Burt Kwouk

Burt Kwouk

Birthday: Jul 18, 1930

Bio: Born in England and raised in Shanghai, actor Burt Kwouk can best be described as a funnier variation of Bruce Lee. To be sure, many of his acting assignments have called for straight interpretations, notably his roles in such films Satan Never Sleeps (1961) and The Brides of Fu Manchu (1965). But Kwouk is best known for his role as karate champ Cato Fong,… More Bio: Born in England and raised in Shanghai, actor Burt Kwouk can best be described as a funnier variation of Bruce Lee. To be sure, many of his acting assignments have called for straight interpretations, notably his roles in such films Satan Never Sleeps (1961) and The Brides of Fu Manchu (1965). But Kwouk is best known for his role as karate champ Cato Fong, right-hand man of the hapless Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers). Trained by his boss to attack without warning (the better to keep Clouseau on guard and in shape), Cato has invariably done his job too well, kicking and chopping at the Inspector at the most inopportune times -- when Clouseau is making love, for example. As Cato, Bert Kwouk has appeared in the Blake Edwards-directed Clouseau films A Shot in the Dark (1964), Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1978) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1979), and has guest-starred in two pastiche films made after Peter Sellers' death, Curse of the Pink Panther (1981) and Trail of the Pink Panther (1982). Outside the aegis of Blake Edwards, Kwouk has taken action-oriented parts in films like Rollerball (1980) and Air America (1990). For several years in the '80s, Burt Kwouk played a Japanese commandant on the British TV series Tenko. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

The Great Challenge (2004)
- Actor
Beyond Borders (2003)
- Colonel Gao
- 14%
Kuraingu furîman (Crying Freeman) (2003)
- Actor
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
- Uncle Tai
- 51%
The Lost Empire (2001)
- Actor
From China with Love (1998)
- Actor
She Good Fighter (1996)
- Li Ang
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
- Kim Soo
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
- Cato
- 16%
Carry on Columbus (1992)
- Wang
Shooting Elizabeth (1992)
- Actor
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
- Art Collector
- 80%
Air America (1990)
- Gen. Lu Soong
- 13%
Race For Glory (1989)
- Yoshiro Tanaka
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1989)
- Actor
Crying Freeman 2: Fûsei kakurei (Shades of Death) (The Enemy Within) (1989)
- Actor
Noble House (1988)
- Actor
Noble House (1988)
- Philip Chen
Empire of the Sun (1987)
- Mr. Chen
- 82%
Plenty (1985)
- Mr. Aung
- 71%
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
- Cato
- 29%
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
- Cato
- 25%
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
- Fu's Servant
- 20%
The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Cato Fong
- 82%
Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- Chinese Delegate
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
- Father Shapiro
- 33%
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- Cato
- 83%
Rollerball (1975)
- Oriental Doctor
- 68%
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- Cato
- 88%
Madame Sin (1971)
- Scarred Operator
Deep End (1970)
- Hot Dog Stand Man
- 88%
The Chairman (The Most Dangerous Man in the World) (1969)
- Chang Shou
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
- Chairman Peng
- 50%
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1968)
- Actor
The High Commissioner (1968)
- Pham Chimh
You Only Live Twice (1967)
- SPECTRE No. 3
- 70%
The Lost Command (1966)
- Viet Officer
Curse of the Fly (1965)
- Tai
Goldfinger (1964)
- Mr. Ling
- 96%
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- Kato
- 100%
Satan Never Sleeps (The Devil Never Sleeps) (Flight from Terror) (1962)
- Ah Wang
Visa to Canton (Passport to China) (1961)
- Jimmy
The Terror of the Tongs (Terror of the Hatchet Men) (1961)
- Mr. Ming
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
- Li
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