Burt Kwouk: Narrator 2004 (b. 1930)
Britain’s best loved oriental, Manchester born Burt made an early mark in
movies with memorable appearances in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958),
Yesterday’s Enemy (1959) and The Terror of the Tongs (1961). He featured in
two James Bond films with Sean Connery, Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice,
as well as several Fu Manchu adventures with Christopher Lee. However, he
is best remembered as Cato, the martial arts manservant of Inspector
Clouseau in seven of the Pink Panther films. Later film appearances have
included everything from Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun to Carry On
Columbus. His cult TV credits include Dr Who: ‘Four to Doomsday’ with Peter
Davison, the narration of channel 4’s Banzai and many appearances with the
comedian Harry Hill. In 2003 he joined the long running BBC comedy series
Last of the Summer Wine as the Yorkshire Chinaman Entwhistle.