Wei Ping-Ao
Born: 1929-11-29 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Died: 1989-12-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Wei Ping-Ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.
Filmography
1985
- Turbo Dragon
- Secrets of the Inner Chamber as Master Charng
1982
- The Chinese Stuntman as The Director
- Calamity of Snakes as Peter Ma
- 36 Super Kids
- Ninja in the Dragon's Den as Chemist
- Monkey War
- Can't Stop the War
- Raiders of the Shaolin Temple
- The Flute Player of Wrath
1981
- The Taxi Driver
- Spooky Kookies as Bo's Dad
- Three Funny Detectives
1979
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- Incredible Kung Fu Mission as Master Chan Chi
- The Marvelous Kung Fu
1978
- Fists of Bruce Lee as Octopus
1977
1976
- Bruce Lee Superdragon as Movie Producer
- Laugh In
- The Ghost
1975
- Sea Gods and Ghosts as Au Ming-Ou
- Shantung Man in Hong Kong
- Dragon Gate as His Majesty
- The Phantom Lute as Hsin Kwei
- Invisible Master
1974
- The Snake Girl Drops In as Witch
- Naughty! Naughty! as Wei Ping Ao
- Tornado of Chu-chiang
1973
- Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
- The Fate of Lee Khan as Wen Mei Chi
- Fist of Unicorn as San Tin
- Tales of Larceny as Retinue Officer Bo Sin
- Adventure in Denmark as Travel Agent
- Spring in Pattaya as Pin Hao
- Honor and Love
1972
- Fist of Fury as Interpreter Wu
- The Way of the Dragon as Ho
- Hapkido as Black Bear Secretary Zhang
- Filthy Guy
- Love Is an Elusive Wind
1970
- Valley of the Fangs as Hu San
- Wrath of the Sword as Zhang Xiao-Shan
- Double Bliss as Zhou Rongzong (Chu Yung-Chung)
- The Winged Tiger as You Ming
1969
- Vengeance Is a Golden Blade as Master Jin
- The Millionaire Chase as Jiang Wen Qiang
- The Three Smiles as Zhu Zhi Shan
- River of Tears as Li Laosan
1968
- Killer Darts as Light Footed Hero
- The Magnificent Swordsman as Xiu Xiu's Brother
- Divorce, Hong Kong Style as Hsiao Pai
- Hong Kong Rhapsody as Wei Chung Liang
1967
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as Shi Gan
- King Cat as Jiang Ping, Underwater Mouse
- Kiss and Kill as Chien Kun
- King Drummer as Li Yuan-Ming
- Song of Tomorrow as TV host
- Sing High, Sing Low
1966
- Poisonous Rose as Fourth Brother
- Downhill They Ride
1961
- Good Neighbors as Chen Hsi-Ting
1960
1956
- Remote Love as Bu La-Te
- Terminal Bound