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Jimmy Wang Yu

Acting Born Mar 28, 1944 Wuxi, China 24 credits

Biography

Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.

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Known for

Film

Island of Fire

as Kui / Lucas
Film

Requital

as Wai's hired assassin

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

as Silver Roc Xiao Pang

Full filmography

  • Island of Fire (1990) as Kui / Lucas
  • Dragon (2011) as The Master
  • Requital (1992) as Wai's hired assassin
  • Millionaires' Express (1986) as Master Wong
  • The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) as Fang Kang
  • The Guillotines (2012) as Gonge
  • Fantasy Mission Force (1983) as Captain Don Wen
  • The Private Eyes (1976) as Actor in Theatre Movie
  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969) as Fang Gang
  • One-Armed Boxer (1972) as Yu Tien-Lung
  • Shanghai 13 (1984) as Black Hat
  • Golden Swallow (1968) as Silver Roc Xiao Pang
  • Killer Meteors (1976) as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
  • The Chinese Boxer (1970) as Lei Ming
  • Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
  • Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Man from Hong Kong (1975) as Fang
  • The Trail of the Broken Blade (1967) as Li Yue / Jiang Qi
  • Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) as Wang Kang
  • The Beheaded 1000 (1991) as Executioner Ren De-Tie
  • Temple of the Red Lotus (1965) as Gui Wu
  • The Deadly Silver Spear (1977)
  • The One Armed Swordsmen (1976) as Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
  • The Sword of Swords (1968) as Lin Jenshiau