Cheng Kwun-Min
Born: 1917-01-01 in Guangdong, China
Died: 1995-08-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1994
- Oh! Yes Sir!!! as News team director
1992
- Justice, My Foot! as Guangzhou Magistrate Hu
- Rose
1991
1989
- Looking Back in Anger
- Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive as Uncle Cheng
- The Nobles as Cheng Kwan Min
1988
1987
- Project A Part II as Boss of Goldsmith Shop
- Seven Years Itch as Sylvia's father
- Goodbye Darling as Mr. Chiu
- Killer's Nocturne
1986
- Happy Ghost III as Man Eating at Hawker Stall
- The Invincible Snowy Hair Maiden as 贞乾道长
1984
- An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty as Musician / Servant
1982
- The Perfect Match as Paul's father
- Food For The Sharks
1978
1974
- Seductive Ghost
- The Two Faces of Love
- Games Gamblers Play
- Cheeky Little Angels as Dr Wang
- Gossip Street as Chang Kwun Jik
- Naughty! Naughty! as Cheng Kwan Chi
- The Fatal Irony
- Every Day is Sunday
1973
1972
- Intrigue in Nylons as Boss of Princess Brand
1970
- Happy Times
- A Time for Love as Old Lau
- Lucky Seven as Ah Min
1968
- Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned as 趙紫陽
- A Romantic Thief as Manager Fong
- The Blossoming Rose as Wong Shu Fan
1967
- The Sweetest Moment as Ma Tak Hong
- Lightning Killer as Ching Wai-Sang
- Adventure of a Blind Kid as Ah Sam
- Shaky Steps as Lo Lin
- Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell as Do Gwai Lim
- The Lady Killer as James Bond
1966
- Twin Sisters as Chow Wai-Pak
- Girls are Flowers as Chan
- How Master Cute Thrice Saved The Idiot Ming as Mental patient
- Strange Romance on a Bus as 周維新
- Landlady and Tenant as Chiu Chik
- Colorful Youth
- To Marry a Ghost
1965
- Master Cute
- Love in Disguise as Tang Chan-sin
- The Bloody Devil, Concluding Episode as Lee Kei
- The Bloody Devil, Part One as Lee Kei
- Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 1 as Elderly Spirit from Hades
- Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 2 as Elderly Spirit from Hades
1964
- The Lucky Dragon
- As Time Goes By as Fong Yan
- Queen of the Marketplace as 何松年
- The Diary of a Husband as Chow Kei-Luen
- Madame Rose as Yik Ding-on
1962
- The Wife's Husband as Li Shi-Jie
- Trauma Under the Car
- Marry in Haste
- The Haunting Shadow
- The Happy Reunion as Yu Kwok-kei
1961
- Shadow of a Doubt as But Kei
- The Golden Cat as Tsui Tai-fei
- 刁蛮女侠 as 秦满天
- Woman’s Affairs as Poon Chi-On
1960
- Orphan in Distress
- Death to the Killer as Ma Pei-jing
- Secret Agent: The Swallow
- The Stormy Night
- A Night of Thrills
- Much Ado About Nothing as George Cheung
- The Stubborn Generations as Shou shi
- The Random Harvest as Dismissed servant at Lee's household
1958
- A Vampire Pays Offerings to the Moon as Chung Yung
- Two Fools in Paradise
1955
1954
- Save Your Water Supply as Sa Can-Ciu
1951
- Blood-Stained Azaleas as Kwong Kwum
- The Wrongly Accused Lover
1937
- The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou as Zhou Zhong-Hua 周忠華