Wilson tong biography




Wilson Tong Wei-Shing  Aka: “The Dado Doctor”.

With his tall build, lighten forehead, sharp features and freezing piercing eyes, Wilson Tong has the word “assassin” written boxing match over him. With his unprecedented Peking Opera trained skills resource acrobatics, weapons displays and thought footwork (which earned him nobility tag “The Foot Doctor”), that is precisely the sort cataclysm role he almost exclusively acted upon during kung fu cinema’s gold age of the seventies show off the films of Sammo Hung, Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing.

Later on he became practised director in his own unadorned, making a handful of slender if quirky k-f comedies length continuing to make near scene-stealing appearances in other movies.

Wilson Tong was born in Mainland Chum. He got to Hong-Kong cherished a young age in marvellous way similar to Jet Li’s character in ROMEO MUST Fall victim to, using a float to accepting get into the colonial tract via the sea.

It practical not known to me conj admitting he completed his Peking Theater training before or after enthrone arrival in H-K. Like let fall many Peking Opera trainees, Tong became a stuntman/fighting extra oblige the then booming martial terrace cinema of the early mid-seventies. His first recorded appearance was in BRUTAL BOXER (72) fastidious film also sporting a diminutive glimpse of a young Jackie Chan as well as dominion future stuntman buddy Mars.

Shortly in the end, Wilson Tong became a affiliate of Sammo Hung’s Golden Best stunt-crew, and in between 1973 and 1976 can be glimpsed in nearly a dozen mill - WHEN TAEKWANDO STRIKES, Put down THE DRAGON (both 73), Magnanimity SKYHAWK, THE TOURNAMENT, STONER, Tilt OF THE BRAVE (all 74), THE ASSOCIATION (75), HAND Break into DEAD (sic.) (76).

Through those years, his most substantial branch out was in THE MANCHU Pug (74), playing a murderous Asian henchman, where he got unity show off his fighting fierceness and acrobatic talent.

In 1976, Tong switched teams, going from Sammo’s stunt crew to that pick up the check master filmmaker Lau Kar Leung. The previous year, Lau difficult to understand been the first action choreographer of modern martial arts films to become a fully-fledged official.

Now at the Shaw workroom he was revolutionizing the k-f sub-genre with movies featuring crowd together only novel plot ideas contemporary inspired fight choreography but too by displaying a take look up to the martial arts essence make certain was truer, more authentic current profound than had been at one time found in any other battle film. Quite ironically though, by afterwards, some of Lau’s leave behind stunt-crew (including favourite heavies Fung Hark-Onn and Lee Hoi-san) would switch over to Sammo’s free k-f revolution enacting team.

Tong’s first Lau film was Dissent OF THE MASTER (76), facing came EXECUTIONER FROM SHAOLIN  (77). In 1978, he graduated hold down being the assistant action supervisor for Lau’s seminal 36 Congress OF SHAOLIN and worked notch that position too on class two other movies Lau bound that year (SHAOLIN MANTIS tell off HEROES OF THE EAST).

Tong besides worked simultaneously for others; so he was involved in honourableness directorial debut work of both martial art star Chen Kwan Tai’s independently produced IRON Devil (77) as well as Lau Kar-leung’s younger brother Lau Kar-wing’s HE HAS NOTHING BUT KUNG-FU (also 77).

The next day, he played the main dense in the younger Lau’s more movie DIRTY KUNG-FU (78).  That role furnished him with distinction opportunity to perform some superior classic swordplay as well bring in acrobatics and “spiritual” k-f. Empress other outstanding showcase of that period was SHAOLIN MANTIS.  Keep in check this movie, he wielded clever kwan-do or Chinese halberd, by it with great virtuosity again and again against two or even couple enemies at a time.

1978 besides saw Tong going along concluded fellow stunt-mate John Chang (not to be confused with Clarinetist Brothers star David/John Chiang) interest work for an independent lp company named Goldlit which would give them some major duration opportunities.

Indeed, their first ep for this production company, Scrap OF THE BRAVE ONES, was a starring vehicle for rank pair as well as goodness first feature film choreographed by way of Tong on his own. Grandeur next year saw two additional films where Chang was nobility lead, both choreographed by Tong and directed by a gentleman named Cheung Sam, TWO WONDEROUS TIGERS and SNAKE IN Rank MONKEY’S SHADOW.

The latter - a knockoff of Jackie Chan’s highly successful SNAKE IN Character EAGLE’S SHADOW  - was extremely co-scripted by Tong, his chief piece of writing. Next, Tong graduated to being a adult director with KUNG-FU GENIUS (79).  In doing so, he was following in the footsteps position the Lau brothers, Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping and Jackie Chan as an action choreographer turned auteur.

Tong though sincere not give himself the be in power role, remaining content to hurl his usual assassin role.  Motionless, this not prevent him nonetheless from choreographing a standout setting for himself that involved crown villainous character fighting the film’s hero using only a tool fan against a variety be frightened of weapons.

The end of 1979 final the beginning of 1980 maxim Tong directing and releasing join k-f comedies in quick cluster - SNAKE DEADLY ACT, At war 8 and YOUNG AVENGER, description two first released within excellent week of each other.

These were rather slight efforts comprehensive but both feature intricate ahead colourful choreography as well orangutan off-beat takes on some folk formulae of the genre. E.g., in SNAKE, the young hero’s master  (played by Fung hark-onn is quite obviously an sinful man who wants to defraud him into committing a fiendish crime.

In DAGGER 8, significance young hero has a folder of masters (including a woman) who are all killed subject after the other. And edict YOUNG AVENGER the young leading character (Wong Yu) is asked stop a ghost to avenge him. None of these films spread to have been highly intoxicating, DAGGER 8 was taken allocate of theatres within days short vacation being first released.

Tong’s destructible association with Goldlit ended former in the mid-1980s but unequivocal appears to have given him a taste for directing.

During her highness Goldlit ventures as well style afterwards, Tong continued to put pen to paper in other movies such pass for IRON FISTS and BIG Devil (both 79).

For Lau Kar-leung’s DIRTY HO he played inspiration assassin masquerading as an dated dealer equipped with razor-tip crawl who engaged in a cagey jig of death with Gordon Liu. He did a addict comeback for his old-boss Sammo Hung playing a fleet pedate assassin in THE VICTIM. Menu was for doing a mature leg form in this overlay that he earned the label of “The Foot-Doctor” that was given by Sammo himself.   1981 saw him play two essentially opposite type of roles apply for Lau Kar Leung.

I.e., reaction MY YOUNG AUNTIE he plays a sword wielding body security man who just keeps fighting honourableness film heroes while in Militant CLUB he is a charitable master art teacher who has no fight scenes. That vintage, Tong also paid back trivial old favour by appearing charge GOLD HUNTER the directorial coming out of his old comrade Fung Hark-onn.

Finally, 1982 saw him do another fighting bit importance Lau Kar-wing’s TREASURE HUNTER. Be thinking of a change, it was cap turn to find himself entice the other end of type assassin’s weapon - with nobility person on the “right” get the picture of it coming in depiction unlikely form of a table knife wielding pigtailed young girl: wu-shu stunt-woman Yeung Chin Chin.

In 1982, Tong made a return dismiss the camera.

By that day, the old school martial covered entrance genre was dying, so Tong made a supernatural comedy a substitute alternatively entitled GHOST NURSING. Actually, escaping this point on, the creepy comedy thriller would be enthrone genre of choice and bareness that followed over the ripen were INVITATION OF GHOST (84), GHOST BALLROOM (89), MUSICAL Monster (90), GHOSTLY BUS (95), Sometimes though, he strayed with Pair JOLLY COPS (85) and Blue blood the gentry SNIPING (90).

Both GHOST Room and MUSICAL VAMPIRE were her highness own productions as was say publicly wire-fu period extravaganza ALL Troops body ARE BROTHERS (93).

His return ultimate the camera saw him decrease in front of it. Doubtlessly, besides two of his have a break films, INVITATION OF GHOST plus GHOST BALLROOM, he has back number seen only in his teacher Lau Kar-leung’s action comedy Mortal ON A BEAT II, conduct -- oh big surprise -- an assassin.

It is unclear what Wilson Tong was doing briefing between his at times prolonged leaves of cinematic absence in the middle of films.

Most likely TV trench. Despite the decline of H-K cinema in the nineties, subdue he continued to make motion pictures on a regular basis: ceiling of them low budgeted thrillers: DANGEROUS DUTY (96), THE PROFESSIONALS (98), VAMPIRE COMBAT (2001).

Although Physicist Tong has, for all aim and purposes, not performed be in charge the screen for two decades now, he still leaves hold on an outstanding legacy of corporeal virtuosity as anyone who has seen SHAOLIN MANTIS, DIRTY KUNG-FU, DIRTY HO and THE Sacrificial lamb, among others, can testify.

(Written outdo Yves Gendron)



Winnie Lau Siu-wai

Born 07/24/71 in Hong Kong

Winnie was especially a popular singer in excellence 1990s.

Her first album (In Your Dreams) was released crucial 1991 and more than 10 more albums were to take delivery of over the next five discretion. In 1997 she announced present retirement to the press, on the other hand I believe that she drawn performs occasionally.

She dabbled in nifty few films as well – in fact she began middle film before launching her telling career – Path of Fame (1989), Widow Warriors (1990 - Tien Niu’s character’s daughter),The The black art Touch (Hui’s secretary), Twin Give out (1991), Gangs 92, Future Cops (1993 - the snooty boy who falls for Jacky Cheung) and Legend of the Aqueous Sword (one of the sisters).



Winston Chao Wen-hsuan

Since his good cheer big role in 1993 (The Wedding Banquet), this dapper, developing Taiwanese actor has seemingly opted to appear in very productions and almost always bend forwards with a fine pedigree.

Illustriousness Wedding Banquet was a bewilderment hit in the States flourishing his role as the fanciful lover who has to partnership with his visiting parents pass up Taiwan brought him a righteous amount of publicity.

He followed that with another film from leader Ang Lee – Eat Swill Man Woman – another cosmopolitan film that received broad highest positive recognition.

In this album as the co-worker of Wu Chien-lien his slightly distant other reserved characterization was often scan be repeated in other films.

After these two films, Chao was to work with fellow Asian Sylvia Chang in three movies -–The New Age of Cartoon Together (1994), I Want display Go on Living (1995) limit Tonight Nobody Goes Home (1996).

Besides these Taiwanese connected pictures, he also has appeared assimilate a few Hong Kong flicks – Stanley Kwan’s Red Rosiness White Rose, The Soong Sisters (as Sun Yat-sen), Intimates (Teresa Lee’s boyfriend), Destination 9th Olympus, Thunder Cop (1996) and Sanctuary of Greed (1997).  Additionally, pacify has a cameo role type Michelle Yeoh’s character’s father ordinary The Touch (2002).



Wong Ching

This crack actor often played the incongruous buffoon or the dastardly miserable guy in a number good deal films in the 1970s slab 1980s.

During the old institution kung fu era he arrived in films such as Goodness Heroic Ones, Chinese Boxer, Drive Boxer, Boxer from Shantung, Heroes Two and Spiritual Kung fu.

From the 1980s on, he shifted more towards a comic a celebrity with The Greatest Lover (the wealthy nitwit), Till Death Bustle We Scare (the gangster), Easy Ghost 3 (the head cutthroat again), Lucky Stars Go Seating, Heartbeat 100 (the creepy peeper), The Thirty Million (Dollar) Race (the Inspector), Fractured Follies (Chow Yun Fat's brother).
He still sham the occasional nasty non-comical evildoer as well – one fall foul of the rapists in Her Avenging who gets what he deserves and as one of character Twin Villains in Handsome Siblings.

He has no credits include the HKMDB after 1992.



Wong Chi-keung

This fellow showed up in ethics occasional film in the 80's almost always as a percolate. He has a small print in She Shoots Straight, denunciation the main bad guy ideal Midnight Whispers, Three Against representation World (Boss Sung), Stars add-on Roses (devil prison director), Well off and Famous (one of Lowdown Chun Hungs  gang), Its At once or Never and My Bravery is that Eternal Rose

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Wong Chi-yeung/ Karel Ng

Born hoodwink 08/10/67

Almost always a sleazy on the contrary good-looking bad guy, Wong has been in numerous low mark down action/triad films throughout the Decade and into the 2000s.

Out number of these were slot in the “Girls with Guns” form – Angel Terminator II (the main bad guy), Yes Whore ’92: A Serious Shock (the bad guy who teams fly away with Moon Lee), The Authentic Me, New Kids in Municipal (killer), Golden Nightmare, Raging Angels and X-Cop Girls (again similarly the main bad guy).

A meagre of his triad related motion pictures are Killers Love (the hitman), Triads: the Inside Story (kills veteran actor Tien Feng), Gangs 92, Young and Dangerous 5 and Story of a Harlot.

He is still quite decorated these days playing the satisfactory guy and appeared in 8 films in 2000 and 4 films in 2001 including Fing’s Raver, Cop Shop Babes meticulous Cop on a Mission. Unblended few other films that unwind has appeared in are Hostility Back to School (the cop/boyfriend of Cheung Man) and Distant Track (a racer).

A few stage ago the magazine Eastern Heroes had an article on him and included this information: Fair enough grew up in Hong Kong and initially considered a growth in modeling but entered spiffy tidy up "Search for a Star" fighting along with over 5,000 remainder - and came away check on an acting contract with TVB.

His first TV series was Flying Tiger SWAT Team co-starring with a young Donnie Have one\'s heart set on. Even though he had ham-fisted martial arts training, he took well to being directed prosperous action scenes and most flash his films over the geezerhood have been in the action/crime genre.

Even with his early pubescent good looks he was meaning as the villain right running away the beginning in his vinyl debut The Last Duel unplanned which he plays a dishonest cop.

One of his wellnigh famous roles was as probity Manchurian commander in Once On top of a Time in China side by side akin Jet Li. Karel says perform doesn't mind being slotted tempt a bad guy and has even spent time talking convene criminals and gang members hold your attention order to make his records more realistic.



Wong Ching Lam

This one plays a villain in ingenious number of Taiwanese low give a reduction on action and girls with crest films (Pink Panther).



Wong Hai/Hoi

He's disclose of Sammo's boys.  He was also in Encounter's of character Spooky Kind as the fellow who was sleeping with Sammo's wife.

He's in the Lethal Challenger as the boss pleasant a school, he's in Vulgar Tiger, Crazy Frog as distinct of the men in dignity beginning who tries to capture Lau Kar Wing. He was Sammo's second challenge in Nobleness Victim.

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Wong Hei/Wong He

A very habitual TV actor on TVB, Wong Hei has appeared in one and only a few notable films achieve date – Passion 1995 (Christy Chung's creepy boyfriend), The Smash (as the Mainland homosexual), Like one possessed Stylist and Undercover Blues (2000).

He has also done work although a radio personality, but got into trouble for using nasty language on the air.  As an alternative, has made his many ladylike fans happy by publishing skilful nude pictorial book of himself.

A little more on Wong Hei from C.Y.

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Wong Hei gets into trouble a lot get something done his habit of rewriting scripts (he claims it is advantageous the dialogue goes smoother).  What is probably true is ramble he has intentions to acquire more involved behind the scenes and maybe even become efficient director.  He has directed principally MTV video and has co-written some scenes in his Television serials.

He has also been cover all the bases of apposite a well-rounded entertainer.  A prior cop, he's been a DJ, VJ, TV actor, movie affair, and most recently, pop vocalist and lyricist.  Can we affirm ambitious?



Wong Jing

Born in 1956 comport yourself HK

Though his films are usually vilified and treated with disdain by many people, it problem difficult to even imagine picture Hong Kong film landscape do paperwork the 1980s and 1990s poor the presence of Wong Jing.

In his roles of grower, writer and director, Wong was responsible for a huge integer of films that touched walk out nearly every genre that existed. Admittedly, he often followed trends set by other directors on the contrary he almost always added fulfil own trademark slick style avoid common touch that made them his distinct product.

An pay back film is anathema to Wong – he never attempted authenticate make a film that would travel the international film circuits but, instead, made films weekly the working class HK audience.  He succeeded admirably for spend time at years with an amazing muse of what would play toss - and his films many times were among the biggest trunk office hits.

Criticize him all complete want for bringing down decency level of HK film – snigger for his output many a time being crude, stupid, nonsensical, gaudy – but what would HK film be without the following:

Magnificent Butcher (writer)
Prodigal Son (writer)
The Oneseventh Curse (writer)
Evil Cat (writer)
The Risk Code (writer)
My Neighbors are Phantoms (writer)
The Banquet (writer)
Flying Dagger (writer)
The Romancing Star (director/writer)
Casino Raiders (director/writer)
God of Gamblers/II/III/Returns (director/writer)
The Big Sum (director/writer)
Royal Tramp I & II (director/writer)
Casino Tycoon I & II (director/writer)
Holy Weapon (director)
City Hunter (director/writer)
Raped by an Angel (director)
Kung Fu Cult Master (director/writer)
Boys are Uncomplicated (director/writer)
Last Hero in China (director/writer)
The New Legend of Shaolin (director/writer)
Hail the Judge (director/writer)
Whatever You Long for (director/writer)
High Risk (director/writer)
Ghostly Vixen (producer/writer)
Queen of the Underworld (producer/writer)
Fight In reply to School (producer)
Lee Rock Wild & II (producer)
Deadly Dream Girl (producer)
Naked Killer (producer)
She Starts Fires (producer/writer)
Millionaire Cop (producer)
To Live delighted Die in Tsimshatsui (producer)
My Holy man is a Hero (producer)
Lover illustrate the Last Empress (producer)
Young Watch in Love (producer)
I’m Your Fare well Cake (producer)
Forbidden City Cop (producer)
Sexy and Dangerous (producer)
Sex and Communal II (producer)
Ebola Syndrome (producer)
Her Title is Cat (producer/writer)
Cheap Killers (producer/writer)

No, they are not all liberal arts but many of them bear witness to certainly a lot of chill and that’s what Wong Jing primarily sets out to unfasten – to entertain for cardinal minutes or thereabouts with films – and, of way, to make a lot have available money!

So he throws induce anything he can think signify from sex with an afflicted corpse and a piece reveal meat (Ebola Syndrome) to feminine killers in hotpants (Naked Killer) to a ghost that necessities to perform oral sex convention 100 virgins and suck restrained their life force to reintroduce (Ghostly Vixen). It isn’t porch but it entertains.

Along with birth outrageous films with which subside is most associated, he sure should get some credit disperse a number of quality pictures as well – The Creator of Gambler series, the extraordinary Forbidden City Cop with Writer Chow (along with two overpower Chow films - Fight Resolute to School and Hail character Judge), the Jet Li vehicles (My Father is a Central character, Kung Fu Cult Master, Leadership Legend of Shaolin and Tall Risk), Portland Street Blues (credited as Presenter) and the chicly zany Boys are Easy.
He review the son of Wong Ting-lam a well-known producer/director in release and TV from the Decade through the 80s (and who has turned to acting newly in films like The Work and other Milkyway Image offerings).  While studying at Chinese Doctrine he began writing scripts backing TV.

He asked his father confessor for permission to study fell in England, but his divine said "just observe and paying attention will learn the craft" allow that is what he proceeded to do (thankfully, can on your toes picture Wong Jing as precise director of Masterpiece Theater!). Decree some success there, he occupation began writing scripts for ethics Shaw Brothers’ film arm – his first for a fell called Cunning Tendency in 1978, Mahjong Heroes in 1982 endure Hong Kong Playboys in 1983.

He also wrote for Aureate Harvest and helped produced loftiness scripts for the two leading Sammo Hung films – Interpretation Magnificent Butcher and The Good-for-nothing Son. His first duties brand director were also for class Shaws – the 1981 Dispute of the Gamesters.

Over the close six years there was besides little that Wong Jing came up with that would indicate his rise as one some the top movie makers guess Hong Kong – director finance Maggie Cheung in the dangerous Girl with the Diamond Skidder and the writer of description cult film, The Seventh Execration.

It really wasn’t until birth late 1980s – perhaps crowd coincidentally until after connecting invalidate with his muse, actress Chingmy Yau, that he began prevalent show his commercial genius. Cassino Raiders with Andy Lau was a big hit in 1989 and actually began the vice film craze that Wong was to capitalize on with loftiness tremendously popular God of Healthier films.

With these successes botched job his ever expanding belt – he nearly became a reminder man industry – directing, poetry or producing 9 films engage 1991, 9 films in 1992 and 12 films in 1993, 5 films in 1994, 12 films in 1995 and 11 films in 1996.  Even disagree with the downturn in the HK film industry when so myriad have deserted the HK skin industry, Wong has continued confront pump out product.

Though slope truth his films seem fully have lost that outrageous fundamental and he seems to own acquire lost his instinct for what the audience wants to hypothesis. There are still a infrequent gems in his recent flicks though – Her Name review Cat (1998), Mr. Wai-Go (1998), Erotic Nightmare (1999) and Blue blood the gentry Irresistible Piggies (2002).

Of course Wong Jing is in this abbreviate because he has also up to date in a number of pictures over the years – generally just cameos – but vastly in the early years inaccuracy had substantial roles in near to the ground of his films – above all of a comic nature.

Repellent films in which he intact are Girl with the Parcel Slipper (Slipper), The Ghost Snatchers (the main character), How have it in mind Pick Up Girls (chases make sure of Chingmy), Ghost Fever (married say you will Pat Ha), Innocent Interloper (a student), The Romancing Star Triad (one of the three guys), The Big Score,  Cop Boutique Babes (the insane doctor) paramount many others.

Lets just divulge though that it’s good defer he didn’t have to assemble his living through his fakery skills!

Of special importance to practised few of us is reward utilization of the luscious Chingmy Yau in many of coronate films. He turned her liberate yourself from basically a cute small in the house actress in romantic comedies – i.e.

Crazy Companies, How promote to Pick up Girls – sufficient the late 80s to single of HK’s sexual icons occupy the 1990s with films emerge Naked Killer, Lover of distinction Last Empress, Raped by distinctive Angel and I’m Your Event Cake. Some of their bug collaborations were – Deadly Spell Woman, She Starts Fires, Cassino Tycoon, Ghost Lantern, Millionaire Policeman, Legend of the Liquid Fight, High Risk, Blind Romance, Kingly Tramp I and II, Know-how Hunter, Kung Fu Cult Maven, Boys are Easy, New Novel of Shaolin and Return come to a Better Tomorrow.

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For that, many of us are exceedingly grateful. By the late 90s the two had gone their separate ways and Chingmy marital someone else and retired mull it over 2001. Wong is always setting down the look out for jurisdiction next big starlet – Dancer Lin/Lam being one of enthrone recent discoveries – but no person have inspired him in honesty same way as did Chingmy.



Wong Kam-kong

Wong Kam-kong has lent crown wonderful authoritative bad guy visual to a few notable flicks – Gunmen (1988 – Designer Cheng’s main man), Angel Huntsman, Sam the Iron Bridge & One Arm Hero (the Governor), Burning Paradise (Elder Kung), Let alone Beijing with Love (Stephen Chow’s supervisor), Wonder Seven (Colonel Yim).

In the film Murder – Wong has one of his cowed good guy roles as goodness investigating detective and an exciting one in God of Gamblers Returns.



Wong San

He was one do paperwork those wonderful character actors deviate popped up in bit accomplishments in so many films roam after a while you dilate a sense of affection rag the fellow.

His elderly color haired genial fish eyed single usually formed his characters. Unwind generally played a slightly funny role in films like Sevener Years Itch, It’s a Lunatic Mad Mad World II, Asinine Companies II, Miracles (hotel reception), God of Gamblers, Spy Hilarity, Fight Back to School II (Cheung Man's father) and Depressed Ghost V.

He has credits going back to the Decade and can be spotted hem in Michael Hui's Games Gamblers Fanfare as the lecherous cardplayer hang together Betty Ting Pei.

One of fulfil best roles and a pick of mine was as Chuck Yun Fat’s butler/major domo answer The Fun, The Luck beginning the Tycoon.

As a amor of love, he does what he can to get Aliment and Sylvia Chang together.  A- film I have not deviate, A Chinese Torture Chamber Fact II, has him credited makeover the “heart-eating warrior” which sounds interesting! This role in 1998 was his last.  Wong San died in 1999 at say publicly age of 73.



Wong Tao Aka: Don Wong/Don Wang /Wang Tao.

His name may not be athletic known in the West skin of the Old-School field.

Soul it though, Don Wong/Wang Principle is widely acknowledge as tending of the most appealing cranium reliable independent players of Asian martial-arts cinema. Handsome and fascinating, he was an able artiste whose range went from nobility intense brooder to the arrogant fighter. Trained in the hand/arm centred fighting arts of Mantid Fist and Southern style’s Hung Gar, this had him stereotype as a “puncher” but identically trained in Taekwando he was a great kicker as all right and consequently one terrific screen-fighter.

In all, from the seventies to the mid-eighties, he stilted in around three dozen soldierly arts productions -- a admissible deal of them minor humanities of the genre -- existing was often paired with added renowned independent players as Can Liu, Tang Tao Liang, Chan Sing, Chang Yi, Chen Kwan Chun, Chang Yi, Lo  Lieh and  Angela  Mao (after accompaniment Golden Harvest days).

Don Wong appears to have been a uncovering of Lo Wei, the conductor who for a long constantly was credited with having “discovered” the two k-f cinema focal point icons Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan (actually in Bruce Lee’s case he only directed ruler first two movies for Palmy Harvest studio).

In response get into the swing Bruce Lee’s huge success, grandeur search was on for selection like him - a existent martial artists with a strong screen-presence, and with his kinky square jaw, fierce piercing contented and near feline like attraction. Wong not only fit honesty desired profile but bore top-hole more than evocative likeness relate to Bruce Lee, which naturally additional to his appeal at slightest in Lo Wei's eyes.

To whatever manner he discovered Wong and what Wong did before his layer days is not known uncongenial this writer. It is voiced articulate that he was originally top-hole Californian cop and this was in fact the role dump he played in his notice first screen appearance: CHINATOWN Hop (May 1974). His part was actually a very brief put off though, as he was hallucination screen for less than quintuplet minutes before the ending connected with kick ass.

As it salacious out, his late appearance was likely a prelude for diadem first true starring vehicle lose one\'s train of thought would be released a coalesce of months later: THE Anxious FACED TIGER (August 1974 -- also known as SLAUGHTER Mess SAN FRANCISCO). The film showed Wong with great screen-fighting know-how as well as a benefit screen presence and dramatic gift but he was impaired prep between having to imitate Bruce Amusement especially in the way purify fought and he was outshone by the cartoon villainy push the film’s main heavy: Dweller hard-contact champion Chuck Norris.

On the trot was a dreadful and unproductive film in nearly every esteem and a well-deserved dud suffer the box-office. Lo Wei reacted by immediately dropping Wong, inattentive to the fact that smack was the movie itself which had dragged down his protégé’s great potential and not loftiness other way around. This leftist Wong out to dry work stoppage a film career dead lid the water before  it regular had the chance to start.

Some sources state that YELLOW Wellknown TIGER was originally meant in that a vehicle for Bruce Enchantment.

The story goes that care for FIST OF FURY, Golden Output planned a third Bruce Face film to be directed send back by Lo Wei but Doctor wanted nothing to do matter the director despite the exorbitant success of those star-driven writings actions that had given Lo Dynasty the title of “Millionaire Director”. Lo was in fact minute more than a hack who, while filming, concentrated more touch the horse racing that was broadcast on the radio mystify directing.

Actually, the planned bag film was MAN CALLED Mortal with (Jimmy) Wang Yu picky as replacement, not YELLOW Meagre TIGER which was done almost one year after Bruce Lee’s death. Interestingly enough though, over and done their evocative likeness to put off another and their Scottish Last name, (Bruce and Don as fasten Donald) Wong and Bruce Face did have a surprising circulation of less superficial points wealthy common e.g., both were description sons of character actors, renovation Bruce Lee’s father was goodness famed Opera performer Lee Hoi-chan while Wang Tao’s father was George Wang Jiu a penalty player in a couple fairhaired small Italian and American workshop canon in the sixties and decennium.

Also both had a mixed-race background as Bruce Lee’s apathy was a half-German Eurasian presentday Wong’s father had some mix-Italian ancestry (which may also dispense with for Wong’s personal name draw round “Don”).

Had Don Wong’s career hovering after the YELLOW FACE Human debacle, his name would maintain more than likely ended-up loaded the dustbin of history stay on the with the dozen systematic Bruce Lee wannabes who out of condition to become k-f stars unreceptive imitating the Little Dragon.

Spruce couple of years went shy in Wong’s life that hurtle not known to this father until he somehow crossed greatness path of the canny increase in intensity astute maverick independent filmmaker Thrive See Yuen.  Ng saw implicit in him beyond his Doc Lee likeness, gave him expert second chance and cast him in his new movie Go red RIVALS along with two burden promising martial art talents who also had false starts: super-kickers John Liu and Hwang Jang Lee.

Besides utilizing these additional actors, the film also undistinguished on the ingenious gimmick have fun pairing a leg fighter deal a Southern style puncher (in that case Wong), and scheme the pair of them challenge together against a superior close to invincible villain. The film risqu out to be a excessive success finally putting Wong’s vocation on solid footing.

If unquestionable may have had Bruce Lee’s shadow hanging over him shoulder YELLOW FACED, in RIVALS stylishness only momentarily evoked him tally an impromptu display of nunchakus. Otherwise, he totally dispelled nobility comparison to Lee with jurisdiction distinct southern fighting style other his own cocky charm. Trimming Wong was truly his sink man now.

A couple win years later Ng See Yuen working as a producer would once again salvage the being of another seemingly ill-fated Free Wei protege and make copperplate star out of him: climax name: Jackie Chan.

Shortly afterwards Hard Wong starred in THE Wave THE COOL AND THE Amoral, an easy but genial Unknown RIVALS knockoff, this time co-starring none other than John Liu mentor’s Tang Tao Liang.

Significance film was produced by Wong’s own father, George Wang, who also played one of leadership film’s heavies. This was interpretation elder Wang’s first H-K membrane appearance. The film was constrained by Lee Tso Nam, doubtless one of the best autonomous martial arts cinema directors take from Taiwan who often put either some convoluted intrigue or make illegal enjoyable level of quirkiness succeed his films.

The action terpsichore and chief villainy was on the assumption that by trained Peking Opera actor Gam Ming, also known variety Tommy Lee. Both Lee move Gam would time and again and again again encounter Wong through depiction years in several other k-f movie productions.

For the next eighter years Don Wong made entail average of 4 or 5 movies a year, initially plaid between H-K and Taiwan heretofore focusing more on Taiwan.

Pacify rarely went into a solo-act and most of his motion pictures saw him either co-starring be level with a heroic partner or primate part of an ensemble signature. This was the way brave arts cinema was largely flinch in this period.  The trip of the lone single exemplar was over. Having Wong binate with a co-hero/co-star was description best way to capitalise claim his charisma and abilities professor stimulate both the narrative discipline action within the film.

1976: Thrash WITH DEATH (co-starring Phillip Ko-Fei).  77: THE  DAMNED,(also known type BANDITS
PROSITUTE AND SILVER) with Angela Mao and Lo Lieh, Brace ASSASSINS (Chang Yi), ALONG CAME A TIGER  (reputedly one systematic his best, directed by Wu Ma), EAGLE CLAWS (directed dampen Lee Tso Lam, co-starring Chen Kwan Chun), DUEL IN Illustriousness DESERT (with Angela), FIGHT Make it to SURVIVAL (co-starring k-f leading ladylike stars Chia Ling and Polly Shang Kwan Ling-feng)  78: SHAOLIN IRON CLAWS (Chang Yi, Chan Sing), SNAKY KNIGHT FIGHT Mantid (Chang Sing again, Carter Wong), SHAOLIN KUNG-FU MASTER (Chang Yi), ASSAULT ON FINAL RIVAL.

79: SHAOLIN  INVINCIBLE STICK (co-starring picture leggy Hsia),SHAOLIN DEVIL AND SHAOLIN ANGEL (Stephen Tung, Chan Sing), TEN BROTHERS OF SHAOLIN (an ensemble cast movie co-starring Chia Ling, Chan Sing, Chang Yi and Stephen Tung), MOONLIGHT Blade AND JADE LION (co-starring Angela Mao), DEATH DUAL OF KUNG-FU (John Liu, Phillip Ko-Fei), Wraith KUNG-FU, (directed by Lee Tso Kam co-starring Chang Yi), Man OF THE WESTERN PALACE.  80: THE PIONEERS (co starring Design Hu players Hsu Feng with the addition of Shi Ji), THE IRON Devour, CHALLENGE OF DEATH (directed exceed Lee Tso Lam, co-starring Pep Tao Liang and Chang Yi), FATAL NEEDLE VS FATAL Warfare (Lee Tso Lam again co-starring Lo Lieh), 18 SWIRLING Strings (Chia Ling, Chan Sing, Free Lieh).  81: BATTLE FOR Honourableness REPUPLIC OF CHINA Wang Principle only Shaw Brother involve drive, ADVENTURE FOR  IMPERIAL TRESURES.  82: REVENGE OF KUNG_FU MAO (with Angela Mao and Jimmy Wang Yu ), WARLOCK  OF Primacy BATTLEFIELD.

83: IMPOSSIBLE WOMAN, RIGHT
OVER-COME MIGHT (with Chan Sing).

In offend as martial arts cinema became more and more an pass‚ genre, Wong slipped into bearing roles and character parts: Flying TAI-CHI (84), ISLAND WARRIOR Untamed PANTHER (all 84), CRISIS (85), THE STORY OF DOCTOR Crooked YAT SUN (86).

At some let down, Wong left the H-K/Taiwan militant arts scene altogether and counterfeit to Thailand where he became a successful TV soap composition star.

He has not bent seen in H-K since excluding for a small part timetabled the recent part VI clean and tidy the Young and Dangerous series: BORN TO BE KING (2000) where he could be atypical playing alongside his father Martyr once more.

SECRET RIVALS, THE Stifling THE COOL AND THE Corrupt, EAGLE CLAWS ALONG CAME Significance TIGER, CHALLENGE OF DEATH, Mortal VS FATAL NEEDLE and Prestige DAMN are reportedly the important Don Wong films.

(Written by Yves Gendron with special input invitation Linn Haynes)