Acting
Jimmy Wang Yu
Also Known As: Yu Wang, Wang Zhengquan, Wong Yu-lung
Birth Date
March 28, 1944
Death Date
April 5, 2022
(passed away at 78)
Place of Birth
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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A Century of Light and Shadow
Self
2005 • 8 episodes
Millionaires' Express
Master Wong
1986
Island of Fire
Kui / Lucas
1990
Dragon
The Master
2011
Shanghai 13
Black Hat
1984
The One-Armed Swordsman
Fang Kang
1967
Killer Meteors
Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
1976
The Man from Hong Kong
Fang
1975
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self (archive footage)
2019
Tiger Boy
Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
1966
A Man Called Tiger
Chin Fu
1973
The Guillotines
Gonge
2012
The Private Eyes
Actor in Theatre Movie
1976
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Fang Gang
1969
The Twin Swords
Gui Wu
1965
Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
Mayor
1977
Fantasy Mission Force
Captain Don Wen
1983
The Professional Killer
Lu He-Gang
1971
Golden Swallow
Silver Roc Xiao Pang
1968
The One Armed Swordsmen
Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
1976