Andy Ho


Andy Ho was a Singapore-born 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. During the 1950s and 1960s, while working as an actor, he also owned a restaurant in London.
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.
He and his wife had four children.

Partial filmography

Outpost in Malaya - Wan LiLaughing Anne - Chinese MerchantUp to His Neck - Salamander Manager The Beachcomber - Dispenser Out of the Clouds - Chinese Man A Touch of the Sun - Hu Zarak - Lee Feng Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst - Chinese Nationalist Medical OfficerManuela - CookMiracle in Soho - Chinaman Lady of Vengeance - HousemanThe Naked Truth - Chinese Man in Pub The Mark of the Hawk - Chinese OfficerThe Savage Innocents - AnarvikThe World of Suzie Wong - Ah TongSwiss Family Robinson - Auban - PirateThe Long and the Short and the Tall - Japanese Soldier The Terror of the Tongs - Lee Chung Satan Never Sleeps - Ho San's Father55 Days at Peking - Ferry Cross the Mersey - Chinese Restaurant ManagerKiss the Girls and Make Them Die - LingYou Only Live Twice - Gunman in Car Matchless - O-ChinThe Last Grenade - Walter S*P*Y*S - Toy Ling Rollerball - Reporter An Almost Perfect Affair - Chinese tycoon