Lor Tok

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Lor Tok
ล้อต๊อก
Chachoengsao, Thailand
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor

Lor Tok (

Thailand National Film Association Awards.[1]

Biography

Early life

Born Sawong Supsamruay (สวง ทรัพย์สำรวย) in Ban Suan Klong,

Bangkok Yai, Lor Tok was the third of five children of an orchardist. As a boy, he climbed coconut trees and learned to play traditional Thai musical instruments
.

He attended Wat Nuan Noradit School until

trishaw driver in Nakhon Ratchasima and professional boxer. He is said to have often walked from Nakhon Ratchasima to Bangkok on foot, a journey that took three days. He also served in the Royal Thai Army.[2]

Comedy and film career

Lor Tok joined a comedy troupe and began performing with another popular comedian of the day, Jok Dokchan. He was acclaimed for his stage performance in the comic play, Klai Glua Kin Dang (Near Good Salt, Eat Bad Salt). Due to this role, a senior actor gave him his stage name.

His film debut was in 1933 in Wan Chakayan. Other films were Panan, Yod Phi, Hong Fah, Phra Apaimanee and Roy Khan.

Among his more famous roles were the 1985 remake of the musical comedy Ngern, Ngern, Ngern (เงิน เงิน เงิน), for which he won best actor at the

Thailand National Film Association Awards. He portrayed an unscrupulous moneylender whose son falls in love with a debtor and ends up taking sides against his father. He had also had a smaller role in the original 1965 film. Lor Tok won a Tuktathong ("Golden Doll") award for his role as a Chinese merchant in Go Hub.[2] He played the lead role in the 007 spoof, James Band and was the title character in the comedy horror, Dracula Tok. In the early 1980s, he acted in the acclaimed Luang ta duology, in which he portrayed a wise Buddhist monk.[3]

He established his own production company in 1969 called Tok Boom Parpayon. Among the films he directed was Luk Kuey, which starred Mitr Chaibancha and Petchara Chaowarat. He was popular on television in the 1980s, appearing in the shows "Nateethong" and "Traduduang".[2]

Personal life

Lor Tok was described as short and dark skinned, with black hair and often sported a pencil moustache. His good humor won him an admirer in Somjit, a statuesque actress, model and beauty contest winner. They married and had three children.[2]

At the end of his life Lor Tok suffered from

khon masked dance performance,[4]
and he died at the hospital the next day.

Shortly after his death, a cartoon series based on his Dracula Tok character was developed.[5]

Tribute

On 1 April 2019, search engine Google commemorated Sawong "Lor Tok" Supsamruay with a Doodle on his 105th birth anniversary.[6]

References

  1. ^ National Artist profile Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the National Culture Commission, Thailand Ministry of Culture, retrieved 2007-03-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "You had to laugh", The Nation, "35 Most Influential Thais" (PDF), retrieved 2007-03-29.
  3. ^ Partial filmography, Thai World View, retrieved 2007-03-29.
  4. ^ "Lor Tok making slow recovery", The Nation, 2002-04-29, retrieved 2007-03-29.
  5. ^ "Lor Tok lives on in new cartoon series"[permanent dead link], The Nation, 2002-05-02, retrieved 2007-03-29.
  6. Google Doodles
    . 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

External links

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