Jimmy Wang Yu

Jimmy Wang Yu

1944-03-28 – 2022-04-05 (age 78) Wuxi, China
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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

Requital
Requital

1992

as Wai's hired assassin

Dragon
Dragon

2011

as The Master

Millionaires' Express
Millionaires' Express

1986

as Master Wong

Island of Fire
Island of Fire

1990

as Kui / Lucas

The One-Armed Swordsman
The One-Armed Swordsman

1967

as Fang Kang

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Master of the Flying Guillotine

1976

as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer

The Sword of Swords
The Sword of Swords

1968

as Lin Jenshiau

Fantasy Mission Force
Fantasy Mission Force

1983

as Captain Don Wen

The Private Eyes
The Private Eyes

1976

as Actor in Theatre Movie

The Guillotines
The Guillotines

2012

as Gonge

Killer Meteors
Killer Meteors

1976

as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Shanghai 13
Shanghai 13

1984

as Black Hat

Golden Swallow
Golden Swallow

1968

as Silver Roc Xiao Pang

The Man from Hong Kong
The Beheaded 1000
The Beheaded 1000

1991

as Executioner Ren De-Tie

The Magnificent Trio
The Magnificent Trio

1966

as Lu Fang

Cinema of Vengeance
Cinema of Vengeance

1994

as Self (uncredited)

The Chinese Boxer
The Chinese Boxer

1970

as Lei Ming