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Lo Wei

Directing Born Dec 12, 1918 Jiangsu, China 24 credits

Biography

Lo Wei (Chinese: 羅維, sometimes spelled Lo Wai, 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.

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Known for

Film

Fist of Fury

as Inspector Lo

Full filmography

  • Fist of Fury (1972) as Inspector Lo
  • New Fist of Fury (1976) as Inspector
  • Triad Story (1990) as Jason's Boss
  • Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) as Self
  • Empress Wu (1963) as Minister Pei Yan
  • Vengeance of a Snowgirl (1971) as Master Shen
  • None But the Brave (1973) as Commissioner Wu
  • The Criminal Hunter (1988) as George's father at fashion show
  • Raw Courage (1969) as Shangguan Hou
  • The Shadow Whip (1971) as Chief Yang of Xuan Wu Security
  • A Man Called Tiger (1973) as Miyamoto
  • Dragon Swamp (1969) as Master Fan Chung Yu
  • Naughty! Naughty! (1974) as Nancy's godfather
  • The Eunuch (1971) as Emperor
  • Angel with the Iron Fists (1967) as Chief Inspector
  • Black Butterfly (1968) as Chief Gai Tian Lui
  • The Golden Buddha (1966) as Chan Chung Tai
  • Edge of Darkness (1988) as Uncle Chat
  • Madam Slender Plum (1967) as Wang Xue Bin
  • News Attack (1989)
  • The Hurricane (1972) as Minister Chia Chi Tao
  • Death Valley (1968) as Master Chiu
  • The Golden Sword (1969) as Eight Arm Dragon Bai Chun-Tung
  • Squadron 77 (1965) as Sato