Yuen Siu-tien
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袁小田 | ||||||||||||
Born | Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Xiǎotián | | 27 November 1912||||||||||
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Yuen Siu-tien (
Film career
Yuen trained in the traditional Peking opera role of wusheng. He began his acting career at age 37, in the first Wong Fei-hung film to star Kwan Tak-hing, Story of Huang Feihong (1949), though his film appearances were rare until the late 1950s. He is best known for portraying mentors and kung fu masters in his films, and featured in almost 150 films throughout his career.
One of his internationally best-known films came late in his career,
Personal life
Yuen is the father of eleven children, six of whom assumed various professional roles in the Hong Kong film industry. The five eldest sons were known collectively as the "Yuen clan" and often worked in combinations on many films:
- Yuen Woo-ping - director and action director
- Yuen Cheung-yan - actor and action director
- Yuen Shun-yi (Sunny Yuen) - actor and action director
- Yuen Yat-chor - actor
- Yuen Chun-yeung (Brandy Yuen) - actor, stuntman and action director
- Yuen Lung-chu - actor
Yuen had two additional sons and three daughters.[1]
Death
On January 8, 1979, Yuen died of a
Legacy
- Yuen's likeness was used for the character Shun Di from the Virtua Fighter series (taken from the role of Su Hai from Drunken Master).
- The rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard took his name from one of Yuen's films Ol' Dirty & The Bastard.[citation needed] Wu-Tang's lyrics were often inspired by 1970s kung fu films.
Filmography
Films
- An Old Kung Fu Master (1981) (a.k.a. Ol' Dirty & the Bastard)
- The Buddhist Fist (1980) - Sleeping monk
- Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979) (a.k.a. Drunken Master II) - Beggar So / Sam Seed
- Jade Claw (1979) - Cook / Teacher
- Against Rascals with Kung-Fu (1979)
- Crystal Fist (1979)
- Mad Mad Kung Fu (1979) (a.k.a. Drunken Master Slippery Snake)
- Mean Drunken Master (1979)
- Horse Boxing Killer (1979) (a.k.a. Nu Shao Lin si) - Yan Shao Tien
- Blind Fist of Bruce (1979) - The Blind Master (as Simon Yuen)
- Sleeping Fist (1979)
- Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist (1979)
- Mystery of Chessboxing(1979) (a.k.a. Ninja Checkmate) - Master Yuen/Master Cook (Guest star)
- Story of Drunken Master (1979) (a.k.a. Drunken Fist Boxing) - Beggar So
- Drunken Master (1978) - Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
- Peculiar Boxing Tricks and Master (1978) (a.k.a. Boxing Wizard)- Tung
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) (a.k.a. The Master Killer; Mandarin title: Shao Lin san shi liu fang) - Teacher
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) - Grandmaster Pai Cheng-Tien (as Hsiao-Tien Yuan)
- Heroes of the East (1978) - Tao's Teacher
- Boxing Wizard (1978) - Tung (as Yuan Hsiao-Tien)
- Deadly Snake Versus Kung Fu Killers (1977) - Snake Demon
- Bons baisers de Hong Kong(a.k.a. From Hong Kong with Love) (1975)
- Little Tiger of Canton (1971) (a.k.a. Master with Cracked Fingers) - Old Master (as Hsao Ten Juan)
- Come Drink with Me (1966) - Bandit
- The Flying Fox(1964) (a.k.a. The Purple Lightning Sword)
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) (uncredited)
- Story of the Sword and the Sabre (1963)
- The Story of the Great Heroes(1960–1961) (4 parts)
- The Book and the Sword (1960)
- Sword of Blood and Valour (1958/1959) - Mute
- Story of the Vulture Conqueror (1958/1959)
- Story of Huang Feihong (1949)
TV series
References
- ^ "Yuen Clan : Father and Sons". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
External links
- Yuen Siu-tien at IMDb