Biography
Burt Kwouk was a British actor. He was born on 18 July 1930 and died on 24 May 2016.
He played Cato Fong, the manservant of Inspector Clouseau, in seven films of the Pink Panther series, beginning with A Shot in the Dark (1964) and including The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) and Son of the Pink Panther (1993). Other film roles included Mr Ling in Goldfinger (1964), appearances in You Only Live Twice (1967) and Casino Royale (1967), Mr Chen in Empire of the Sun (1987) and General Lu Soong in Air America (1990).
On television, Kwouk appeared in Doctor Who (1963), as Major Yamauchi in Tenko and as Entwistle in Last of the Summer Wine. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011 for services to drama.
