Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer and stuntman who has appeared in over 160 films since his first, Fist of Fury (1972) and over 20 television series.
Yung Chi was born in Hong Kong, in 1950. In the late 1950s and 1960s, he attended the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and, along with fellow students including Jackie ...
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Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer and stuntman who has appeared in over 160 films since his first, Fist of Fury (1972) and over 20 television series.
Yung Chi was born in Hong Kong, in 1950. In the late 1950s and 1960s, he attended the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and, along with fellow students including Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen, became a member of the Seven Little Fortunes. Like the other students, he took his sifu's given name, "Yuen" as his family name out of respect. In his biography, Jackie Chan stated that Yuen Wah's martial arts ability was well respected among his fellow students. After leaving the opera school, many of the students entered the Hong Kong film industry. Yuen Wah's was given an anglicised stagename, Sam Yuen, but like Yuen Biao (Bill Yuen / Jimmy Yuen), this name didn't stick. Rather than...
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