Burt Kwouk (Chinese: 郭弼; pinyin: Guō Bì) (born July 18, 1930), is an actor who was born in Manchester, England "because my mother happened to be there" but was raised in Shanghai between the ages of ten months and seventeen years. is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ...

He has appeared in numerous films and TV programmes over the years and is perhaps most famous for playing Cato, Inspector Clouseau's man-servant in the Pink Panther films. His sharp features also meant that he has played his fair share of baddies, and appeared in two James Bond films, Goldfinger (1964) as en evil Korean scientist and in You Only Live Twice (1967) as one of the Japanese operatives and announcers of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in his volcano base. Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film... “TV” redirects here. ... Peter Sellers in one of a number of appearances as Inspector Clouseau Inspector Jacques Clouseau (later chief inspector) is a fictional detective in Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ... The Pink Panther cartoon character. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ... Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the fifth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, the fifth to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007, and the sixth film to feature James Bond. ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character from the James Bond universe. ...

Another notable film role was in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as the leader of a prison revolt who later aids the main character in leading orphans to safety and heroically dies to save them. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 20th Century Fox film based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a tenacious British maid, who became a missionary in China during the tumultuous years leading up to World War II. Directed by Mark Robson, who received an Academy Award...

Having appeared for many years in virtually any UK production that called for a man of East Asian appearance, Kwouk is well known in the UK and is something of a cult figure for those who were around in the 1970s—hence his appearances in The Harry Hill Show as himself. DVD cover for Harry Hill - First Class Scamp, released by Avalon Television, 1998 Dr. Matthew Hall (born October 1, 1964), better known as Harry Roy Hill, is a British stand-up comedian who has graduated to being a star of British television by way of a BBC radio series Harry...

Selected Filmography

Film

• Kiss of the Dragon (2001) - Uncle Tai
• Son of the Pink Panther (1993) - Cato
• Carry On Columbus (1992)
• Air America (1990) - General Lu Soong
• Empire of the Sun (1987) - Mr. Chen
• Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) - Cato
• Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) - Cato
• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) - Cato
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) - Father Shapiro
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) - Cato
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) - Cato
• The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) - Peng
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• A Shot in the Dark (1964) - Cato, Clouseau's man-servant
• Goldfinger (1964) - Mr. Ling
• Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) - Li

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TV

• Last of the Summer Wine - Entwistle (2006)
• The Harry Hill Show (1994)
• Tenko (1981) - Major Yamauchi
• Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday (1981)

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Voiceover

• Doctor Who: Loups-Garoux (audio drama)
• Fire Warrior (2003) - El'Lusha (video game)

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External links

• Burt Kwouk at the Internet Movie Database
• Burt Kwouk at TV.com
• Burt Kwouk Q&A