Biography
Now this guy can be very entertaining and his acting is very good and believable. He probably starred in about (4) good movies, though he made a few more than that. Has some quirky moves in his kung-fu repertoire, but the action in his movies was always pretty good (thank God for Choreographers). The Goose Boxer was a classic and one of his best (in a small number of starring roles). It had it all, comedy, kung-fu, and good acting. Villainous actor Li Hai-Sheng, should have won an Oscar for his performance as "White-Crested Crane" - a vicious killer, trying to draw out his enemies.
I liked him in The Big Showdown, where he went up against Liang Shao-Hua's "Iron Finger" kung-fu. In Mysterious Footworks In Kung Fu, he played "3-Eyed Liu" - a slow-witted guy, with good kung-fu. It's parts like these, that he really seemed to excel in, but films like The Delivery and A Queen's Ransom - did nothing to help his resume. He seemed able to pick and choose his projects, quite early, in his career. He was making $30,000 a film back in the early 70’s, which was rather strange, considering, he wasn't a big star around this time.
I liked him in The Big Showdown, where he went up against Liang Shao-Hua's "Iron Finger" kung-fu. In Mysterious Footworks In Kung Fu, he played "3-Eyed Liu" - a slow-witted guy, with good kung-fu. It's parts like these, that he really seemed to excel in, but films like The Delivery and A Queen's Ransom - did nothing to help his resume. He seemed able to pick and choose his projects, quite early, in his career. He was making $30,000 a film back in the early 70’s, which was rather strange, considering, he wasn't a big star around this time.
In later years, our little buddy would become involved with the Family business. His father was a founding member of a Triad Organization (the Sun Yee On branch). He would later move up the ranks to be one of their top bosses. Yet, it seems that he wanted to be a star, and for all practical purposes, had the makings of one. He still has his feet planted firmly in the movie business, as he helped with the financing of Jet Li's Asian release, The Hitman.
This was strange, because it was rumored, that he had something to do with the murder of his (Jet's) last manager. Yet, all speculation aside, from what I saw onscreen, he could have gone far. Yet, it seems, he's going even further, as he owns one of the top movie studios in Asia, Win's Films. It was said, that he is the reason, Raymond Chow, decided to sell off most of his stock in Golden Harvest studio. Then, if that wasn't enough, he used to be married to Betty Ting-Pei - the actress whose apartment, Bruce Lee was found dead in. All coincidences aside, he's now sitting at the top, of Asia's movie business.