Peter Kwong, who performed Rain, one of many three martial arts warlocks in John Carpenter‘s 1986 motion basic “Huge Hassle in Little China,” has died in his sleep Tuesday evening, in accordance with considered one of his reps. He was 73. No additional particulars have been shared.

Kwong, a Sacramento, Calif. native, started his profession as a TV actor within the late-’70s and ’80s with stints in exhibits like “The A-Group,” “Surprise Girl,” “Little Home on the Prairie,” “Miami Vice,” “The Biggest American Hero,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Dynasty,” “MacGyver” and “227.”

His most well-known position got here with the 1986 launch of “Huge Hassle in Little China,” during which he performed Rain, considered one of three super-powered martial artists generally known as the Three Storms. He starred alongside Kim Cattrall and frequent Carpenter collaborator Kurt Russell. Though the movie has since emerged as a cult basic, it was a industrial failure on the time of its launch, grossing solely $11 million in opposition to a finances of roughly $20 million.

Additionally in 1986, Kwong starred in “By no means Too Younger to Die” with John Stamos and Self-importance, in addition to “The Golden Youngster” with Eddie Murphy and Charles Dance.

Kwong was simply as energetic in Hollywood behind the digital camera as he was in entrance of it. He was on the SAG Nationwide Board of Administrators for greater than 10 years and was additionally a member of the AFTRA Nationwide Board of Administrators. He additionally served on the Tv Academy Board of Governors in addition to the Actors Department Government Committee of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.