# Anthony Chinn
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{{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](/source/The_Protectors)'' ep: ''See No Evil'' (1972)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1930}}
| birth_place = [Georgetown, Guyana](/source/Georgetown%2C_Guyana)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|22|1930|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| citizenship = British
| education =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1957–2000
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| spouse =
| children = 4
| parents =
}}
'''Anthony Chinn''' (1930 – 22 October 2000) was a [Guyanese](/source/Guyanese_people) actor based in England who appeared in over 50 films and television series throughout a career which spanned more than four decades.[[http://www.asianstarz.com/Starz-C/anthonychinnbiography.htm Anthony Chinn] at ''asianstarz.com'', retrieved 3 January 2009][{{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}}] He moved to [London](/source/London) in 1961[{{Cite news|title=Frozen Looks for an Eskimo|newspaper=[Evening Times](/source/Evening_Times)|location=[Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)|date=22 November 1983|page=2}}] and for the next several years appeared in British TV series such as ''[The Avengers](/source/The_Avengers_(TV_series))'', ''[Danger Man](/source/Danger_Man)'', ''[The Protectors](/source/The_Protectors)'' and ''[Steptoe and Son](/source/Steptoe_and_Son)'', as well as two episodes of [UFO](/source/UFO_(British_TV_series)).[
Chinn also had early uncredited roles in the [James Bond](/source/James_Bond) films ''[Dr. No](/source/Dr._No_(film))'' (1962), ''[Goldfinger](/source/Goldfinger_(film))'' (1964) and ''[You Only Live Twice](/source/You_Only_Live_Twice_(film))'' (1967), later playing a Taiwanese businessman in ''[A View to a Kill](/source/A_View_to_a_Kill)'' (1985).][ Chinn played the Kitai in [John Huston](/source/John_Huston)'s ''[The Kremlin Letter](/source/The_Kremlin_Letter)'' (1969), a Chinese assassin in ''[The Pink Panther Strikes Again](/source/The_Pink_Panther_Strikes_Again)'' (1976) and a Chinese doorman in ''[Revenge of the Pink Panther](/source/Revenge_of_the_Pink_Panther)'' (1978).][{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=3116|title=Anthony Chinn|website=www.aveleyman.com}}] He appeared as Mohan in ''[Raiders of the Lost Ark](/source/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark)'' (1981) and as Mactilburgh's technician in ''[The Fifth Element](/source/The_Fifth_Element)'' (1997).[
Chinn also worked in theatre and appeared in TV advertisements for brands such as [McEwan's](/source/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.][{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/330/rose-marie/production/sq1|title=Production of Rose Marie | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}][Brennan, Sandra: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019214120/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/12882/Anthony-Chinn Anthony Chinn], at [AllRovi](/source/AllRovi) (via ''[nytimes.com](/source/nytimes.com)''), retrieved 3 January 2009]