Anthony Chinn
in The Protectors ep: See No Evil (1972)
Born	1930 (1930) Georgetown, Guyana
Died	22 October 2000(2000-10-22) (aged 69–70) London, England
Citizenship	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–2000
Children	4

Anthony Chinn (1930 – 22 October 2000) was a Guyanese actor based in England who appeared in over 50 films and television series throughout a career which spanned more than four decades. ^{[1] [2]}

Career and death

Chinn was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He made his film début in the United Kingdom in 1957. ^[3] He moved to London in 1961 ^[4] and for the next several years appeared in British TV series such as The Avengers, Danger Man, The Protectors and Steptoe and Son, as well as two episodes of UFO. ^[5]

Chinn also had early uncredited roles in the James Bond films Dr. No (1962), Goldfinger (1964) and You Only Live Twice (1967), later playing a Taiwanese businessman in A View to a Kill (1985). ^[3] Chinn played the Kitai in John Huston's The Kremlin Letter (1969), a Chinese assassin in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and a Chinese doorman in Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). ^[5] He appeared as Mohan in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and as Mactilburgh's technician in The Fifth Element (1997). ^[3]

Chinn also worked in theatre and appeared in TV advertisements for brands such as McEwan's beer. He was hospitalised with a serious and life threatening brain bleed on 21 October 2000 and died from the haemorrhage the next day at a London hospital. The Guyanese actor was buried in North London and was survived by his four sons and two grandchildren. ^{[6] [2] [4]}

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Anthony Chinn at IMDb
• Anthony Chinn at asianstarz.com