Burt Kwouk

Burt Kwouk

1930-07-18 Manchester, England, UK 75 Credits

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Kwouk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?

Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?

2012

as Burt Kwouk

Acting

As Channel 4 celebrates its 30th birthday the Harry Hill gang look back at the series, work out where it all went wrong and see if they can put their ...

The Saint Steps In... To Television

2008

as Himself

10.0
Acting
Low Winter Sun

Low Winter Sun

2006

as Mr. Gim Yeung

6.3
Acting

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Wake of Death

Wake of Death

2004

as Tommy Li

6.0
Acting

Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces wi...

Fat Slags

Fat Slags

2004

as Dalai Lama

3.0
Acting

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way t...

Stratosphere Girl

Stratosphere Girl

2004

as Papa-San

5.6
Acting

Angela is a French art student living in Germany who loves to draw comics and creates elaborate tales drawn in a soft and romantic style. One night, A...

The Great Challenge

The Great Challenge

2004

as Wong

4.9
Acting

A multicultural band of acrobatic do-gooders take on gangsters of three great nations in this action-packed sequel to the French box-office smash Yama...

Gate to Heaven

Gate to Heaven

2003

as Muki

Acting

With the help of airport technician Dak, Alexej breaks out of the holding area for refugees. Dak puts up the Russian, who yearns to become a pilot, in...

Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders

2003

as Colonel Gao

6.4
Acting

Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade...

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Self / Spectre 3

5.0
Acting

Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

2002

as self

Acting

DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those unforgettable...

Super Banzai Video Show

Super Banzai Video Show

2002

Acting

Compilation film of the cult betting gameshow featuring a whole host of brilliant, baffling and downright bizarre betting challenges (including shoppi...

Kiss of the Dragon

Kiss of the Dragon

2001

as Uncle Taï

6.9
Acting

Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murd...

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

Animated Epics: Moby Dick

2000

as Fedallah (voice)

9.0
Acting

Paint-on-glass animation of the classic novel.

Ken Adam: Designing Bond

Ken Adam: Designing Bond

2000

as Self

6.8
Acting

A look at the Oscar-winning production designer.

The Tale of the Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee

The Tale of the Dragon: The Story of Bruce Lee

1999

as Narrator

Acting

Documentary on Bruce Lee by Channel 4 (UK).

What's a Carry On?

What's a Carry On?

1998

as Self - at Re-Union (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...

Harry Hill: "First Class Scamp"

Harry Hill: "First Class Scamp"

1998

as Burt Kwouk

Acting

Self-styled supervarmint Harry Hill is back with another live video - what were the chances of that happening, eh? Harry offers his bizarre observatio...

From China with Love

From China with Love

1998

as Min Ju

2.0
Acting
The Wonderland Experience

The Wonderland Experience

1998

as Yo-yo

Acting

Shot on location in Goa, Southern India, it concerns a young man's search for his missing father, across beaches, through deserts, down rivers and thr...

Peggy Su!

1997

as Dad

6.0
Acting

Peggy wants to be married.......

She Good Fighter

She Good Fighter

1995

as Liang

4.8
Acting

Dennis Davids is a young, talented and idealistic lawyer in Antwerp, who takes every case at heart, even the pro-deo clients the court assigns for a m...

Bullet to Beijing

Bullet to Beijing

1995

as Kim Soo

4.8
Acting

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Pete...

Son of the Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther

1993

as Cato Fong

4.6
Acting

The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.

Leon the Pig Farmer

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993

as Art Collector

5.3
Acting

An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that his is the product of artificial ...

Shooting Elizabeth

Shooting Elizabeth

1992

as Father Chu

4.9
Acting

Before a man can kill his nagging wife as planned, she disappears and he's charged with murder.

Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus

1992

as Wang

3.8
Acting

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

Air America

Air America

1990

as General Lu Soong

5.8
Acting

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for lo...

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

1990

as Fu King Owner

5.4
Acting

When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals ...

Thin Air

Thin Air

1988

as Guang

Acting

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption ...

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987

as Mr. Chen

7.5
Acting

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured w...

Plenty

Plenty

1985

as Mr. Aung

5.7
Acting

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

Mark of the Devil

Mark of the Devil

1984

as Hai Lee

5.0
Acting

A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on ...

Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

as Cato Fong

4.6
Acting

Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...

Trail of the Pink Panther

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Cato Fong

5.2
Acting

The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday

1982

as Lin Futu

5.0
Acting

The Doctor and his companions arrive on a spaceship headed for Earth, populated by natives of Earth from various different eras and commanded by the l...

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980

as Fu Manchu's Servant

4.7
Acting

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ing...

The London Connection

The London Connection

1979

as Man at Meeting

7.8
Acting

A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of ...

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

as Cato Fong

6.4
Acting

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car...

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

1977

as Chinese General

6.6
Acting

John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his ...

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

1977

as Chinese Delegate

6.6
Acting

John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his ...

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

as Father Shapiro

5.7
Acting

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

as Cato

6.9
Acting

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid...

Rollerball

Rollerball

1975

as Japanese Doctor

6.3
Acting

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy tho...

Girls Come First

Girls Come First

1975

as Sashimi

2.2
Acting

Up and coming portrait artist Alan Street is employed by the owner of a Soho Swingers Club to paint the nude hostesses. Whilst Alan relishes his new j...

The Return of the Pink Panther

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975

as Cato Fong

6.8
Acting

The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The ...

Madame Sin

Madame Sin

1972

as Scarred Operator

6.7
Acting

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.

The Switch

1971

as Prisoner

Acting

South Vietnam. Working as the head of voluntary relief team Henry Martin objects to the use of torture on prisoners. Martin's principles are tested wh...

Deep End

Deep End

1971

as Street Food Cart Manager

7.0
Acting

London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attend...

The Chairman

The Chairman

1969

as Chang Shou

5.5
Acting

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a...

Koroshi

Koroshi

1968

as Tanaka

Acting

Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceive...

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

as Peng

6.7
Acting

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon ...

Nobody Runs Forever

Nobody Runs Forever

1968

as Pham Chimh

6.0
Acting

Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But wh...

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Spectre 3

6.6
Acting

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

as Chinese General (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...

The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966

as Feng

5.7
Acting

This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. In...

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Ice Cream Man

6.1
Acting

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

The Devil's Eggshell

1966

as Wu Hsien Ching

Acting

The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings...

Our Man in Marrakesh

Our Man in Marrakesh

1966

as Export manager

5.8
Acting

One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes...

Lost Command

Lost Command

1966

as Viet Officer

6.2
Acting

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of t...

Sucker Bait

1965

as Novee

Acting

An expedition sets out to discover what has happened to a lost colony on a distant planet. Amongst the scientists is a teenager raised to be a kind of...

Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly

1965

as Tai

5.4
Acting

The son of the inventor of a matter-transporter, which turned him into a monster when he tried to transport himself along with a tiny housefly, contin...

Goldfinger

Goldfinger

1964

as Mr. Ling

7.4
Acting

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to pre...

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

1964

as Kato

7.2
Acting

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic ser...

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

1963

as Old Man (voice)

7.0
Acting

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebe...

The Cool Mikado

The Cool Mikado

1963

as Art teacher (uncredited)

Acting

In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yan...

The War Lover

The War Lover

1962

as Air Crewman

6.0
Acting

Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dange...

Satan Never Sleeps

Satan Never Sleeps

1962

as Ah Wang

5.1
Acting

A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing pr...

The Terror of the Tongs

The Terror of the Tongs

1961

as Mr. Ming

5.8
Acting

In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, th...

Visa to Canton

Visa to Canton

1960

as Jimmy

4.7
Acting

A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

as Soho Youth

5.4
Acting

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Upstairs and Downstairs

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

as Chinese Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-...

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

as Japanese Soldier

7.2
Acting

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enem...

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958

as Li

6.7
Acting

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys wor...