- Born in Britain but raised in Shanghai, he is best known as Cato in the Pink Panther movies.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama.
- He was dubbed in You Only Live Twice (1967).
- Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
- Has acted in both the Doctor Who Franchise and Eon James Bond series.
- Along with Terry Richards and Jeanne Roland he is one of only three actors to appear in both of the "James Bond" films released in 1967: Casino Royale (1967) and You Only Live Twice (1967).
- Although he was born in Warrington, he considered himself Chinese and not British.
- He appeared in seven films with Ric Young: The Sinister Man (1961), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), Satan Never Sleeps (1962), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), You Only Live Twice (1967), The Chairman (1969) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).
- He and his Naked Island (1965) co-star Lewis Fiander both died on May 24, 2016.
- West Hampstead, London, England (December 2010)
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