Cheng Kwun-Min
Known for
Acting
Life
1917 – 1995 (aged 78)
Born in
Guangdong, China
Credits
100 acting credits
Biography
Cheng Gwan-Min was born in 1917 in Guangdong, China. He was once a theatre actor and broadcaster. In 1936, he made his debut "The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou" in Guangzhou. During his long career of more than half a century, he made more than 200 films, mostly Cantonese.
A skillful imitator of singers from the East and the West, Cheng had numerous albums and performed Cantonese opera and musicals. He earned himself a nickname "Elvis Presley of the East".
From 1970's onwards, he became a host of the classic variety show "Enjoy Yourself Tonight", with occasional guest appearances in films.
He passed away in 1995.
Known For
Project A - Part II
25 Jul 1987
Justice, My Foot!
02 Jul 1992
Happy Ghost III
03 Jul 1986
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
01 Jun 1984
Games Gamblers Play
16 Oct 1974
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
15 Sep 1989
All in the Family
08 Feb 1975
The Greatest Lover
30 Jul 1988
Filmography
1994
- Oh! Yes Sir!!!as News team director
1992
- Rose
- Justice, My Foot!as Guangzhou Magistrate Hu
1991
- Man from Guangdong20 episodes
1989
- Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensiveas Uncle Cheng
- The Noblesas Cheng Kwan Min
- Looking Back in Anger50 episodes
1987
- Goodbye Darlingas Mr. Chiu
- Project A - Part IIas Boss of Goldsmith Shop
- Killer's Nocturne
- Seven Years Itchas Sylvia's father
1986
- Happy Ghost IIIas Man Eating at Hawker Stall
- The Invincible Snowy Hair Maidenas 贞乾道长20 episodes
- Sweet Surrenderas Old Taxi Driver
1984
- An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynastyas Musician
1982
- The Perfect Matchas Paul's father
- Food For The Sharks
1978
- Crocodile Tears89 episodes
1974
- The Two Faces of Love
- Every Day is Sunday
- Games Gamblers Play
- Seductive Ghost
- Naughty! Naughty!as Cheng Kwan Chi
- Cheeky Little Angelsas Dr Wang
- Gossip Streetas Chang Kwun Jik
- The Fatal Irony25 episodes
1972
- Intrigue in Nylonsas Boss of Princess Brand
1970
1968
- A Romantic Thiefas Manager Fong
- Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returnedas 趙紫陽
- The Blossoming Roseas Wong Shu Fan
1967
- Adventure of a Blind Kidas Ah Sam
- Lightning Killeras Ching Wai-Sang
- Shaky Stepsas Lo Lin
- The Sweetest Momentas Ma Tak Hong
- The Lady Killeras James Bond
- Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hellas Do Gwai Lim
1966
- Strange Romance on a Busas Zhou Weixin
- Twin Sistersas Chow Wai-Pak
- Girls are Flowersas Chan
- To Marry a Ghost
- Colorful Youth
- How Master Cute Thrice Saved The Idiot Mingas Mental patient
- Landlady and Tenantas Chiu Chik
1965
- The Bloody Devil, Concluding Episodeas Lee Kei
- Master Cute
- The Bloody Devil, Part Oneas Lee Kei
- Standard Husbandas 阮敬人
- Love in Disguiseas Tang Chan-sin
- Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 2as Elderly Spirit from Hades
- Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 1as Elderly Spirit from Hades
1964
- The Lucky Dragon
- The Diary of a Husbandas Chow Kei-Luen
- Madame Roseas Yik Ding-on
- As Time Goes Byas Fong Yan
- Queen of the Marketplaceas 何松年
1962
- The Haunting Shadow
- The Happy Reunionas Yu Kwok-kei
- Trauma Under the Car
- The New Magic Cupas 瘦財
- The Wife's Husbandas Li Shi-Jie
- Marry in Haste
1961
- Larcenyas 賈德
- The Golden Catas Tsui Tai-fei
- 刁蛮女侠as 秦满天
- Woman’s Affairsas Poon Chi-On
- Shadow of a Doubtas But Kei
1960
- A Night of Thrills
- 娘子軍封王as 威遠侯鄭鈞
- The Random Harvestas Dismissed servant at Lee's household
- Secret Agent: The Swallow
- Much Ado About Nothingas George Cheung
- Death to the Killeras Ma Pei-jing
- The Stormy Night
- Orphan in Distress
- The Stubborn Generationsas Shou shi
- The Tragedy of Nine Lives
1959
1958
1954
- Save Your Water Supplyas Sa Can-Ciu
1952
- 笑星降地球as 畢成仁
1951
- The Wrongly Accused Lover
- Blood-Stained Azaleasas Kwong Kwum
1937
- The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhouas Zhou Zhong-Hua 周忠華