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Burt Kwouk

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The Resume

    (July 18, 1930-May 24, 2016)
    Born in Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
    Portrayed Cato Fong in the Pink Panther film series (1964-93)
    Portrayed Entwistle in the TV series ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ (2003-10)
    Also appeared in the films ‘Inn of the Seventh Happiness’ (1958), ‘Bongo Express’ (1959), ‘Goldfinger’ (1964), ‘Our Man in Marrakesh’ (1966), ‘You Only Live Twice’ (1967), ‘Casino Royale’ (1967), ‘The Shoes of the Fisherman’ (1968), ‘The Last Remake of Beau Geste’ (1977), ‘The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu’ (1980), ‘Empire of the Sun’ (1987), ‘Carry On Columbus’ (1992) and ‘Kiss of the Dragon’ (2001)
    Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama (2011)

Why he might be annoying:

    He said a girlfriend ‘nagged me into acting.’
    He admitted many of the parts he played were Oriental caricatures, commenting ‘I look at it this way: If I don’t do it, someone else will.’
    He played Cato in three of the awful Pink-Panther-in-name-only films slapped together after Peter Sellers died.
    His name was spelled as ‘Bert’ in some early film credits – and on the official Honours List announcing his OBE.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was born in a suburb of Manchester, was raised in Shanghai and went to college in the US before returning to England.
    His family lost their fortune when the Communists took control of mainland China.
    In a nod to their roles in the Pink Panther films, when the pair meet in the opening scene of ‘The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu,’ Sellers tells him ‘Your face is familiar.’
    He was married to Caroline Tebbs for over 50 years.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying