{{Short description|Guyanese actor (1930–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Anthony Chinn | image = Anthony_Chinn.jpg | caption = in ''The Protectors'' ep: ''See No Evil'' (1972) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1930}} | birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|22|1930|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | citizenship = British | education = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1957–2000 | known_for = | spouse = | children = 4 | parents = }}

'''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.<ref>[http://www.asianstarz.com/Starz-C/anthonychinnbiography.htm Anthony Chinn] at ''asianstarz.com'', retrieved 3 January 2009</ref><ref name="allmovie"/>

==Career and death== Chinn was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He made his film début in the United Kingdom in 1957.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5ca1dad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113004012/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba5ca1dad|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2018|title=Anthony Chinn|website=BFI}}</ref> He moved to London in 1961<ref name="EveningTimes">{{Cite news|title=Frozen Looks for an Eskimo|newspaper=Evening Times|location=Glasgow|date=22 November 1983|page=2}}</ref> 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.<ref name=aveleyman/>

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).<ref name=bfi/> 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).<ref name=aveleyman>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3116|title=Anthony Chinn|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> He appeared as Mohan in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) and as Mactilburgh's technician in ''The Fifth Element'' (1997).<ref name=bfi/>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/330/rose-marie/production/sq1|title=Production of Rose Marie &#124; Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref name="allmovie">Brennan, Sandra: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019214120/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/12882/Anthony-Chinn Anthony Chinn], at AllRovi (via ''nytimes.com''), retrieved 3 January 2009</ref><ref name="EveningTimes"/> [[File:Anthony Chinn.png|thumb|250x250px|Chinn in an episode of ''The Optimist'', 1984]]

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst'' (1957) - Chinese People's Liberation Army Officer * ''The Abominable Snowman'' (1957) - Majordomo * ''The Camp on Blood Island'' (1958) - Japanese Sentry (uncredited) * ''Next to No Time'' (1958) * ''The Savage Innocents'' (1960) - Kiddok * ''The Long and the Short and the Tall'' (1961) - Japanese Sniper (uncredited) * ''Satan Never Sleeps'' (1962) - Ho San's Driver (uncredited) * ''Dr. No'' (1962) - Chen, Descontamination Technician (uncredited) * ''Tarzan's Three Challenges'' (1963) - Tor * ''Goldfinger'' (1964) - Servant at Stud Farm (uncredited) * ''A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967) - Hawaiian * ''You Only Live Twice'' (1967) - SPECTRE Guard (uncredited) * ''Pretty Polly'' (1967) - Japanese Proprietor * ''The Chairman'' (1969) - Chinese Officer * ''Doppelgänger'' (1969) - Mongolian Rescue Crew Member (uncredited) * ''The Gamblers'' (1970) - Nono * ''The Kremlin Letter'' (1970) - Kitai * ''Craze'' (1974) - Customer (uncredited) * ''Rollerball'' (1975) - Reporter (uncredited) * ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976) - Chinese Assassin * ''Revenge of the Pink Panther'' (1978) - Chinese Doorman * ''Mihail, câine de circ'' (1979) * ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) - Mohan * ''High Road to China'' (1983)<ref name="EveningTimes"/> - General Wong * ''The Optimist'' (1984) - Chinese spy * ''A View to a Kill'' (1985) - Taiwanese Tycoon * ''The Fifth Element'' (1997) - Mactilburgh's Technician {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0157716}} *[http://www.asianstarz.com/Starz-C/anthonychinnbiography.htm Anthony Chinn] at ''asianstarz.com''

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