Acting
Jimmy Wang Yu — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1944-03-28Wuxi, China
Also known as: Yu Wang, Wang Zhengquan, Wong Yu-lung, Wang Yue, 王羽
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.
Popular movie credits
Island of Fire
19906.3
Millionaires' Express
19866.7
Dragon
20116.9
The Private Eyes
19766.4
The One-Armed Swordsman
19676.9
The Man from Hong Kong
19756.7
Fantasy Mission Force
19834.8
The Guillotines
20125.6
Tiger Boy
19667.0
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
20196.8
Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
1977
Requital
19925.6
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
19696.6
One-Armed Boxer
19727.0
Killer Meteors
19764.9
Popular TV credits
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