Martial arts star Bruce Lee played Kato, sidekick to this masked crimefighter, in an ABC series
[DOC] [TLE] The Kato Show: Bruce Lee as the Green Hornet's Sidekick [PAR] Nov 20, 2015 ... Bruce Lee's turn as the sidekick on TV's "The Green Hornet" ... his first U.S. 
screen test in 1965, Bruce Lee replied, Well, a karate punch is like being hit by 
an iron barwhack!