Kristopher Kum (Aveleyman) |
Kristopher Kum
Born this day in 1929
Control Room Technician in You Only Live Twice
Kristopher Kum was born in Singapore and got his start in
acting by being cast as a Chinese chauffeur in the BBC television drama Parbottle
Speaking (1962). That same year, he
appeared in the six-episode thriller The River Flows East that aired on BBC.
Kum was not stranger to spy shows and films. He made guest
appearances on television shows Espionage
(1963), The Saint (1965), Secret
Agent (1967), Koroshi (1968), The Avengers (1969), The New Avengers (1977), and Spy! (1980). Kum was one of the few crossover actors from
the Eon Productions’ James Bond films to the television franchise of Doctor
Who in which Kum played Fu Peng opposite
Jon Pertwee’s doctor in 1971.
In addition to acting, Kum ran the Oriental Casting agency,
which assisted Southeast Asian actors secure roles. His last role listed on his
IMDB profile was in 1988 as Mr. Lee in crime drama Rockliffe’s Babies, a BBC television series. Kum passed away at the age
of 84 in 2013.
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