Wei Ping-Ao
Acting Born Nov 29, 1929 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 24 credits
Biography
Wei Ping-Ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.
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Full filmography
- Fist of Fury (1972) as Interpreter Wu
- The Way of the Dragon (1972) as Ho
- Hapkido (1972) as Black Bear Secretary Zhang
- Fist of Unicorn (1973) as San Tin
- Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982) as Chemist
- Calamity of Snakes (1982) as Peter Ma
- The Trail of the Broken Blade (1967) as Shi Gan
- Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973) as Self
- The Fate of Lee Khan (1973) as Wen Mei Chi
- Tales of Larceny (1973) as Retinue Officer Bo Sin
- Killer Darts (1968) as Light Footed Hero
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu (1979)
- Filthy Guy (1972)
- Downhill They Ride (1966)
- Kiss and Kill (1967) as Chien Kun
- Valley of the Fangs (1970) as Hu San
- King Cat (1967) as Jiang Ping, Underwater Mouse
- Naughty! Naughty! (1974) as Wei Ping Ao
- King Drummer (1967) as Li Yuan-Ming
- Vengeance Is a Golden Blade (1969) as Master Jin
- The Taxi Driver (1981)
- Laugh In (1976)
- Wrath of the Sword (1970) as Zhang Xiao-Shan
- The Snake Girl Drops In (1974) as Witch