
Claire Tole-Moir
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Provenance:
From the estate of Burt Kwouk (b.1930- d.2016) Chinese / British actor. He was best known for playing Cato Fong, Inspector Clouseau's manservant, in the Pink Panther series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau and the 'Pink Panther', a large and valuable pink diamond. Kwouk's character was first introduced in A Shot In The Dark (1964), the second film in the series, and was a role that Kwouk would reprise on another six occasions until the 2006 series reboot. The running joke was that Cato was ordered to attack Clouseau when he least expected it to keep him alert, usually resulting in a ruined romantic encounter or Clouseau's flat being destroyed.
In the '2011 New Year Honours List', Burt Kwouk was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama.
A proportion of the proceeds will be donated to the Marie Curie Eden Hall Hospice in Hampstead, who looked after Burt Kwouk.