FILE - In this file photo dated April 29, 2001, Burt Kwouk, in London, best known for playing Inspector Clouseau's manservant Cato in the Pink Panther films, who has died aged 85, his agent said, Tuesday... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this file photo dated April 29, 2001, Burt Kwouk, in London, best known for playing Inspector Clouseau's manservant Cato in the Pink Panther films, who has died aged 85, his agent said, Tuesday May 24, 2016. A statement Tuesday said "Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away... (Associated Press) 
 
 LONDON (AP) — Burt Kwouk, who played martial arts expert Cato in the comic "Pink Panther" films, has died. He was 85. 
 
 Kwouk's agent, Jean Diamond, said in a statement that he "passed peacefully" on Tuesday. She didn't give a cause of death. 
 
 Born in northwest England and raised in Shanghai, Kwouk had his breakthrough film role in "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" in 1958, and appeared in the James Bond films "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice." 
 
 In 1964, Blake Edwards cast him in "A Shot in the Dark," a comedy centered on Peter Sellers' bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Kwouk appeared in half a dozen more "Pink Panther" movies as Cato Fong, a manservant whose job was to attack Clouseau when he least expected it. 
 
 Diamond said Kwouk's funeral would be private. ||||| British-born actor who grew up in China starred in three James Bond movies and Last of the Summer Wine as well as his celebrated role alongside Peter Sellers 
 
 Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk, best known for playing Inspector Clouseau’s manservant Cato opposite Peter Sellers, has died aged 85. 
 
 A statement from the Warrington-born actor’s agent to the BBC revealed the news. No further details were given as to cause of death. 
 
 “Beloved actor Burt Kwouk has sadly passed peacefully away May 24,” the statement read. “The family will be having a private funeral but there will be a memorial at a later date.” 
 
 Kwouk shot to worldwide fame as Cato, known for his trademark unexpected attacks on Clouseau. These were designed to keep the incompetent police detective on his toes at all times, but usually resulted in the wrecking of the Frenchman’s flat. 
 
 Kwouk played Cato in seven Pink Panther films between 1964 and 1993. His final appearance was in the 1993 non-Sellers effort Son of the Pink Panther, starring Roberto Benigni as Clouseau’s illegitimate son. 
 
 Kwouk, who despite being born in the UK lived with his Chinese parents in Shanghai until he was 17, also starred in three Bond movies, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice and the 1967 spoof Casino Royale. He played Entwistle in the BBC’s Last of the Summer Wine between 2002 and 2010 and Major Yamauchi in Pacific theatre second world war drama Tenko in 1981. 
 
 
 
 Kwouk received an OBE for services to drama in 2011.
– RIP, Cato. Burt Kwouk, who played the memorable character in the comic Pink Panther films, has died at age 85, reports the AP. In 1964, director Blake Edwards cast him in A Shot in the Dark, a comedy centered on Peter Sellers' bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Kwouk appeared in half a dozen more Pink Panther movies as Cato Fong, a manservant whose job was to attack Clouseau when he least expected it. As the Guardian notes, "these were designed to keep the incompetent police detective on his toes at all times, but usually resulted in the wrecking of the Frenchman’s flat." Born in northwest England and raised in Shanghai, Kwouk had his breakthrough film role in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness in 1958, and appeared in the James Bond films Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. He last played Cato in 1993 in Son of the Pink Panther. Kwouk's agent said he "passed peacefully" on Tuesday but didn't give a cause of death.