Jimmy Wang Yu
Known for
Acting
Life
1944 – 2022 (aged 78)
Born in
Wuxi, China
Credits
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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.
Known For
Dragon
04 Jul 2011
Island of Fire
28 Mar 1990
The One-Armed Swordsman
26 Jul 1967
Master of the Flying Guillotine
24 Apr 1976
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
28 Feb 1969
One-Armed Boxer
02 Aug 1972
Millionaires' Express
30 Jan 1986
The Man from Hong Kong
31 Jul 1975
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Filmography
2013
- Soulas Chuan's Father
2012
- The Guillotinesas Gonge
1992
- Requitalas Wai's hired assassin
- Shogun and Little Kitchenas Mr Lin Chong Yun
1991
- The Beheaded 1000as Executioner Ren De-Tie
1990
- Island of Fireas Kui
1987
- The Thundering Ninjaas David Wong (archive footage)
1986
- Millionaires' Expressas Master Wong
1984
- Shanghai 13as Black Hat
1983
- Fantasy Mission Forceas Captain Don Wen
1978
- Boxer, Lover, Lawyeras Zhenghan
- Big Leap Forward
1977
1976
- The Private Eyesas Actor in Theatre Movie
- A Queen's Ransomas Jimmy
- Killer Meteorsas Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
- Master of the Flying Guillotineas Liu Ti Lung
- The One Armed Swordsmenas Fong Ping
- One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killersas Liu Ching Wu
- Tiger & Crane Fistsas Ching Sing Chang
1975
- The Double Double Crossas Black suit
- The Man from Hong Kongas Fang
- My Wacky, Wacky Worldas Fake villager
- The Great Hunteras Captain Wu
- A Cookbook of Birth Control
1974
- Four Real Friendsas Hsiao Pao
- My Father, My Husband, My Son
1973
- The Tattooed Dragonas Tattooed Dragon
- Queen of Fistas Ma Yung-Chen
- The Screaming Tigeras Ma Tai Yung
- The Black Fridayas Chen Ah Kwang
- Fast Fistsas Hong Ching-Pau
- The Two Cavaliers
- Beach of the War Godsas Hsiao Feng
- Seaman No. 7as Wang Hai-Lung
- Knight Errantas Lin Hao-Shan
- A Man Called Tigeras Chin Fu
- The Iron Man
1972
- A Kiss to Rememberas Jimmy
- The Gallantas The Gallant
- One-Armed Boxeras Yu Tien-Lung
- Iron Fist Adventure
- The Invincible
- The Lion's Heart
- The Rebel Boxer
- Showdown
- Furious Slaughteras Ma Yung Shen
- Fury of King Boxer
- Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
1971
- Rage of the Tigeras Tiger Wong
- Blood of the Dragonas Lung Ti
- The Sword
- The Magnificent Chivalry
- The Professional Killeras Lu He-Gang
- The Gallant Duoas Yi Chun
- The Brave and the Evilas Bai Sifeng
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsmanas Wang Kang
- The Invincible Swordas Ling Yu Fong
1970
- The Chinese Boxeras Lei Ming
- My Sonas Yang Kuo-Liang
1969
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsmanas Fang Gang
1968
- The Sword of Swordsas Lin Jenshiau
- Golden Swallowas Silver Roc Xiao Pang
1967
- The Assassinas Nie Zheng
- The One-Armed Swordsmanas Fang Kang
- Asia-Polas Yang Ming Xuan
- The Sword and the Luteas Gui Wu
- The Trail of the Broken Bladeas Li Yue
- Auntie Lanas He You-Wen
1966
- The Magnificent Trioas Lu Fang
- Tiger Boyas Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
1965
- The Twin Swordsas Gui Wu
- Temple of the Red Lotusas Gui Wu