How tall was Burt Kwouk

Gerald S said on 8/May/23
I doubt Kwouk was ever over 5'6". By Last of the Summer Wine, 5'7" Brian Murphy had at least two inches on Kwouk, and there was only a two year age gap between the two.

Arch Stanton said on 6/May/23
No more than 2 inches between Kwouk and Sellers, in fact at times it could look 1.5 inches. Kwouk might have been a stronger 5 ft 6. The average guess is actually over 5 ft 7!

Gerald S said on 3/Mar/23
Rob, could Kwouk please be added to the Bond Actors tag?

Sinclair said on 3/Mar/22
Rob, who would you say was taller at peak, Graham Stark or Kwouk?

It’s interesting how although Kwouk looks closer to Sellers’ height in A Shot in the Dark than Stark did, Stark is noticeably taller than Kwouk in the final scene of Son of the Pink Panther. Moreover, Stark was almost a full decade older than Kwouk, so you would expect Stark at 70 to have lost more height than Kwouk at 62 in the latter film and I’d be surprised if Stark was ever anything over 5’6” at peak.

Sinclair said on 20/Aug/20
There seemed to be less of a height difference between Kwouk and Peter Sellers, as opposed to Graham Stark and Sellers in A Shot In The Dark. However, in Son of the Pink Panther, older Stark seems a tad taller than Kwouk, Roberto Benigni seems taller than both Kwouk and Stark. In Last of The Summer Wine, Brian Murphy was taller than Kwouk. I would currently go with 5’6.25” for Kwouk’s peak but I have not dismissed a flat 5’6” nor 5’6.5”.

avi said on 10/May/14
5'6 may be okay next to 5'7.75ish Sellers. no way Sellers was over 5'8

Arch Stanton said on 18/May/13
All I can find is Click Here Sellers is leaning a little but Kwouk wasn't much shorter. I think the height difference between Sellers and Graham Stark was greater in Shot in the Dark, Stark could have been 5'6".

Arch Stanton said on 18/May/13
Sellers definitely didn't have 2.5 inches on him, If he was just a flat 5 ft 6 peak then Sellers was nearer 172cm than 174. I'd upgrade Kwpuk by half an inch and downgrade Sellers by half an inch, that would be nearer I think, but your call, Kwouk is 83 years old now as I say...

Arch Stanton said on 18/May/13
Rob I was about to request this, I didn't realise you had a page for him already. I've been watching the Pink Panther films last few days and he's about 1.5 inches shorter than Sellers. They're involved in a lot of close combats of course and are often close and Sellers had between 1 and 2 inches between him. I watched Revenge of the Pink panther yesterday and my feeling was that if Sellers was 5'8.5" he was about 5'7". I'm not really convinced on 174 for Sellers, I think he looks more a flat 5'8". 169-170cm I'd say is accurate peak. Remember he's the same age as Connery and Eastwood and 83 this year, so quite reasonable that he's lost 2 inches from peak and now 5'5". I'd guess 173cm for Sellers and 169cm for Kwouk peak.

Glenn said on 4/Oct/06
Would love to meet Kato!

ForensicNYC said on 4/Aug/06
He is about this height nowadays...
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Sorry Burt...the real 5'4" Marilyn has left the building...
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His name is spelled: Burt Kwouk.

Glenn said on 17/Jul/06
Some of the greatest movies ever! Sellars claimed 5-11.

the shredder said on 16/Jul/06
rob, i use to be a big of the pink panther movies ! to me burt kwuok has never looked pass 5'5 -5'6 , because peter sellers was about 5'8-5'9 ! also herbert lom looks about 5'7 !