Mr Ling (Burt Kwouk)

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Mr Ling played by Burt Kwouk

Born in Manchester, England on 18th July 1930

Starred In Goldfinger (1964)

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Whilst Bond is scouting Auric Goldfinger's factory in Switzerland, he hears Goldfinger talk to Mr Ling mentioning 'Operation Grand Slam'. Later when this starts to go wrong, Goldfinger shoots Mr Ling to convince the incoming troops he is on their side.

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Mr Ling is a Red Chinese Agent who is an expert in nuclear fission. He accompanies Goldfinger around the world to discuss Operation Grand Slam and the 'dirty' nuclear device. When Goldfinger and his men break into Fort Knox, Mr Ling arrives and places the detonator inside the bomb and arms it.

He is happy to provide Goldfinger with the device since once activated it will cause economic instability in the West, allowing Mr Ling to capitalise on unstable markets.

Trivia

Burt Kwouk also plays the role of 'SPECTRE No 3' in You Only Live Twice. This is one of Ernst Stavro Blofeld's control room technicians, who also makes a number of announcements regarding the status of Bird 1.

Burt Kwouk is also more famously known as playing Cato in the Pink Panther, and Entwistle in The Last of The Summer Wine TV series. §