Andy Ho

Andy Ho
Born	Andrew Chin Guan Ho (1913-07-02)2 July 1913 Singapore
Died	16 January 1992(1992-01-16) (aged 78) London, England
Occupation	Actor

Andy Ho (born Andrew Chin Guan Ho; 2 July 1913 – 16 January 1992) was a Singapore-born (then part of British Malaya) film and television actor who worked in London and Hollywood from the 1950s through to the 1980s.

Biography

Andy Ho was born in Singapore in 1913. Later on, he moved to England, where he pursued a career as an actor. He made his theatrical debut in a production of The Vessel of Wrath in London in 1937.^[1] During the 1950s and 1960s, while working as an actor, he also owned a restaurant in London.^[2]

In 1970 Ho was cast as Fu Peng in the Doctor Who serial The Mind of Evil, but his performance so dissatisfied the director, Timothy Combe, that he was replaced in the role by his own agent, Kristopher Kum. Several scenes featuring Ho had to be discarded.^[3]

He and his wife had four children.

Partial filmography

Outpost in Malaya (1952) - Wan Li
Laughing Anne (1953) - Chinese Merchant
Up to His Neck (1954) - Salamander Manager (uncredited)
The Beachcomber (1954) - Dispenser (uncredited)
Out of the Clouds (1955) - Chinese Man (uncredited)
A Touch of the Sun (1956) - Hu (uncredited)
Zarak (1956) - Lee Feng (uncredited)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) - Chinese Nationalist Medical Officer
Manuela (1957) - Cook
Miracle in Soho (1957) - Chinaman (uncredited)
Lady of Vengeance (1957) - Houseman
The Naked Truth (1957) - Chinese Man in Pub (uncredited)
The Mark of the Hawk (1957) - Chinese Officer
The Savage Innocents (1960) - Anarvik
The World of Suzie Wong (1960) - Ah Tong
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) - Auban - Pirate
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) - Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961) - Lee Chung (uncredited)
Satan Never Sleeps (1962) - Ho San's Father
55 Days at Peking (1963) - (uncredited)
Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964) - Chinese Restaurant Manager
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) - Ling
You Only Live Twice (1967) - Gunman in Car (uncredited)
Matchless (1967) - O-Chin
The Last Grenade (1970) - Walter (uncredited)
S*P*Y*S (1974) - Toy Ling (uncredited)
Rollerball (1975) - Reporter (uncredited)
An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) - Chinese tycoon

References

^ "Actor Andy Ho Won't Go Hungry". The Tennessean. 17 Jul 1960. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ "Andy Ho Ensures Profitable Future". The Pittsburgh Press. 10 May 1960. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ Sullivan, Shannon (4 August 2020), 'Serial FFF: The Mind Of Evil'. shannonsullivan.com/drwho. Retrieved 14 February 2022.