Andy Ho, born Andrew Chin Guan Ho, (2 July 1913 — 16 January 1992), was a Singaporean actor who worked in Britain and America.
He was born in British Malaya (the area now known as Singapore) and eventually moved to England where he would work as an actor, making his first appearance on stage in a 1937 production of The Vessel of Wrath. Throughout The '50s and The '60s, he owned a London restaurant in addition to his acting career.
In 1960, he had one of his biggest film roles as Auban, a pirate, in the Disney film Swiss Family Robinson; his other film roles around this time were restricted to Uncredited Roles. Ho eventually would go on to make more appearances on TV than in films, playing minor roles in Danger Man, The Avengers (1960s), Z Cars, Adam Adamant Lives!, Out of the Unknown, and The Champions.
He was cast as Fu Peng in the Doctor Who serial "The Mind of Evil", but after a few scenes, he was let go for an unsatisfactory performance. His agent Kristopher Kum taking over the role. The '70s saw Ho start to appear in more comedy series such as Doctor in Charge, while he joined the cast of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum in the final two series as Ah Syn to fill the void left after Barbar Bhatti left the series.
He died at the age of 78.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- The Naked Truth (1957) — Chinese Man in Pub (Uncredited Role)
- The World of Suzie Wong (1960) — Ah Tong
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) — Auban
- The Terror of the Tongs (1961) — Lee Chung (Uncredited Role)
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) — Man (Uncredited Role)
- Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964) — Chinese Restaurant Manager
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — Control Room Technician (Uncredited Role)
- Rollerball (1975) — Reporter (Uncredited Role)
- Danger Man, episode "The Actor" (1961) — General Chu-Yee
- The Avengers, episode "Kill the King" (1961) — U Meng
- Z Cars, 2 episodes:
- "Daylight Robbery" (1963) — Chinese Waiter
- "Driver" (1978) — Chip Shop Proprietor
- Adam Adamant Lives!, episode "More Deadly Than the Sword" (1966) — Ikezawa
- Out of the Unknown, episode "Lambda 1" (1966) — Oriental
- The Champions, episode "The Dark Island" (1968) — Kai Min
- Doctor Who, 1 episode of 6-episode story "The Mind of Evil" (1970) — Fu Peng (The Other Marty)
- Jason King, episode "Every Picture Tells a Story" (1972) — Inspector Kee
- Doctor in Charge, episode "Yellow Fever" (1972) — Old Chinese Man
- The Professionals, 2 episodes:
- "Rogue" (1978) — Old Chinaman
- "Take Away" (1980) — Ngan Hung
- Shoestring, episode "Nine Tenths of the Law" (1979) — Captain Lei
- It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, 12 episodes (1980-81) — Ah Syn
- Reilly, Ace of Spies, episode "Prelude to War" (1983) — Lee Pin
