Biography
Now, when it cames to jokes and kidding around, this guy was a first-class Clown. Always confused with Jimmy Wang-Yu, he was silly enough, to be take seriously by those directors that used his talents in their films. Another "Closed-door" student of Liu Chia-Liang, he was a joy to watch and was as funny (if not funnier) than Jackie Chan. Yet, when it comes down to fighting, he seems to be able to hold his own, by way of Trickery, more so, than pure skill. It's not uncommon to see him get out of the situations his mouth gets him into. More into finesse than all-out brawling, his thing is being able to catch you off-guard through his schemes.
Early on in his career, he played in various types of films, from Gangster types (The Tea House), to the Erotic (The Golden Lotus), to the Dramatic (Young Passions), before settling down into kung-fu films. Though, he appeared in the film The Bloody Fists with Chen Sing and Chen Kuan-Tai, he was an extra and his part was so small, if you blinked, you would have missed him. During the year 1977, he began to take film roles that mostly dealt with kung-fu. He starred in two of his biggest roles that year - He Has Nothing But Kung Fu and Executioners Of Death, both starring his good friend Gordon Liu.
Early on in his career, he played in various types of films, from Gangster types (The Tea House), to the Erotic (The Golden Lotus), to the Dramatic (Young Passions), before settling down into kung-fu films. Though, he appeared in the film The Bloody Fists with Chen Sing and Chen Kuan-Tai, he was an extra and his part was so small, if you blinked, you would have missed him. During the year 1977, he began to take film roles that mostly dealt with kung-fu. He starred in two of his biggest roles that year - He Has Nothing But Kung Fu and Executioners Of Death, both starring his good friend Gordon Liu.
In Dirty Kung Fu (one of my favorites), he gets people to help him capture criminals too vicious for him to handle alone. The fight scenes, excellently crafted by the "Liu Brothers" (Liu Chia-Liang and Liu Chia-Yung), were always top-notched. He reminds me a lot of Fu Sheng, though he wasn't as an accomplished actor as his fellow classmate, but he's just as charming. It seemed that he always got the roles his buddy couldn't take (because of injuries) like the lead in such films as The Spiritual Boxer and Kid With A Tattoo. Easily, one of my favorite comedic actors, he died in May of 2008.