	Tai
1964	Goldfinger MOVIE	Mr. Ling
1964	A Shot in the Dark MOVIE	Kato
1963	Doctor Who TV	Lin Futu
1963	The Sentimental Agent TV	Chin
1963	55 Days at Peking MOVIE	Old Man (voice)
1963	The Cool Mikado MOVIE	Art teacher (uncredited)
1962	The War Lover MOVIE	Air Crewman
1962	The Saint TV	Mr. Ching
1962	The Saint TV	Tawau
1962	Man of the World TV	Liu
1962	Satan Never Sleeps MOVIE	Ah Wang
1961	The Sinister Man MOVIE	Captain Feng
1961	The Terror of the Tongs MOVIE	Mr. Ming
1961	The Avengers TV	Self
1960	Visa to Canton MOVIE	Jimmy
1960	Danger Man TV	Chen Tung
1960	Danger Man TV	Tanaka
1959	International Detective TV	Jimmy Hau
1959	Expresso Bongo MOVIE	Soho Youth
1959	Upstairs and Downstairs MOVIE	Chinese Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
1959	Yesterday's Enemy MOVIE	Japanese Soldier
1958	The Inn of the Sixth Happiness MOVIE	Li
1957	Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 MOVIE	Japanese Man
1957	Windom's Way MOVIE	Father Amyan's Aide (uncredited)
1956	Hancock's Half Hour TV	Self

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