Jimmy Wang Yu
Known For
Acting
Born
1944-03-28 in Wuxi, China
Died
2022-04-05
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.
Most Known For
Dragon
as The Master
Island of Fire
as Kui / Lucas
The Guillotines
as Gonge
Millionaires' Express
as Master Wong
The Beheaded 1000
as Executioner Ren De-Tie
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self (archive footage)
The One-Armed Swordsman
as Fang Kang
Killer Meteors
as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
Fantasy Mission Force
as Captain Don Wen
The Man from Hong Kong
as Fang
The Chinese Boxer
as Lei Ming
Golden Swallow
as Silver Roc Xiao Pang
The Private Eyes
as Actor in Theatre Movie
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
as Fang Gang
One-Armed Boxer
as Yu Tien-Lung
Shanghai 13
as Black Hat
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
as Wang Kang
Master of the Flying Guillotine
as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
Requital
as Wai's hired assassin
Shogun and Little Kitchen
as Mr Lin Chong Yun