Walter Tso

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tso.

Walter Tso
曹達華
Tso (right) from the film The Furious Buddha's Palm
Born	(1915-09-15)15 September 1915 Taishan, Guangdong, China
Died	10 January 2007(2007-01-10) (aged 91) London, England
Other names	Cho Tat-wah, Tso Tat-wah, Cao Dahua
Years active	1936–1997, 2001 (62 years)
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Professional Spirit Award, 2003 Lifetime Achievement Golden Bauhinia Awards – Life Achievement Award, 2001 Lifetime Achievement
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	曹達華
Simplified Chinese	曹达华
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cáo Dáhuá Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Cou4 Daat6wah4

Walter Tso Tat-Wah (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a Hong Kong film actor most famous for the roles he played in a number of Wuxia films in the 1950s and 1960s.

Tso and actor Shih Kien starred in a number of films together. The actress Yu So-chow co-starred in many of Tso's films.

Tso's well-known roles include Lung Kim-fei (龍劍飛), Leung Foon (梁寛) and Inspector Wah (華探長).

A native of Taishan, Guangdong, (he spoke Cantonese and Taishanese) Tso began his acting career at the age of 15, and eventually starred in more than 700 film. He was a compulsive gambler. Legend has it that he lost the Wah-tat Studio, which produced most of his films at the time, while gambling, though it is not certain whether the studio was owned by him.