Jimmy Wang Yu
Born: 1944-03-28 in Wuxi, China
Died: 2022-04-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Soul as Chuan's Father
2012
- The Guillotines as Gonge
2005
- A Century of Light and Shadow as Self
1997
- Eighteen Springs ... (Producer)
- Stand Behind the Yellow Line ... (Producer)
1994
- Cinema of Vengeance as Self (uncredited)
1992
- Shogun and Little Kitchen as Mr Lin Chong Yun
- Requital as Wai's hired assassin
1991
- The Beheaded 1000 as Executioner Ren De-Tie
- The Tantana ... (Producer)
1990
- Island of Fire as Kui / Lucas
1987
- The Thundering Ninja as David Wong (archive footage)
1986
- Millionaires' Express as Master Wong
1985
- Heart of Dragon ... (Presenter)
- Clash of the Professionals
1984
- Shanghai 13 as Black Hat
1983
- Fantasy Mission Force as Captain Don Wen
1978
- Boxer, Lover, Lawyer as Zhenghan
- Big Leap Forward
1977
- Return of the Chinese Boxer as Sau Bai-Lung
- The Deadly Silver Spear
- Return of the Tiger ... (Producer)
- One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
- The Criminal as Hung Ta Hao
- The Lantern Street
- Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao as Mayor
1976
- The Private Eyes as Actor in Theatre Movie
- Killer Meteors as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
- Master of the Flying Guillotine as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
- A Queen's Ransom as Jimmy
- The One Armed Swordsmen as Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
- One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers as Liu Ching Wu/Liu Yi Su
- Tiger & Crane Fists as Ching Sing Chang
1975
- The Man from Hong Kong as Fang
- My Wacky, Wacky World as Fake villager
- The Great Hunter as Captain Wu
- The Double Double Cross as Black suit
- A Cookbook of Birth Control
1974
- Four Real Friends as Hsiao Pao
- My Father, My Husband, My Son
1973
- The Tattooed Dragon as Tattooed Dragon
- The Screaming Tiger as Ma Tai Yung
- A Man Called Tiger as Chin Fu
- Knight Errant as Lin Hao-Shan
- Beach of the War Gods as Hsiao Feng
- Seaman No. 7 as Wang Hai-Lung
- The Two Cavaliers
- The Iron Man
- The Black Friday as Chen Ah Kwang
- Fast Fists as Hong Ching-Pau/Red Lantern
- Queen of Fist as Ma Yung-Chen
1972
- The Rebel Boxer
- One-Armed Boxer as Yu Tien-Lung
- The Lion's Heart
- Fury of King Boxer
- The Invincible
- Furious Slaughter as Ma Yung Shen
- Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
- Showdown
- The Gallant as The Gallant
- Iron Fist Adventure
- A Kiss to Remember as Jimmy
1971
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman as Wang Kang
- Blood of the Dragon as Lung Ti / The White Dragon
- The Gallant Duo as Yi Chun
- The Invincible Sword as Ling Yu Fong
- The Sword
- The Brave and the Evil as Bai Sifeng
- The Magnificent Chivalry
- Rage of the Tiger as Tiger Wong
- The Professional Killer as Lu He-Gang
1970
- The Chinese Boxer as Lei Ming
- My Son as Yang Kuo-Liang
1969
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as Fang Gang
1968
- Golden Swallow as Silver Roc Xiao Pang
- The Sword of Swords as Lin Jenshiau
1967
- The One-Armed Swordsman as Fang Kang
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as Li Yue / Jiang Qi
- The Assassin as Nie Zheng
- The Sword and the Lute as Gui Wu
- Auntie Lan as He You-Wen
- Asia-Pol as Yang Ming Xuan
1966
- The Joy of Spring as Himself [cameo]
- The Magnificent Trio as Lu Fang
- Tiger Boy as Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
1965
- Temple of the Red Lotus as Gui Wu
- The Twin Swords as Gui Wu